This is part 2 of a 4 part series, adapted from an article by Larry Taunton (http://www.fixed-point.org/index.php/larrytaunton) on why a growing number of young people in the USA have become atheists by their late teens/early twenties – it is well worth our read. In an effort to find out why a growing number of young people in the USA have become atheists…
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This is part 1 of a 4 part series, adapted from an article by Larry Taunton (http://www.fixed-point.org/index.php/larrytaunton) on why a growing number of young people in the USA have become atheists by their late teens/early twenties – it is well worth our read. “Church became all about ceremony, handholding, and kumbaya,” Phil said with a look of disgust. “I missed my old…
I was reading about a New York bus driver who had driven his bus along the same route for years. One day he made a radical decision. He was fed up with running along the same route year after year, stopping at the same stops and so one morning he collected his empty bus and drove out of New York City heading…
CS Lewis once said I believe in God like I believe in the sunrise: not because I can see it but because I can see all that it touches. How good of God to give us daily reminders of His presence, power and purpose to bless each day. Every time I boil the jug for my morning cuppa I’m reminded of God’s…
Love is patient…kind…does not envy…does not boast…is not proud…is not rude…is not self seeking…is not easily angered…keeps no record of wrongs…does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth…protects…trusts…hopes…perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Is Paul describing the heart of God or an ideal for the believer? The answer is yes on both counts. One implies the other. It’s inconceivable that God would…
The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Think of how ridiculous it sounds: the only reason we can know God and go to heaven is because a radical teacher was executed two thousand years ago. Does that make any sense at…
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 This is a verse we recite just about every Sunday. But do we understand what it is really saying? Many of us are caught up in the sin cycle – sin, repent, repeat! This verse contains a…
As investigations into Norway’s “terror attack” continue, disturbing details have emerged. The shooting of children camping on Utoya Island and the car bomb outside government offices in Oslo, the capital of Norway, killed around 76 people. After initial claims that the attacks were the work of Al-Qaeda, reports now reveal the suspect, Anders Breivik, as a right-wing Christian Zionist of Norwegian descent.…
The distinguished American psychiatrist, Karl Menninger, when speaking at a conference was once asked, “what would you advise a person to do if he felt a nervous breakdown coming on?” Many evidently expected he would say go and consult a psychiatrist but instead he replied “lock up your house and go across the railroad tracks to find someone in need!” Many might…
Hubert Simpson has preserved the story of a picture which was painted at the request of the Royal Corps of Signals to depict an incident which took place in the First World War. It shows us an unarmed linesman in no-man’s land, sent out there to repair a broken cable and to restore communication. But the picture shows him prostrate and lifeless…