Archive for May, 2011


329 — God in the Storms

I have received several “how could God let these storms happen?” emails recently but I have also seen quite a few postings on Facebook and on blogs that dare to say that these storms are part of God’s plan somehow. Then, we are warned not to question the goodness of God. When we teach such [...]

328 — Creation, Evolution, and Stories

This came in from a friend of mine who lives in Arkansas. He sent it through Facebook because he’d lost the address to send questions in here. For those who might need it, send them to tentpegsquestion@yahoo.com and I’ll get to it when I can. I am going to edit his question a bit for [...]

327 — Religion or Magic?

I won’t copy the questions here because they are so diverse. I am willing to split them up if we need to discuss some of them individually. This blog is occasioned by three different events/conversations in the last two weeks. 1. A baptism video showed that a few fingers of one hand “didn’t go under.” [...]

326 — When an evil man dies, should we rejoice or mourn?

I’ve been reticent to write on this subject though I knew I needed to. This letter arrived from a very sweet young lady in Little Rock and reminded me… it’s time. I hesitate to ask this question for a few reasons:  (1)I’m not exactly sure what I’m wanting to ask;  (2) I doubt I’m the [...]