Christ in Post-Christian Culture
The following is a summary of my most recent class in pursuit of my Master's in Theology at Colorado Christian University. Written by Steven Barto, B.S. Psy. AS WE FOCUS ON the lessons covered to date in my initial theology class, we become familiar with how to understand faith as an object onto itself and …
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Most science textbooks on cosmology credit Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson with the discovery that the universe began with a hot big bang creation event. While Penzias and Wilson were the first (1965) to detect the radiation left over from the creation event, they were not the first scientists to recognize that the universe is …
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When Jerry Falwell died on May 15, 2007, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper asked the caustic atheist Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) for his reaction. Cooper said, "I'm not sure if you believe in heaven, but, if you do, do you think Jerry Falwell is in it?" Hitchens held nothing back. He took a deep breath, smirked, and …
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WHEN YOU PONDER THE vastness of the universe, the wonder of the natural world, or the mysteries of the human mind, what do you think? Some of us see nothing but a material world, machinations of which we believe are best explained by the logical reasoning of science. One of the world's most famous and …
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This question has been the fuel for countless discussions, arguments, and debates for centuries. I spend several hours a week viewing YouTube documentaries on apologetics, postmodernism, Israeli-Palestinian relations, Islam, creationism, evolution, and atheism. Having undertaken a systematic study of worldviews, I'm reminded that nearly no one simply creates his or her own worldview. We inherit …
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The truth about God is too important not to be seriously investigated and honestly and fairly discussed. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for friendly conversations about religion to escalate into shouting matches—and this helps no one. Belief and unbelief are two sides to the same coin. The debate over faith and spirituality is here to …
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“But sanctify the LORD God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear” (1 Peter 3:15, NASB). One True Religion? Many Americans believe, “All religions are good, so let us all just get along!” …
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“But sanctify the LORD God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear” (1 Peter 3:15, NASB). THE GENERAL PROBLEM, the problem that faces anyone with a message nowadays, is the broad cultural doubt …
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