Guilt and Shame

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living | Comments Off

I thought this would be a good time to go back into the recesses of history and bring up a topic that was taught in my church quite a number of years ago, now. That is, as the title of this post suggests, guilt and shame. I still recall several of the distinctions that Pastor Ray from Desert Breeze Community Church made regarding these two topics.  It is those distinctions that I'd like to go ...

What DOES the First Amendment Say?

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 by Dan Carrington posted in Political Issues | 2 Comments »

Once again, another court case is on the books regarding separation of church and state. This time due to high-school officials taking down a copy of the Ten Commandments from a student’s locker. Fortunately, this was reversed and the student is now allowed to post the Commandments on his locker again. Read the article here. If only people could take a moment to think about not only what the First Amendment entails, but also what it ...

Misuse of Truth

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living | Comments Off

Many people who fall away from the Church have a number of reasons for doing so. While a number of the more outspoken of them tend to claim that they left the Church due to intellectual reasons. However, it seems that when one hears their "un-testimony" it becomes clear that they are more likely emotional reasons. In most of these cases, someone at the church did something or said something that caused them to leave. Perhaps ...

The Rhetoric of Philisophical Naturalism

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 by Dan Carrington posted in Apologetics | Comments Off

It is no secret that rhetoric can be very powerful when used the right way. It can be a very effective tool to persuade people to your point of view without ever offering any sort of argument or evidence to back them up. There have been so many times that I have heard this tactic used to make Christianity, or even theism in general, seem ridiculous. However, when it is used in the way I've heard ...