The young boy of close friends of ours recently asked my wife and me a classic question: “Can God make a rock so heavy that even He cannot lift it?” He didn’t ask it in a challenging way but because he had read it somewhere. This question dates back to at least the 10th centuryContinue reading “Some Things God Cannot Do”
Category Archives: Christian Apologetics
Speaking Out on Behalf of K-12 Teachers
“You don’t know how to do Tik Tok. My mom says old people like you should retire.” These words were spoken by a first-grader to his teacher in Ohio; her name is Mrs. Carter, and to make matters even worse, it was at the beginning of her last day as a teacher. She writes (onContinue reading “Speaking Out on Behalf of K-12 Teachers”
Why Do People Swear?
I recently came across an article suggesting a link between higher-than-average intelligence and swearing. Since this contradicts what is called in linguistics the poverty of vocabulary (POV) hypothesis, I decided to investigate this further. The POV hypothesis says that if a person is lacking in vocabulary, he or she is likely to fill in theContinue reading “Why Do People Swear?”
Is Salvation Pass/Fail?
If you have taken college/university courses, you have probably had the option of taking some classes (particularly electives) as Pass/Fail rather than receiving a letter grade (A, B, C, D, F). I got my Bachelor’s degree from a Christian college, and a couple of my favorite professors periodically asked somewhat provocative questions, like the oneContinue reading “Is Salvation Pass/Fail?”
Feel Like a Number
When I bought my first car at age 17, I listened to rock music whenever I was driving. My favorite bands were Kansas and Styx, but naturally, I heard plenty of other bands and artists as well. One of them was Bob Seger; even though I wasn’t a big fan, there are two of hisContinue reading “Feel Like a Number”
To the Remnant 