The Mobile Bible

Thursday, January 26th, 2012 by Ty Wallace posted in Bible & Scripture | No Comments »

I have one on my Android phone as do many Christians I know. How about you? This infographic provides some amazing statistics on how many people are using the YouVersion mobile Bible.

The Most Dangerous Book in the World

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture, Christian Living | Comments Off

As a Christian, you might expect me to say that I believe that the Bible is the greatest book in the history of the world.  The doctrines taught in the Bible have, arguably, led to more philanthropy, selfless action and other beneficial things such as schools, hospitals, etc. than any other book, religion, worldview or ideal. Many critics of Christianity might also point out the number of people who have died as a result of the ...

Wise Men, Mangers and Baby Jesus

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture | Comments Off

Once again, we are coming up on the time of year when we celebrate one of the greatest events in the history of...well...history. It's a celebration of the incarnation, when the divine took on human form and lived among His creation. There have been so many traditions, from so many different backgrounds, that have become standards. They have become so very familiar to us that we often times will accept various stories and teaching without question. ...

Seventh Day of Rest

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture | Comments Off

One of the "internal" debates these days within the Church is regarding the days of creation. There are basically two camps on this issue. First, there are the "Old Earth Creationists" who believe that the Earth is millions (or billions) of years old. On the other side, there are the "Young Earth Creationists" who believe that the Earth is fewer than 10,000 years old. What this essentially comes down to is how we interpret the days ...

Misapplication of Truth

Friday, August 6th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture | Comments Off

It's not a new thing to point out the flaws of Christians and use that as an argument against the veracity of the Christian faith. Many things have been written on this subject and today I've been thinking about something along these lines that I have not yet read anywhere else. That is, the idea of misapplying objective Truths. While, on the one hand, I could say that non-believers do this, I would be remiss if ...

Straw Men

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture | Comments Off

There are so many interesting (and often humorous) ways non-believers attack Christianity. From moral arguments against Christianity (yeah, right!) to the Problem of Evil to the so-called Euthyphro Dilemma and so on. One of the ones that I find the most hilarious is when they start trying to pick apart the Bible itself and try to point out inconsistencies. For example, I remember once hearing a call-in, public-access TV show asking callers (specifically Christians) to call ...

“Pseudo Science”

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture | Comments Off

I am always fascinated at how spirited discussions can get when people try to discuss science and theology at the same time. Mainly, the way this happens is that one person is talking about science and the other is talking about theology. When this happens, it's quite difficult to come to a conclusion together, never mind how frustrating it can be. Yet, there is something far more frustrating than even this. Strangely, it usually happens when ...

Church vs. Christianity – Part IV

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture, Christian Living | Comments Off

For the past few weeks, we've been looking at a passage of scripture from John 4. The story is about Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well. Today, I'd like to continue with that story and take a look at what happened after the woman left Jesus and the disciples and went back to her town. We already saw that Jesus acted with compassion, understanding, love and most of all...grace. He didn't condemn or judge, ...

Church vs. Christianity – Part III

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture, Christian Living | Comments Off

Well, we've looked at Jesus' initial interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well and gone over some of the things I noticed that seemed to stand out about this meeting. Now, we're moving on to the next phase of this event. As it happens, the woman was still there talking with Jesus when the disciples returned. I find it very interesting that these "giants" of faith, the founding fathers of the Christian movement, could have ...

Church vs. Christianity – Part II

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture | Comments Off

Last week, I started discussing some of the issues of the Church with respect to how they approach and/or address sin. This is not all Christians in all situations, but it is prevalent enough that it creates a perception of the Church as a whole. It is connected to the whole idea of Christianity and drives people away from Christ. Where I started to go with this last week was...I basically started to take a look ...