In my most recent post, I wrote about my daughter, who has autism. Shortly before that, a headline about how the Netherlands is euthanizing autistic and intellectually handicapped people naturally caught my attention. I would guess that many, if not most, people understandably have an immediate visceral reaction to the term “euthanasia;” I am oneContinue reading “Euthanasia Extremism”
Category Archives: Christian Apologetics
Adventures in Autism
My introduction to autism was through the movie Rain Man (1988), a great movie in many ways. It is both humorous and poignant in its portrayal of Raymond, who is rather severely autistic, and his brother Charlie. My wife and I were newlyweds when we saw it; little did we know at the time thatContinue reading “Adventures in Autism”
Is the Trans Community under Attack?
A couple of headlines about the LGBTQ community recently caught my eye; one of them had the word “attack” in it, while the other one used the phrase “anti-LGBTQ.” As I skimmed the articles, it quickly became apparent that the authors were referring primarily to bills and laws that are seen as restrictions on theContinue reading “Is the Trans Community under Attack?”
Theological Implications of Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life
Since the federal government released its long-awaited UFO report in January, there have been plenty of headlines related to UFOs. (Technically, the government refers to them as UAPs, or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena; I have no doubt a good number of taxpayer dollars were used to pay someone to come up with that acronym.) Two monthsContinue reading “Theological Implications of Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life”
Making Your Mark
People may not articulate it or even be aware of it, but deep down, everyone wants to make their mark in life. Some ways are very negative, while others are positive, even God-glorifying. In my city, as in many others, there are two very obvious negative ways I have noticed that people try to makeContinue reading “Making Your Mark”
To the Remnant 