I had dinner last week with a friend who works in the Netherlands. I was intrigued by a word he used to describe a common label for religious belief by people in Amsterdam. It's from the Dutch word "iets" which simply means something. When referred to as a shared belief it is referred to as "Somethingism." In short, it means…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:30AM (EST). ⊕ My Silent Confession ⊕ Justified True Belief ⊕ In…...
Read MoreWhat do you believe? How do you know it's true? What are your reasons for believing it? What even counts as real knowledge? These are the kinds of questions thinking people ask themselves. I'm sure you've asked these questions or ones like them before. We could throw our hands up, shrug our shoulders, and not worry about it. But the…...
Read MoreThe influential 19th century British pastor, Charles Spurgeon, once said, "Few men repent of being silent." Those words will cut you to the quick if you let them. How many times have we failed to speak up when deep down, we knew we should have? I'm guilty as charged. I think of when the Apostle Paul confronted Peter for Peter's…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:30AM (EST). ⊕ The Photocopy Syndrome (Part One) ⊕ The Photocopy Syndrome…...
Read MoreIn this series I've talked about some ways we don't fit in. Maybe it's your quirky personality. Maybe you're infected with a case of creativity that makes it hard to simply color inside the lines like everyone else. Maybe you can't stay quiet when something is not right, even if no one else will speak up. All these things can…...
Read MoreSomeone once said, "When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.” Facts. This needs to be said, because when you're standing alone ― or running alone in the case of the quote ― it's really easy to assume it's because you're in the wrong. Why is that?…...
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