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Your Weekend Worldview Reader

  Here's Your Weekend 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).       ⊕  Three Witnesses of Rembrandt's…...

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Three Witnesses of Rembrandt’s Painting (and Reasons to Trust the New Testament)

In 1653 the Dutch artist Rembrandt completed a project depicting three epic figures from history (painting above). The original work is one of the most celebrated pieces of artwork at the MET in New York. If you've scanned the picture above and concluded there are only two persons, you're missing something—or someone. The man standing with his hand on the…...

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Thanks Be to God: Martyrs and Bible Translation in AD 180

The amount of literary evidence for the New Testament never ceases to amaze me. The New Testament stands in a league of its own in comparison to other literary works of antiquity. Its closets rival is the epic poetry of Homer. There is a five hundred year gap between when Homer composed his poems and our earliest copies. What happens…...

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How Your Wish List is Pointing You to God

You're a bundle of hopes and expectations. Be honest, you've got some pretty specific things you want to accomplish or obtain in life. Maybe for you it's about being the best at something. Or maybe it's owning something that stands out. In your false humility, you might dismiss this as pertaining to someone else, but you have to admit, it's…...

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Your Weekend Worldview Reader

  Here's Your Weekend 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).       ⊕  Redeeming Boredom ⊕  When a Diamond…...

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Redeeming Boredom

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone," the French philosopher Pascal once wrote. Pascal wasn't really talking about making the most of our quiet and boring moments. He was getting to the heart of our inability to face ourselves. We seek diversions to avoid these painful encounters. Quiet moments can drive us…...

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When a Diamond in Your Head Doesn’t Increase Your Self-Worth

The rapper Lil Uzi Vert chose to have a twenty-four million dollar diamond implanted in his forehead. Everywhere he goes, he is not only carrying, but displaying, a multi-million dollar jewel. No wonder one of his most recent social media updates is that he cannot trust anyone. I can’t trust no one 💯😔!!! — Uzi London 🌎☄️💕® (@LILUZIVERT) February 15,…...

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