Ultimate Purpose: me-centric or God-centric
While folks in this camp tend not to ruminate over things ultimate, we might infer from their lives that their ultimate purpose is maximizing personal happiness. By definition, this approach is “me-centric.”
Multiculturalism: the good, the bad and the ugly (Part 4)
Followers of Jesus around the world have adopted a new culture altogether, the kingdom of God’s earthly rule.
Multiculturalism: the good, the bad and the ugly (Part 3)
Differences between Islam and Christianity are material and many.
Multiculturalism: the good, the bad and the ugly (Part 2)
When immigrants refuse to fully integrate with the new culture but seek instead to occupy parallel cultures, societal cohesion can be jeopardized.
Multiculturalism - the good, the bad, and the ugly (Introduction)
Might the injection of some cultural traits be toxic to the host culture?
What’s your (real) objection? (Part 4)
There are several things that scientists believe exist even though they don’t know what they are.
What’s your (real) objection? (Part 3)
While this survey indicates that a majority of Canadians believe in life after death, one could logically infer from what they say and do that most give very little thought to the questions raised by this belief.
What’s your (real) objection? (Part 2)
The remarkable growth of the Christian church flows from the intimate relationship between Jesus and those following him.
Freedom Series: the divine perspective (Part 7)
No nation today explicitly treats God of the Bible as the source of the government’s moral authority or as the ultimate party to whom its leaders are accountable.
Freedom Series: the divine perspective (Part 6)
He instituted guardrails on human behavior as a preservative against the caustic effects of human sin. These included societal constraints on individual freedom while preserving free will.
Freedom Series: the divine perspective (Part 5)
Notwithstanding God’s unmerited favor toward Noah and his family and Noah’s righteous response to God’s grace, sin remained intrinsic to human nature, since the spirits of individuals were dead to God.
Freedom Series: the divine perspective (Part 4)
Sin produces slavery, which may be seen as a loss of the perfect freedom God originally granted to humanity.
Freedom Series: the divine perspective (Part 3)
The moment Adam and Eve disobeyed, which was, in essence, an act of high treason, they died spiritually.
Freedom Series: the divine perspective (Part 2)
The starting point for God’s perspective on freedom is that we, as those created in His image, are endowed with the ability to make free choices.
Freedom Series: the divine perspective (Introduction)
Many once trusted institutions are increasingly encroaching on basic human freedoms.
Can Christianity be harmonized with other worldviews? (Part 6)
The Jesus depicted in the Qur’an is not the Jesus depicted in the Bible.
Can Christianity be harmonized with other worldviews? (Part 5)
Rabbinic Judaism as practiced for centuries down to the present day is fundamentally different from its ancient precursor.