Sorry to be slow on posting here and over at www.patrickmead.net. I have the upper respiratory virus that seems to be striking so many here in Michigan (and elsewhere, I’m sure). That has slowed me down and kept me out of the office. I’ll try to keep from coughing long enough to finish this one… [...]
Here is one that is going to become more and more discussed as our nation and world moves deeper into a post-modern, post-Christian future. Could you share a thumbnail sketch of how you’d respond as a scientist and from a Christian worldview to the radical animal-rights philosophy encapsulated in Ingrid Newkirk’s famous quote, “Animal liberationists [...]
Allow me to step away from answering questions for a day. I want to record these impressions while they are still fresh. For five years, our members have journeyed from the formerly rich, white enclave of Rochester down into the deepest parts of Detroit. They go to feed the homeless in Cass Park, a locale [...]
I thought I had already covered this at some time in this blog’s history, but I was unable to find the post so when this question came in, I decided to go for it. I am looking forward to the comments already because, frankly, my take on this is something I’ve not heard from anyone [...]
I love the quality of my readers and the wisdom and depth they reveal in their comments. There were some wonderful questions there as well concerning when someone is really dead: is it when the spirit leaves their body or is it when their body ceases to function… or is it somewhere in between? We [...]
I love the comments and emails from the last post. I agree with Keith that it is most likely that death entered our world — our DNA — when Adam and Eve sinned. I can accept that but I have no direct evidence either biological or scriptural for that. It makes sense, though. Death has [...]
I thought this was a particularly poignant question, especially since our church has suffered the loss of several dearly loved members recently including that of our worship minister, Jeremy King, aged 31. As my father is about to have his 80th birthday and I see what time and life have done to him… I understand [...]