Exodus

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Apologetics | 2 Comments »

I have heard it often claimed that there is absolutely no evidence for the Old Testament recounting of the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt as told in the book of Exodus. This is a pretty significant claim since it is fairly well known that the Egyptians had a tendency to keep fairly comprehensive records. So, this leaves the question...Is there evidence of the Exodus? To answer that question, a quick search turned up some pretty ...

Reasoning

Thursday, November 18th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Apologetics | 2 Comments »

Christians have, for some time now, been accused of a lack of reason. Typically, the way things are portrayed, people like to make it seem as though faith and reason are opposites and therefore are incompatible.Sadly, even those within the Church are often convinced of this.  I've written before about this and still feel the same when it comes to the faith vs. reason argument. Not to worry, I'm not going to re-write that post again. ...

The Third Day

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Belief | Comments Off

If I were smart, I'd wait until we were coming up on Easter before I posted something about the resurrection. But, here I am writing about it now...just before Thanksgiving. I guess I could make an argument that it still makes sense since, as a Christian, the empty tomb is something I'm thankful for. One question that is debated quite often about Jesus' death, burial and resurrection is what day He was crucified and what day ...

Human Rights – Abortion

Thursday, November 4th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Political Issues | Comments Off

According to our founding fathers, there are certain rights we have that are attributed to the fact that we are human. These rights, according to the Declaration of Independence, are given to us by our Creator. The list in the Declaration is not exhaustive, as indicated by the preceding phrase "that among these are..." (emphasis mine) So, according to the founding principles of this country, we have certain rights that transcend human authorities. We also have ...