Every spring, my boys and I order a small cup of five tiny caterpillars to watch as they eventually become butterflies. The caterpillars are contained in a cup with some resin-like food for them to munch on for about two weeks. Then they crawl to the lid of the cup, hang upside down, and form […]
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For centuries there has appeared at first glance to be a conflict between science and religion. Do the planets revolve around the earth or the sun? Is the earth flat or is it a sphere? Do animals reproduce according to their kind or can they evolve into different kinds? However, when we take a closer
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One of my least favorite doctor’s visits each year is to the optometrist. I would much prefer to have my teeth cleaned at the dentist (actually I love having my teeth cleaned at the dentist) than go to the eye doctor. And I’m not entirely sure why, other than my eye sight is always getting
There either is a God or there is not a God. There is no in between. There is not a kind-of, sort-of, maybe God. But how could we ever know if this God does or does not exist? Atheists would say there is no God. Theists would say there is a God. Agnostics would say
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Making logical arguments for the existence of God may seem like new territory for a lot of people today, but in reality, these kinds of logical discussions of the theological are nothing new. Throughout time, man has pondered his existence and asked the question of why we are here. Why is there something rather than
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In this time of relativism of, well, everything, it is challenging to stand up and declare that there is an objective truth, especially when it comes to religious thought. So many people believe and claim so many different things. Can we ever really know which claim is actually true? It almost seems that the task
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I’ve encountered a lot of different worldviews that hold a lot of different ideas about the flood during the days of Noah…and those are all within the Christian mindset. For some reason the flood described in Genesis 6-8 has become rather contentious lately. Why is there such a vast array of opinions about what happened
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The other day I came across a clip of an interview where Caitlyn Jenner discusses what it would be like to stand before God and what it would take to get into heaven. It was a very heartfelt, emotional appeal from Caitlyn expressing the desire to have done enough “right” to please God and be
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When I graduated as an engineer, I was inducted into the Order of the Engineer. As a part of that induction ceremony, we take an oath, much like the Hippocratic Oath of the medical world. The oath is for engineers to “do no harm” by conducting themselves with honesty and integrity. The pledge states: I
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If you have ever spent any time in the south during the summer, you quickly learn about three things: humidity, mosquitoes, and ticks. While I am somehow the bug repellant for everyone else (since I’m always the first and worst to be bitten by the mosquitoes), it’s the ticks that really make my skin crawl.
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