I heard a guy speak recently. He asked people to describe the Christian life. Somewhat to my surprise, people used words such as struggle, tough, and battle. I thought these adjectives were going in the right direction. I think about stories considered Christian classics, such as Pilgrims Progress and Hind’s Feet on High Places, also
What is Christianity Really?
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about Christianity and things that bug me. I hesitate somewhat to expound here, because I’m not sure I’m correct in all of my thinking. Take it into consideration that this is my working through my thoughts. There was a social science professor speaking the other day in one of
The Key to Life
A few days ago I was thinking and believe that I figured out the key to life. It’s thought. Life is basically an infinite number of events perpetually happening. In order to try and explain, I’m going to diverge for a moment. I came to this thought by thinking about “reality” TV. What is called
Three Books Summarized
I recently read three books which were interesting. The first was, The Control Revolution: How the Internet is Putting Individuals in Charge and Changing the World We Know by Andrew L. Shapiro. It looks at some of the things which the internet allows people to do, and some of the ways it has been used.
Choosing a Mate
(Note: my writing here has to do with my wrestling with what the reality of matter seems to be, not what I might think is an ideal.) A while back I was wondering how people choose who they want to marry. This may seem obvious, and of course there are the people who say, “You’ll
TVs Obsolete in Two Years!
I think this is a bit crazy, and I can’t believe I hadn’t heard about it before. Actually I didn’t believe it when I first heard it but apparently it’s true. Congress passed a law just under a year ago requiring all TV broadcasters to switch to broadcasting digitally (and cease broadcasting analog) by 2/17/09.
How We Got Into This Mess in the Middle East
I studied Islam and the Middle East for a class I took recently. I want to pass along the basic understanding I gained as to why relations to the U.S. and other western powers are such as they are in that part of the world. It is, of course, rooted in history. One of Islam’s
Death Penalty? (Part 2)
In a previous article, I began to discuss the question which was posed to me, “Is it wrong that we’re happy that Saddam was killed?” In that article I discussed whether the “we” in the question referred to us as Christians or citizens of the U.S. and if that makes a difference. Now I will
Immigration
Immigration has been a hot topic recently. To be honest, I’m not completely sure what all the issues and arguments are on each side. As I recall, last year there was some political pressure to crack down on immigration and illegal aliens. Though legislation would apply to any non-citizen, concern seems to be mostly about
Whose Response? (Part 1)
Recently I was in conversation where the question was posed, “Is it wrong that we’re happy that Saddam was killed?” I think this is a valid question worth addressing. However, in order to discuss it, there is one other question that needs addressed first. This article will cover this preliminary question, while I will address