Classical proofs for the existence of God do not actually demonstrate his existence because belief in God is properly basic, not based on any reasoning or evidence. This proposition will be substantiated by providing a basic overview of the classical proofs for the existence of God and demonstrating why they are lacking. I will conclude […]

Here is an excerpt from a great blog post about criticism:
Directly, not indirectly. If you’re anything like me, you might have a temptation to imply something, to presume something, to do anything to avoid a direct confrontation. Be very careful, however, before adopting this pattern, especially in criticism. If you’re not careful, […]

I am not a fundamentalist. This is taken from John Piper’s biography of J. Gresham Machen:
He was seen as an ally by the fundamentalists; and his ecclesiastical opponents like to make him “guilty” by association with them. But he did not accept the term for himself.
In one sense fundamentalists were simply those who “[singled] out […]

The last two years or so in Thailand have gone by very quickly. Our lives really are like the mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes (James 4:14). Time is something that we should not take for granted and waste, it is a gift from God to be used in his service […]

I finally finished reading The City of God by Saint Augustine. It was one of the most amazing and most difficult books I have ever read. Here is a great quote about heaven close the end of the book:
Neither are we to suppose that because sin shall have no power to delight them, free will […]

These are rough thoughts, but I thought they would be worth sharing.
This is taken from The City of God by Saint Augustine:
“And the Lord,” he saith, “will seek Him a man,” meaning either David or the Mediator of the New Testament, who was figured in the chrism with which David also and his offspring was […]

1) Every Monday and Wednesday for the next few weeks I will be holding English conversation classes with a few friends who are professors in the Hotel and Tourism Management department. Their English is really good already, but they just need to practice speaking. God has really blessed our conversation time and much of it […]

Last July I went to a meeting with some other IMB personnel and we had an interesting conversation about Islam and predestination. I had forgotten about this interesting conversation until I read this blog entry by Dr. James White, here is an excerpt:
There is a concept in Islam of man’s “natural inclination,” which is called […]

Here is a wonderful, eye opening article from Christianity Today:
When Moon was 12 weeks old, her birth mother sold her to a local Burmese woman, who raised her like a slave. When Moon (not her real name) was 3 years old, this second “mother” forced her to wash dishes in a restaurant eight hours a […]