A neighbor kindly introduced me to another neighbor I had not yet met. After hearing where I live, the new neighbor said to me, “Oh, you’re in the house with the gaggle of kids.” As she said this, she rolled her eyes and made a face as though she smelled something . . . . Continue Reading »
The question of the existence of truth has been in debate for centuries and the subject will not be answered to everyone’s satisfaction. Of course there is an answer, and reformed theologians all know what the answer is. That’s why we don’t argue too much about it. But I . . . . Continue Reading »
I am in Sydney Airport waiting for the first leg of an 18 hour trip home. I thought I would reflect on the last two very busy and intense weeks, and what I hope was accomplished.The last time I was asked to tour Australia, in August 2001, it was to blunt the moral outlawry of Phillip . . . . Continue Reading »
By rejecting human exceptionalism, modern bioethics threatens to destroy human equality and expose the defenseless to killing and exploitation. Take infanticide, which Peter Singer—among others—asserts should be permitted if the baby does not meet the utilitarian interests of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Well. Hello.I’ve been away for a while — work and other commitments have limited by blogging overall, and sadly my availability for Evangel has been one of the victims of that. I stopped by yesterday (Friday, 17 July 2010) to see what’s going on here, and I found Christopher . . . . Continue Reading »
Why do people fail to acknowledge the reality of evil? My progressive friends––a list which is getting shorter and shorter––were baffled by the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. They lacked a vocabulary and worldview to describe what happened. If British literary . . . . Continue Reading »
The Washington Board of Pharmacy is apparently going to revisit its regulation requiring every pharmacy to dispense all legal prescriptions. The controversy arose when a small pharmacy chain refused to dispense Plan B contraception based on the religious beliefs of the chain’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Misrepresentation is an apologists greatest ally.At the core of Christian Zionism is not the destruction of Jews and Israel. What is at the heart is the literal redemption of a great number of Jews though a conversion to Christ in the last times. It is an eschatological expectation. It is not a mere . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The Scientific Difference Between a Yuppie and a Hippie On the distinction between yuppies and hippies: Individual differences in prediction biases for planning future tasks. “The present study investigated variables related to errors in predicting when tasks will be completed. Participants . . . . Continue Reading »
When asked whether the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would support a possible Israeli air strike against the regime in Tehran to prevent Iran from gaining nukes, UAE’s ambassador to the United States, Yousef Al Otaiba said : A military attack on Iran by whomever would be a disaster, but Iran . . . . Continue Reading »
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