Archimedes, a Greek mathematician, engineer, and physicist, was trying to figure out how to measure the volume of an irregular solid object and thereby determine the purity of a gold object. When he finally arrived at the solution, he supposedly exclaimed, “Eureka!”—or, “I found it!” (in Greek, of course). What do you do when you [...]
“No excuses!” How many times in your life have those case-closing words rung in your ears—or proceeded from your mouth? While the words are often spoken by parents, teachers, coaches, or judges with a finality that sounds irrefutable, there is probably always room for argument in the realm of human experience. Were the instructions really [...]
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- This is part of a series on the theme of character. – When God revealed himself as the compassionate and gracious God who is slow to anger, who abounds in love and faithfulness, who maintains love to thousands and who forgives wickedness, rebellion and sin, he made it clear this his personal character is [...]
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Here is a clear and cogent response to Stephen Hawking’s new book that attempts to explain the universe without God. John Lennox is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science. As a scientist I’m certain Stephen Hawking is wrong. You can’t explain the universe without God [...]
14Jul10
Noticia, Assentia, and Fiducia
This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series on A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. There are three Latin words that can all mean faith: noticia, assentia, fiducia. Noticia simply means that you saw something or took “notice” of its existence. Assentia means [...]
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This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series on A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. The third option and is that of design. Here, I like to use the analogy of the turtle on a fence post. Imagine that you are walking through [...]
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This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series on A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. The second option is that it was chance. It just happened to be this way. This is the option held by most scientists: given enough time, even the [...]
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This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series on A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. Failure to hear the Voice as coming from God has created some very interesting reactions. When men heard the Father speak from heaven to his Son, they explained [...]
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21May10
Two Contrasting Empires
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I founded empires; but upon what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ alone founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him. – Napoleon
15May10
Reinhold Niebuhr on Human Nature
The fact that modern man has been able to preserve such a good opinion of himself despite all the obvious refutations of his optimism particularly in his own history leads to the conclusion that there is a very stubborn source of resistance in man to the acceptance of the most obvious and irrefutable evidence about [...]
