Archive for 2007
See Chimpanzee: See Man
So we have been told by the Evolutionary establishment for the last thirty years. They have taught us and our children that there is only a 1% difference in the genome of a chimpanzee and a human. Thus, the only sequacious inference to be drawn from such an incontrovertible scientific fact is that humans are…
Read MoreGod’s Plan for Pro-Creation: In a Brave New World
As Christians, we desire to know and follow God’s plan for our lives and this is true in the area of procreation as well. However, with advances in modern technology offering more and more options to augment or even replace natural relations between a husband and wife, what was once a quite simple decision has…
Read MoreIntelligent Design: Intellectually and Scientifically Solid
Recently, we hosted Dr. William Dembski to speak on Intelligent Design (ID) at The University of Oklahoma. In preparation for his coming, some of our members produced a pamphlet that answered some of the most oft heard criticisms/objections to ID. The answers are clear and concise. For anyone wanting to better understand the ID position…
Read MoreEvangelicals: Unwanted in the Public Square:
It is undeniable that some Americans just wish Christians would disappear from the public square. Since that is hopefully not going to happen, they spend most of their time and effort arguing that while it is ok to believe in Christ and the Bible, Evangelicals should not bring their faith into the public marketplace of…
Read MoreBibliography: The Trustworthiness of Scripture
As Christians we are often confronted with questions concerning the trustworthiness of Scripture. For example, someone may say, “It must have mistakes since it was written by men” or ask “how can the Bible be accurate when there are so many translations?” They may point out what they see, or have been told, are unresolvable…
Read MoreVelvet Elvis: Revisited
As an introduction to Mark Park’s article on Rob Bell’s book “Velvet Elvis”, I mentioned my lack of success in finding adequate reason to be anything but even more disenchanted with Bell’s Velvet Elvis than Gina was with my first encounter with the Velvet Elvis portrait of years ago. Well, this prompted someone to request…
Read MoreTrinity Baptist Church Welcomes Chris and Valerie Haynes
On September 9th, Trinity Baptist Church unanimously voted to call Chris Haynes to join the staff of Trinity as “The Minister of Ministry Development and Assimilation”. To our great joy, Chris accepted and he will start on October 1st.
Read MoreConfusing Verses?
Here is a question that I answered recently, which I thought might be helpful to some who have had the same question or one of a similar nature. The first paragraph is the question that I received and the last two are my answer.
Read MoreHealing: A Biblical Perspective
The following is intended to summarize our seven week study of the biblical teaching on healing and examination of the claims of modern day faith healers in light of Scripture. I encourage you to listen to the entire series on healing if you were not present when we studied this together. The series on healing…
Read MoreVelvet Elvis: Not Worth Having!
Years ago when Gina and I were first married, I passed by an art display–I use that term loosely–on the side of the road. All of the renderings were pictures on an imitation or cheap velvet. One of them that I was particularly enthralled with was the King of Rock, Elvis Presley. Immediately I envisioned…
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