[Editor’s Note: Often on Fridays, we will stray from our series of the moment and engage in interesting posts that catch our eye.] by Drew Smith The Christology of the Gospel of Mark has been and continues to be a point of debate among biblical scholars and theologians. Indeed, we could say this about all…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is part of our series on controversial questions. A NO post will normally follow a YES post. Join in by posting your comments.] by Edward W. H. Vick In the sixteenth century there was a major conflict within Christianity. It was over the Bible. Before then it was only available in…
“Often our best creativity comes from the extreme emotions that we work so hard to avoid.” I believe it was legendary music producer Phil Spector that once said that there were only four songs we could ever write; I love you, I hate you, go away, or come back. He wasn’t all that wrong. Those…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is part of our series on controversial questions. A NO post will normally follow a YES post. Join in by posting your comments.] by Steve Kindle For those of us in the West, once the Roman Catholic Church lost its hegemonic hold on the content of the faith, it’s become “every…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is part of our series on controversial questions. A NO post will normally follow a YES post. Join in by posting your comments.] by Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. One of the longest running battles between science and religion is over the theory of evolution, a battle which started as soon as the…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is part of our series on controversial questions. A NO post will normally follow a YES post. Join in by posting your comments.] Evolution and the Character of God by Allan R. Bevere Does biological evolution explain our world? I’m not sure how that question in and of itself is significant….
by Steve Kindle “By identifying the new learning with heresy, you make orthodoxy synonymous with ignorance.” ~Erasmus What follows in this post is my personal reflection on Dr. Vick’s post which ran yesterday. Although I hope he finds this compatible with his own view, he may not. He is only responsible for prodding me to…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Not all post will have an opposing response. If you disagree with this one, please make your case in the comments.] by Edward W. H. Vick FOREWORD After presenting a definition of the term ‘worldview’ we consider two specific examples, the ancient and the modern. Then we note that one worldview has replaced…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is part of our series on controversial questions. A NO post will normally follow a YES post. Join in by posting your comments.] by Rev. Dr. Robert R. LaRochelle I wish to begin by stating my fundamental conviction, one that undergirds the convictions expressed in this brief reflection: When exploring questions…
By Joseph G. Whelan Energion publisher Henry Neufeld requested that I explain science fiction because I am the first independent author to be featured in his latest imprint, Enzar Empire Press. I claim no scholarly expertise but I grew up reading science fiction and now I write it. Originally it was called scientifiction and…