Transitions and Steadfastness – Part II

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Evangelism | Comments Off

Last week, I started a post in which we were going to look at four different scenarios between Christian and atheist. As I am a Christian and this is more in my field of knowledge, other major world religions are not being addressed in these posts, though they certainly can be said to have the same four scenarios. The four scenarios are these: Christians who remain Christians Atheists who remain atheists Christians who become atheists Atheists who become Christians

Transistions and Steadfastness

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living, Evangelism | Comments Off

It seems almost humorous sometimes. Other times, it's mind-boggling. And still other times, one just isn't quite sure what to think. For centuries, millenia even, the debate has raged on. Does God exist or not? In some ways, there are times it reminds me of political campaigns. We saw in the last campaign, prominent Democrats pledging their support to the Republican candidate and vice versa. I see the same thing with Theists vs. Atheists. Some atheists ...

Western Christians Abandoning Faith in Record Numbers

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 by Ty Wallace posted in Christian Living | 2 Comments »

"We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity. This breakdown will follow the deterioration of the mainline Protestant world and it will fundamentally alter the religious and cultural environment in the West." This bold statement comes from a recent article at The Christian Science Monitor entitled, "The Coming Evangelical Collapse." Sound outrageous? I'm not too sure about that.

The Lighter Side of…

Thursday, March 12th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Funny Stuff | Comments Off

In an effort to try to provide some levity to my normal, more "serious" posts, I just thought I'd give a shout out to Prodigal Jon and his "Stuff Christians Like" blog. This particular post had me laughing out loud. After having e-mailed this to most of my friends, I still thought I'd post it here since I don't have e-mail addresses for everyone who reads this blog. (No need to send me your e-mail ...

Easier vs. Better

Monday, March 9th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Political Issues, World News | Comments Off

According to an article posted on 3/9, it looks like our new president has fully backed the embryonic stem cell research program that has been the source of a good deal of controversy for some years now. While I have my own reservations about this type of research from a Christian perspective, there is something else that concerns me, as well. I wasn't born yesterday and I am not naive enough to think that one can ...

America The Beautiful?

Saturday, March 7th, 2009 by Ty Wallace posted in Political Issues | Comments Off

If you don't know who Judge Roy Moore is, here is a bit of a history lesson. Roy Moore is an American jurist and Republican politician most recognized for his refusal, as the elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the state courthouse despite contrary orders from a federal judge. On November 13, 2003, Alabama's Court of the Judiciary unanimously removed Moore from his post ...

Reasonable Faith

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living | Comments Off

For so many Christians today, faith is simply a matter of just that....faith. In many cases, this faith is the result of being nurtured in an environment that leaves little other option other than to follow in one's parents footsteps. One generation believes in and accepts Jesus Christ because their parents raised them in the church and that is all they have ever known. While, on the one hand, I commend raising ones children in a ...