Thinking about the devil September 28, 2006
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Besides God, Himself, the devil might be the most misunderstood being in all the world. Think about it. What images comes to mind when you think “Satan”? I’d guess that most of us conjure up images of a goofy or cantankerous looking fellow, often with red tights, horns, and a pitchfork (thanks mostly to Dante’s Inferno). However, this image of the evil one is far from accurate, as depicted in the Bible. So, who is the devil? How did he come to be as he is now? Why are our ideas of him so inaccurate? How should we think about him? (more…)
Understanding the book of Leviticus September 24, 2006
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It’s often times said lightheartedly that when you try to read through the Bible in a year, everything goes great until you hit the book of Leviticus. Then everything comes to an abrupt halt. Why is this? Well, for one thing, besides a few select chapters (8-10, 24), it’s not written in narrative or story form, and so is less gripping to a reader. And with all the infinitesimal details pertaining to food, health, sanitation, as well as moral, civil, and ceremonial laws, it’s easy for us to think, “Next!”? Nevertheless, there are some important themes to understand in the book of Leviticus, and some helpful advice for reading it. (more…)
Why the New Age Movement isn’t new. September 20, 2006
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It’s a misnomer to think that all New Agers believe and practice exactly the same thing. I remember Robert Stewart, one of my seminary professors, once saying, “Trying to define the New Age Movement is like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall.” You see, the New Age Movement (NAM) is not a centralized organization. There are no creeds or sacred scriptures. You can find literally hundreds of publications by various groups that fall into this somewhat nebulous crowd. (more…)
Are All Religions One? (Jesus & Buddha) September 18, 2006
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Are All Religions One?: Comparing Jesus & Buddha
Speaker: Doug Groothuis.
Location: CSU, 2005.
Source: Timberline Church.
Written On the Heart
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Written On the Heart: The Case for Natural Law Morality
Speaker: J. Budziszewski.
Source: The MacLaurin Institute (www.maclaurin.org).
See J. Budziszewski’s books:
(1) Written On the Heart
(2) What We Can’t Not Know
Why is only Christianity exclusive? September 17, 2006
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I’m never shocked anymore to hear the retort from someone who considers him or herself religiously ‘inclusive.’ It usually sounds something like, “Christians are so arrogant because they claim to have the only way!” The argument seems to be claiming that all religions—except Christianity—believe in a sort of “different-strokes-for-different-folks” theology. As Hindu, Sri Ramakrishna once put it, “All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They are all one.” So, we’re to believe that all religions besides Christianity are accepting, even embracing, of other religious paths. After studying the world’s great religions for some years now, I’ve come to the conclusion that anyone who seriously makes this claim is either grossly uninformed or deliberately dishonest. (more…)
Pete Bocchino: Apologetics Training Seminar September 16, 2006
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Timberline Church is co-hosting Pete Bocchino for an apologetics / evangelism training seminar at Faith Evangelical Free Church on:
Friday & Saturday, September 15-16, 2006.
FREE, drop-ins welcome Friday & Saturday.
On Thursday (9/14) Pete spoke at the CSU Lory Student Center Theater and did a phenomenal job. Pete’s methodology of making inroads into the lives of skeptics is absolutely masterful. He has really challenged and helped me refine the way in which I think about and do apologetics.
If you want to be equipped to not only understand the compelling reasons for believing the message of Jesus, but also to gently and effectively communicate your faith . . . YOU NEED TO BE HERE!
Normally you would have to pay a decent ticket price to come to something like this. Please take advantage of this seminar! Timberline and Faith are making this available free of charge because we see how deeply life-impactling this time with Pete can be. I hope to see you there!!!
SCHEDULE: Friday Evening
7:00 – Welcome to the Cultural War
(Why Do Apologetics?)
7:30 – The Problem of Worldviews & Truth
(Why Is It Hard To Talk About Truth?)
8:00 – Break
8:15 – The Truth about Truth
(What Is Truth?)
8:45 – Q&A on Truth
9:00-9:30 – Introduction to The One Master Principle
Saturday Morning
8:30 – The One Master Principle: Pt. 1
(Hearing God’s Words, Seeing His Work &
Following His Way)
9:15 – Origins: The Universe and Human Life
(What Caused The Cosmos & The Genetic Code?)
10:30 – Break
10:45 – The Nuremberg Trial & Universal Moral Laws
(Is It Possible To Have True Justice Without God?)
12:00 – Lunch Break
1:00 – God & Evil / The Gospel & The Ethical Life
(What & Why Is Evil? / What Can Be Done About It?
2:15 – Break
2:30 – The One Master Principle, Pt. 2
(Hearing God’s Words, Seeing His Work & Following His Way
3:30-4:00 (Q&A Time)
Toward an Intelligent Understanding of the ID Hypothesis September 15, 2006
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Toward an Intelligent Understanding of the Intelligent Design Hypothesis.
Speaker: Michael Behe.
Source: The MacLaurin Institute, Univ. of MN (www.maclaurin.org).
10 Uncommon Insights about Evil in “The Lord of the Rings”
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Speaker: Peter Kreeft.
Source: The MacLaurin Institute, Univ. of MN (www.maclaurin.org).
How to Thoughtfully Dialogue with Unbelievers
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Speaker: Pete Bocchino, President of Legacy of Truth.
Source: Timberline Church.
Pete Bocchino: Lecture/Q&A @ CSU September 14, 2006
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Timberline Church is co-hosting a lecture by Pete Bocchino (author & international lecturer) at the CSU Lory Student Center Theater on Thursday, September 14, @ 7pm.
How Do You Arrive At Truth? Pete will explore the process by which you can come to reasonable and testable conclusions on moral/ethical issues such as human cloning, physician assisted suicide, abortion, gay marriage, and war. How can we know if our moral conclusions are true or not? Is there such a thing as a “true” moral belief, or is everything really relative? You will have a chance to ask Pete your most troubling questions on matters of truth, morality, and ethics. Don’t miss it!
My little boy’s first day of school September 13, 2006
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Today my wife Kristen and I took our oldest son, Keaton (3 & ½ years old) to his first day of preschool. And in the blink of an eye we’ve got parent nights, fundraisers, fieldtrips and more. Having three little ones (all under the age of four) we have tended to roll our eyes when people say, as they so often do, “Ohhh, enjoy this time! They’ll be grown up and gone before you know it!” However, by about the 100th time we were told this, Kristen and I thought that this many people can’t be wrong.
So, we’ve been trying to be much more intentional about savoring every stage of they journey with our kids, and not merely looking forward to that next stage (though a stage without diapers will be nice). And standing down on the sidewalk this morning, watching little Keaton walk up the steps of the school on his first day–hair neatly combed, proudly lugging his new X-Men backpack–I realized the importance of this all the more. All day long I’ve been thinking about the words of a country song that was popular a decade or so ago.
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