If you were like me, a kid growing up in the 70’s, you couldn’t wait for the latest Charlie Brown special to appear on the television. I can remember waiting in eager anticipation for it as though it were the highlight of the day. Now, I am watching it with my own kids. For some strange reason (God?), during a recent special, I had some suspicions about the nature of what I was watching. Charlie Brown as the perennial loser in life, rejected amongst friends, can never do anything right, can’t get the little red-haired girl, can’t kick the football, etc. I was beginning to wonder if Charlie Brown were merely a disguise behind which Schulz was hiding. I was aware of his most recent biography, Schulz and Peanuts, by David Michaelis and checked it out at the local library. Good grief, was that ever a kick to the heart! 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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So often in life we search for programs such as instant weight loss, get-rich-quick schemes or any other formula that promises instant success while throwing hard work and discipline out the window. If you have come seeking a formula that does not involve a desire for the heart to change then I can tell you that it will not work. It is fascinating to see the programs that have been implemented for changing the nature of homosexuals. I have read reports by individuals who brought their jaded expectations to find their cure while counselors swing to unbiblical and unsatisfactory extremes in diagnosing their problems. Always remember when dealing with lust, if your desire is change, there is always hope. Read the rest of this entry »
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