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Aslan at the stone table

darryl — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:32:24 +0000

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book chronologically in the Chronicles of Narnia (although it was the first book published). It traces the discovery of the magical world of Narnia by the Pevensies not long after …

Issues with Theistic evolution

darryl — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:52:52 +0000

I’ve previously expressed my reservations about theistic evolution. Recently, I was interested to hear some new reasoning against it in this interview with Jay Richards Jay Richards (who co-wrote the Privileged Planet) has recently edited a book (God and Evolution) …

Why God gave instruction to man at creation

darryl — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:27:52 +0000

From “Instruments in the redeemers hands” by Paul Tripp, p39-41 (the entire book is assigned reading for this week). In explaining Genesis 1:26-28 Tripp makes the point that there is something unique about God stopping and actually speaking to the …

God’s example to us of being other-centered

darryl — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:03:21 +0000

Just a quick thought from a reading I did last week for one of my courses. Often the fact that God seeks His own glory is used as an example by unbelievers of God being less than perfectly good because …

Sermon: James 2 – Justification by works and saving faith

darryl — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:37:03 +0000

I’ve been doing a homiletics class over the last seven or eight weeks. I’ve preached twice during it and have received valueable feedback both times. I’m grateful for the opportunity to hone my speaking ability and how I handle the …

Review of the NIV 2011 Translation

darryl — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:30:57 +0000

I know there are some who watch this blog who would like to know more about how we get the Bible in English. There are also one or two who might just be interested in the latest edition of the …

Why doesn’t God just show himself?

darryl — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:35:48 +0000

Atheists sometimes ask Christians why God doesn’t just show Himself once and for all and be done with the ambiguity? If God would clearly and obviously reveal Himself to our senses, nobody could possibly refute His existence, and we’d all …

Atheisms poor theology

darryl — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:53:49 +0000

Militant Atheism. Those calling themselves by this title not only refuse, but also openly attack religion – specifically Christianity. However, when we examine the arguments they use to reject submission to God and vilify Christianity we find their understanding about …

He gave him no answer…

darryl — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:42:00 +0000

When the Pharisees put Jesus on trial before Caiaphas, the final charge they brought against him was blasphemy. This was on the basis of Jesus claiming to be the Son of God and His sitting “at the right hand of …

The hole in our gospel

darryl — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:23:00 +0000

I’ve just finished “The Hole in our Gospel” by Richard Stearns. This was one of those books I had no idea of what I was getting into. Last month it was the free download of the month on ChristianAudio.com, and …