Recent content by Bob8102

Seeker, I am suggesting that there is one particular preacher whose sermons are extremely worth listening to. Especially if you listen to his preaching on Romans, you might find he relates to your struggles. I find his sermons very compelling and promise-laden. His name is Bobby Hargraves and...

Because I have religious OCD, I am tending to wonder whether or not I am a Christian. Therefore, this is being posted in “Struggles by Non-Christians.” A person with religious OCD has the OCD doubt machine attack their belief in their own salvation frequently. In my today’s Bible reading, I read...

The American Center for Law and Justice has been calling for armed intervention in some places where Christians are persecuted, such as Nigeria and Afghanistan. I have been hoping for the election of a politically conservative President who would do just that. A politically liberal President...

Christians in Nigeria are being killed by the thousands by illegal militant Islamist groups. It might be especially questionable for Christians to take up arms against a persecuting government; I don't know. But the Christians in Nigeria are being assaulted by criminals, not by the government...

In 1945, the first atom (fission) bomb was detonated. In 1952, the first hydrogen (fusion) bomb was detonated. But in between these two dates, the nation of Israel reappeared on the map in 1948, setting the stage for the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. This was the God of Israel saying to the...

Thanks for asking. As time goes along, I spend more and more time thinking I am a Christian. Because of my OCD and wavering faith, I have had a severe doubt problem. In my weekly Bible study online that I attend, one man often prays something like this: "Lord Jesus, I believe you died on the...

Are American Christians on the path to severe persecution for their faith?

Idonjohn's website that he mentions is excellent. I have been to it a number of times and have tried to follow it's advice. I have also found a tract based on writings by Josh McDowell to be helpful. The tract is called "In search of truth" and can be ordered from www.crossway.org. This tract...

"There are already several Christian science organisation, biologos, answrsingenesis and creation.com, where would your magerzine fit inbetween these groups?" I realize that there might be no need for such a journal. It's just that in the mainstream science publications world, there are many...

I post this in "Struggles by Non-Christians" because it refers to my decades long struggle to know whether or not I am a Christian. I was still in doubt as of last Tuesday, so please don't say this is irrelevant to "Struggles by Non-Christians." Through the months of July and August, I was much...

The following appeared on MSN just this morning: The Big Bang Theory Has Been Debunked? To note, I already just posted something related recently ("How Christians Should Respond to New Space Images"). I got into a somewhat prolonged argument with one Christian who believes in the Big Bang. I...

My response to DialecticSkeptic: You are guilty of the very thing I had pointed out in my last response, namely, you are equating a human interpretation (old-earth Big Bang/evolutionism) with divine revelation, as if they were the same thing. But they are not. There is a fundamental...

PS - It is not the job of most scientists to support standard theories of origins. Only a few, relatively speaking, build their careers on this. The rest of the mainstream science community members believe the official view because that is what they are taught. In their education and community...

You said: In light of this, as well as our current discussion, I have two questions: 1. What were you reading? 2. If the Bible is the word of God, why must standard cosmology be wrong? To elaborate on the second question, what is it about standard Big Bang cosmology that conflicts with the...

You say that God's word and the revelation of nature are a unified whole and do not disagree with each other. I agree. But you assume that assertions of the mainstream scientific community are at least as infallible as scripture. I disagree. Man's intellect is limited, fallen and prone to...