Archive for July, 2007
The Big Bang, an explosion thought to have occurred 15,000 million years ago, is one of the scientific explanations for the origin of the universe. Swinburne writes, “The matter-energy at the time of the Big Bang had to have a certain density and certain velocity of recession to bring forth life.” He continues, “Increase or [...]
I am enjoying Richard Swinburne’s excellent book entitled Is There a God? Swinburne is the Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of Christian Religion at the University of Oxford. He will be coming this fall to B. H. Carroll Theological Institute (where I am PhD student in New Testament). He of course is [...]
WordPress has a built-in spam filter. However, some spam still gets through. I checked this morning to see how many spam postings were blocked so far, and the number was at 1269 postings. Can you believe that there are that many? I really wish that the internet had better security against [...]
As I continue to study the concept of the ‘antichrist’ in the New Testament, I am amazed at the amount of evidence that exists: 1 John 2:18; 22; 4:3; 2 John 7; 2 Thess 2:1-12; Ezekiel 38-39; Zech 12-14; Rev 13:1-8 with Dan 7:8, 20-21; 8:24; 11:28; 30; Matthew 24:15 and its cognates, etc.
These references [...]
Just got back from my second mission trip this summer with our youth to New Orleans to work in the Rachel Sims Baptist Mission. We did backyard bible studies, playing games with kids and telling bible stories. We did VBS in the morning, and did quite a bit of hard work (mowing, cleaning [...]
