Ready to open up five or six cans of worms? Okay… here we go… Hey Patrick, I was wondering if you could talk a little about the International churches of Christ—I’ve heard a lot of bad press about them, mostly from people who were somehow affected by the Crossroads Movement in the 70s or 80s. From [...]
I recently married and my husband and I are discussing whether to have children or not. We are both very involved with church and missions, in our late thirties and and niether feel an overwhelming urge for children. We love our nieces and nephews and are close to kids at church, so it’s not that [...]
Back after a wonderful vacation. The other blog has been updated today so it’s time to fix this one… I was think about the hundreds of new species recently discovered in Papa Guinea (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20018785-501465.html) and more in the Mekong River region (http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=533297). Where have they all been? Have they been hiding? Here’s my question: could micro-evolution [...]
For those who don’t normally read both blogs, a heads up: over at www.patrickmead.net we have a series on the Bible, how it was formed, who the major players were, etc. The fourth in that series was just posted. Things may be quiet here for a week, depending on if I can find wireless somewhere [...]
This one is fairly self explanatory. Commenters — if you have something useful to help this person help this teen, chime in. Today, I was posed a religious question by someone I know and I’m not sure how to answer it. I want to answer their question truthfully and clearly, without making the person so [...]
I used to get this question a lot back in the hey day of the New Age movement, circa 1988 or so. Now, not so much. However, I saw some articles online recently that indicate it is becoming a hot topic again. This is one that has hit the internet news lately anyway, Is it [...]
Before I go into the question I’ve numbered as 283, let me remind people of the point I was making. Almost none of the comments made really approached the point. The point was not whether or not taxes are legitimate. I certainly never said that we shouldn’t pay our taxes — all of them. I [...]
I have really enjoyed the responses to the “Unleashing Force” blog, even those that disagreed with me. Most of them, as usual, came via Facebook and email responses and not on the comments page, but I am glad they came nonetheless. I think we need to look at this carefully. Yes, Jesus paid his taxes, [...]
I will do more on politics over the next month, but I need to follow up on some comments and questions I’ve received via email about creation and evolution. We’ll get to Job chapters 39 and 40 in a bit but, first, let’s get to this: What about Intelligent Design? The Discovery Channel had a [...]