CBE’s Equality Statement

Let's not hold to any illusions here, I disagree with what they have written at the following link: http://www.cbeinternational.org/sites/default/files/english_0.pdf This post will look at some of the problems with their thinking. #1.The Bible teaches the full equality of men and women in Creation and in Redemption The Bible does teach that BUT it does not …

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#1. Why Go To Church & Why Call Yourself A Christian When...-- http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2015/05/defending-the-bible.html#comment-2054012503 My Bible doesn't say "By scripture you have been saved, through believing it is authored by God." But even if it did, why should someone accept that just because humans say it? I don't say that any Scriptures are authored by God. …

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#1. No it Is Not A New Species Of Human-- http://news.yahoo.com/lucy-may-not-mum-scientists-192549568.html In 1974, anthropologists in Ethiopia found the astonishing fossilised remains of a human-like creature who last walked the planet some 3.2 million years ago. Was "Lucy," as the hominid was called, the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens? Was she "The Mother of Mankind," as …

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#1. Joel Watts Gets One Right-- http://unsettledchristianity.com/quote-of-the-day-daniel-dennett-on-postmodernism/ Postmodernism, the school of “thought” that proclaimed “There are no truths, only interpretations” has largely played itself out in absurdity, but it has left behind a generation of academics in the humanities disabled by their distrust of the very idea of truth and their disrespect for evidence, settling …

Einstein Was Wrong

This is something to think about. #1. Here is a quote from Igor Novikov: Albert Einstein discovered that time is not immutable. Strong gravitational fields-- for example,the strong gravitational field of a neutron star-- slow down the pace of time. Clocks in the strong gravitational field near a neutron star's surface tick much slowly than …

1 Good Point, 7 Bad Ones

#1. The One Good Point-- http://unsettledchristianity.com/the-bible-and-the-constitution/ I haven't been Joel Watts' website for a while so i decided to check it out today and came across this interesting point or actually a very good question: I love the argument that Christians have to obey the Word of God above the Constitution of the USA. Although …

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I have a bit of a busy schedule this week so I need to keep to this format right now. #1. Pulling Rank-- http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2009/10/why-arguments-against-women-in-ministry-arent-biblical.html Most of you who know me, know that I did my doctoral thesis on women in the NT with C.K. Barrett at the University of Durham in England. My first three …

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#1. I Am One Of Those Critics-- http://www.christianpost.com/news/ken-ham-says-critics-who-ask-why-money-raised-to-build-the-ark-encounter-isnt-going-to-the-poor-instead-object-to-the-bibles-gospel-message-139445/ Answers in Genesis CEO and President Ken Ham has responded to criticism directed at the Ark Encounter project by stating that those who ask why the money isn't used to help poor people instead are really objecting to the Gospel message. "Nearly every time I post an …

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I really do not know where to begin today as the topics in question are long and contain many details needing addressing. When I read these articles, I wonder if there are any body left in the church that actually listens to God. The first point brings me to that state as male church leaders …

If You Are Interested

Here are a lists of websites who are talking about the Duggar situation. I do not have time to go through them all and analyze what they are saying nor have I taken the time to categorize them all into good pieces or bad. I would rather you make up your own minds on this …