Why is it that the church has not become a source of life for a hurting world that desperately needs it to doctor up its infirmities? Why, instead, does a world turn to philanthropist organizations, pop psychology or government to solve its deepest problems when the church claims to be the answer for everything? Genesis 3 provides a summary of the human condition and a synthesis by which to understand the rest of the Scriptures: man revolted against God and the shameful effects have been devastating. Read the rest of this entry »
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In the heart wrenching biography, Schulz and Peanuts, David Michaelis offers fans of the beloved comic strip a rare look into the life of the deeply wounded and troubled man, Charles Schulz. He recounts on one occasion when his wife Joyce, upon noticing his unhappiness, suggested that he see a psychiatrist to which he responded, “No, I don’t want to go to a psychiatrist because it will take away my talent.” (p.385) I do not think that anyone would have wanted to take away his talent for drawing cartoons, just the hurting that served as the impetus for the Peanuts. Much of his strips centered on loneliness, depression, sadness, anxiety, worry and a whole host of other maladies. Read the rest of this entry »
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When I was a child, I never concluded that my parents did not exist because pain was part of my life. Now, the unbeliever might say that I could verify their existence through the lens of the five senses whereas with God I cannot. This leads me to ask which came first, the denial of God’s existence after a painful experience or a “simple” deduction of empirical evidence before? I ask this because it is largely unnoticed that we are always met with the emotional content of a conversation long before any formal logic is ever applied, as if to say this could precede any emotional basis from without. For instance, nobody travels to their local Barnes & Noble, finds one book advocating theism, another in support of atheism, reads through the argumentation of each and reaches a conclusion independent of any experience that muddies the waters through which a conclusion is apprehended. Read the rest of this entry »
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