In 2014, a U.K. judge ruled that, at the request of the mother, food and water should be withdrawn from her daughter Nancy Fitzmaurice, who was 12 years old and had significant disabilities which made her unable to talk, walk, eat, or drink; it took 14 days for her to die. One of the thingsContinue reading “When Is It Right to Die?”
Category Archives: Christian Apologetics
LGBTQ: From Tolerance to Acceptance to Celebration
The LGBTQ community has been making very steady gains in terms of rights and other legal protections for decades in the U.S. as well as in other majority-white countries. As I have thought about the changes over my lifetime, it is truly astounding. I think that these changes can be understood as part of aContinue reading “LGBTQ: From Tolerance to Acceptance to Celebration”
Should You Attend Your Gay Friend’s Wedding?
To answer this question, I want to begin by looking at what the Bible says about homosexuality. I find it interesting that the 19th chapter of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, tells us what happened to the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and why. You can read the whole story for yourself,Continue reading “Should You Attend Your Gay Friend’s Wedding?”
What Is Black Lives Matter All About?
I have been somewhat hesitant to write anything about Black Lives Matter because American society has become so racially charged. Witness, for example, USC professor Greg Patton, who was suspended from teaching an intensive communications course last month because during a lecture, he used the word neige as an example of a common filler, orContinue reading “What Is Black Lives Matter All About?”
A Christian Critique of Postmodernism
Two weeks ago, I wrote a post called about worldviews and how they answer four big questions; you can read it here: https://keithpetersenblog.com/2020/09/09/how-does-your-worldview-answer-four-big-questions/ The bulk of the post compared Christianity and naturalism, which fall under two of the five major worldview categories. Last week, I looked in-depth at evolution, the most obvious expression of naturalism. ThisContinue reading “A Christian Critique of Postmodernism”
To the Remnant 