I take pride in being honest about how prideful I am. My pride runs deep!
Some “science” is received on the basis of it immediately resonating with reality and observation and intelligible empirical data.
Other “science” is received on the basis of the authority of the majority opinion of scientific academia.
Some “history” is received on the basis [...]
Archive for March, 2006
22 Mar
Assorted Thoughts
9 Mar
God’s Will in Two Different Senses
“So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. You will say to me then, ‘Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?’ – Romans 9:18-19
From pp. 191-2 of John Piper’s “The Justification of God“:
To be sure, Pharaoh said, “No” to God’s command that he [...]
9 Mar
Newsworthiness, Depravity, and the Media
Broadcasting necessarily involves value judgment. When you publicize something you prefer a story above alternatives. You assign varying degrees of newsworthiness. And given the fact that publicizing a county fair over 9/11 would be immoral, it’s easy to see that this judgment of news worthiness is not free from the moral realm.
One of the effects [...]
9 Mar
Is Calvinism Important?
Is Calvinism Important?, by Pastor Reid Ferguson:
“John Flavel has a wonderful saying about the nature of our comprehension of some spiritual truths when we are still new in Christ. He remarks that a child looking up from the crib is no less a true child because he does not yet have clear conceptions of his [...]
9 Mar
The Depravity of Man
The more you get to know a man, the more you are dissapointed.
Men are more gentle and sweet to their girlfriends than their wives.
First women covet a boyfriend, then engagement, then marriage, then a baby.
“Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?” (Proverbs 20:6)
We consent to evil even [...]
9 Mar
Are The Reprobate Sincere?
The following comes from page 143 of “Answers to Tough Questions“, by Josh McDowell and Don Stewart. First of all, I should note that thislittle book great for all of its little chapters on common apologeticquestions. I highly respect it.
“Will God accept people who are very religious and totally sincere if they are not Christians?”
I [...]
9 Mar
Those Of The Synagogue Of Satan
From pp. 405-6 of Paul Barnett’s “Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity“:
The writer [of Revelation] speaks of “those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews but are not” in reference to Smyrna and Philadephia. “Synagogue of Satan” implies that the Jewish synagogue was a source of trouble for Christians living [...]
