Apologetics
Religion And Culture
One wrote One of the distinctions that appears frequently in discussion of Islam is that between culture and religion. Even Muslims wish to draw the distinction and point out that some things attributed to Islam are actually not Islam at all, but cultural things confused with Islam. Even customs like the veiling of woman appear […]
Are Science And Faith Compatible?
Reasoning is our great ally in the quest for truth. But reasoning can only start from premises; and at the beginning of the argument we must always come back to innate convictions…We are helpless unless we admit also ( as perhaps the strongest conviction of all) that we have within us some power of self-criticism […]
Islam And Intolerance
Rowland Croucher posted someone else’s quote, saying: A Muslim American Patriot….an oxymoron Nathan’s response: The thing that struck me about this piece of writing was how easily it could have been written about Christians. Is a “Christian patriot of a western democratic nation” any less of an oxymoron? Can devout Christians be patriots and loyal […]
Resurrection: What Is Easter All About?
Here it is worth stopping to reflect that, if the disciples’ last glimpse had been of their master on the cross, these passion sayings of his …would never have been remembered, nor indeed would he himself. With the death of Jesus there died also his disciples’ faith in him. It was the resurrection which changed […]
Dissent
Archibald Macleish: The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself. Barbara Ehrenreich: No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. Eric Hoffer: The beginning of thought […]
Why Be A Christian?
…you made us for yourself and our hearts find no peace until they rest in you. Saint Augustine, Confessions quoted in Colin Chapman, The Case for Christianity, Tring,Herts:Lion Publishing, 1981, p.44 ~~~ For one of the most profound ways in which the Lord touches us and teaches us about himself and his own essential otherness […]
Democracy
Churchill was reported to have said… “Democracy is the worst form of government invented by man… except for every other form of government….” Oh, that we had democracy… but that is another story altogether. (From a netfriend).
Religious Vilification – More Wisdom
A Netfriend responds: I am wondering what the evidence is for the sweeping statement that “religious vilification legislation is a disaster”. The legislation varies from state to state. Some contributors to this list have already provided evidence that the CFM material was somewhat inflammatory. Some of the ways of avoiding being accused of vilification of […]
Breakpoint: Of Science And Religion
BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #021028 – 10/28/2002 Of Science and Religion: What Really Got Galileo into Trouble Tomorrow night on PBS, NOVA will present a program that can stimulate some valuable discussion and reading. If Christians handle it wisely, it might give us a chance to correct the popular misconception that Galileo, the seventeenth-century […]
The Dhimmitude Of The West (Islam And Others)
Mark Durie August 2002 Appeared in the Newsletter for the Centre for Islamic Studies London Bible College Dhimmitude is an Islamic phenomenon. It defines the condition of submissive surrender to Islamic rule, yet without conversion to the Islamic faith. Under classical theological formulations developed in the first centuries of Islam, the region where Islam rules […]
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