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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Last week I was visiting with my dad at his cabin in the mountains. He has been having this ongoing battle with a pileated woodpecker that loves perching on his window screens. My dad has hung all kinds of crazy junk in the windows and fake owls by the house to try to discourage this
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DC Talk’s Kevin Max recently spoke out about the deconstruction of his faith, referring to himself as an “exvangelical.” On Twitter, he stated he had been “deconstructing/Reconstructing/progressing/whatever you wish to call it for decades,” adding that he’s been “in the outsider/misfit/seeker club for a long time now.” Max is yet another on a long list
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There are many unbelievers who reject the existence of God and the deity of Jesus because there are supernatural events recorded in the Bible. As Hume defined the argument, miracles are a violation of the laws of nature, but the laws of nature cannot be violated, therefore, miracles cannot occur. This would in effect negate
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In college I was once asked by a fellow classmate why a science-minded person studying engineering like me would ever believe in God. My friend’s mindset was that a person could either believe in science or believe in religion, but one could not believe in both. This seems to be a common struggle in our
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In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus gave His final instructions to His disciples after the resurrection and before His ascension. He said, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have
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While many people seem to focus more on the celebration of the birth of Jesus at Christmas, the real celebration for Christians is Easter, or Resurrection Sunday. Without the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, there would be no reason to celebrate His birth. The resurrection of Jesus is the central part of Christianity. If
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Though it might seem obvious that Jesus died on the cross, there are many people who doubt this point. Granted, the reason why they want to question the death of Jesus is because you can’t have a resurrection without death. And the resurrection is everything to Christianity. If Jesus did not resurrect, as Paul states,
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The Halakha is the collective body of Jewish religious law, which includes the biblical, the Talmudic, and the Rabbinical law, as well as the Jewish customs and traditions. For first-century Jews, there was one law for religious, civil, and criminal acts. Therefore, when a person committed a religious violation, such as blasphemy (where a person claims to be equal with
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One of my favorite experiences while working at NASA was getting to watch the test firing at Stennis Space Center of the J-2X engine for the Ares I Upper Stage. It is impressive to watch the massive power of those engines, and even more awe-inspiring to know all of the people and labor behind the
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