We have meaning below because there is a God above. If there were no god above, we would have no meaning below. Trust me, this isn’t just some “Sunday School” idea. Even celebrity atheists will admit as much. The famed skeptic Richard Dawkins concedes that in a world without God there is no purpose, meaning, or justice. There is nothing…...
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 7:40AM (EST). ⊕ CS Lewis’s Toxic Christian Family ⊕ Our Early Easter…...
Read MoreThomas Jefferson died on the fifty year anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a document for which he was the principle author. Many also remember him for his editing work of another document: the Bible. He ripped out all the passages from the gospels with supernatural claims leaving behind only the life and morals of Jesus minus…...
Read MoreC.S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters tell us a lot about Heaven from a hellish point of view. With Valentine's Day coming up I thought it might be fun to feature some of Lewis's diabolical thoughts about love and family from "Letter 22," in which Screwtape, a senior demon, berates his understudy. Hell is outraged at the selfless love of a particular…...
Read MoreIt always ends the same way. Either they kill us, or we kill them. All our hypotheticals about a future with AIs end in apocalypse. Terminator. iRobot. M3gan. Wally. They're all the same. Only one of us makes it out alive. Okay, so my movie examples have exceptions. In a lot of these stories there's like one robot who doesn't…...
Read MoreWas evil C.S. Lewis's favorite apologetic? It was evil that led him into atheism, and, ironically, what led him out. How did a nun save Lewis's demons? We talk about all that in this episode as we're joined by the wonderful and ever cheerful Trillia Newbell. We’ve packed all that into this coffee-infused third episode of Mere Caffeination. ...
Read MoreSanta is watching, the song tells us. So, you better be good for goodness sake. The favored children's Christmas song sends a mixed message, doesn't it? Which is it? Should we be good because Santa is watching or should we be good for goodness sake? Last night while traveling to St. Louis, MO, I had a conversation with someone that…...
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 7:40AM (EST). ⊕ Be Good for Goodness Sake ⊕ The Measure of Reality and…...
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