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See “Expelled” the movie April 29, 2008

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Click here to watch clips from “Expelled,” the new movie with Ben Stein, showing how “Big Science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom.”
Click here to visit the official “Expelled” the movie website.

Review of Eckhart Tolle’s book, “A New Earth” April 23, 2008

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I spoke this evening at our mid-week service here at Timberline Church. We’re in a series considering the implications of living a spirit filled/influenced life. Tonight was on “learning humbly.” We explored the idea that recognizing and submitting to objective truth (or “true truth” as Francis Schaeffer used to say) seems to be a prerequisite to being a humble learner. However, much in our culture suggests that truth is a private and subjective endeavor. One contemporary example of that come from spiritual teacher, Eckhart Tolle’s latest book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose. (more…)

Is Jesus the only way? (CSU, 4/28/08 @ 7pm)

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Is Jesus the Only Way? We live a pluralistic culture or various faiths and worldviews. And yet our setting is nothing new for followers of Jesus. While Christianity was born within the monotheism of a first century, middle-eastern culture, the broader socio-cultural setting was heavily influenced by Greek and Roman paganism. And the claim that Jesus, rather than Caesar, is Lord has never been well received.

Is Jesus the only way to God or ultimate reality? Whether you believe the answer is “yes” or “no,” or if you are unsure, you won’t want to miss this talk. Come hear philosopher and author Dr. Groothuis discuss the controversial question. A question & answer session will follow.

Dr. Groothuis was my mentor during my studies at Denver Seminary, where he serves as professor of philosophy within the Philosophy of Religion Dept. I highly encourage you to make it to his talk at CSU. You’ll be equipped to give an answer for your faith in the historical person of Jesus.

Where: CSU, Engineering Auditorium 100
When: Monday, April 28th, 2008 @ 7pm

Is God evil for destroying entire nations in the Old Testament? April 19, 2008

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While this post originally appeared last year, I thought it would be appropriate to reengage with it, given our consideration of the supposed evils of Christianity which we’ll be discussing this Sunday in our Atheism class.

I recently heard from somebody who said that he could never believe in a God who would command the destruction of an entire group of people—an act of genocide! Genocide is murdering a group of people because of a hatred of who they are. And after all, why would God destroy a group of people for being who they are (ethnically) if God made everyone in the first place? So, obviously the God described in the Old Testament, who did such things, cannot be the true God who made all people. (more…)

Does Freud’s argument against God work? April 2, 2008

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The 20th century skeptical Lutheran New Testament scholar Rudolf Bultmann stated that it is impossible for a person to live in the modern world—using “electric lights” and so forth—and still believe in spirits and miracles. Now, quite obviously there are many intellectually sophisticated people today who continue to believe in the supernatural, and who believe that being a Christian doesn’t require a person to be intellectually dishonest. However, this attitude or philosophical persuasion of modernity (as expressed by Bultmann) continues to be believed and championed by many still today. And while Bultmann represents the modernist attack on historical Christianity from the disciple of New Testament studies, the assault can be seen in many disciplines. In fact, one of the more influential attacks on belief in God from this past century came through the field of psychology—specifically, through the person of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). But does Freud’s argument against God really work? (more…)