Spiritual Tune-up: Do Not Think You Know What YOU DO NOT KNOW
“I do not think that I know what I do not know.” – Socrates Three...
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Category: Science & Philosophy
The Two Most Obvious Facts of Life
Here’s my ex-temp ramble in response to the line “momentum succumbs to entropy” seen elsewhere … “On the one hand … but then on the other hand …” + and you can say entropy succumbs...
Read MoreShould We Promote a Biblical Worldview or Holy Hearts? Is There a Difference?
This is my response to a comment about a certain church’s Christian – or Biblical – Worldview training. The original post was at “SlopeSitter’s” new blog. Hey, nice to find this blog!...
Read MoreWhat Jesus Emphasized Is Not What Churches Like to Emphasize
John Howard Yoder vigorously believes that Jesus’ teaching was very practical and very this-worldly. The spiritual, metaphysical, theological, religious meaning of his life and teaching – in Jesus’ mind and in...
Read MoreDoes Prayer “Work”? “Scientific & Pastoral Perspectives…”
Here’s a review of another book on prayer as promised a couple of days ago. [Here’s a more recent review of a book on prayer – P T Forsyth’s Soul of Prayer] My second acquisition at Pastors’ Seminar...
Read MoreScience and Religion – from John Paul II
Thanks to Maribeth Milner for providing these two quotes from John Paul II. Good stuff. The Bible itself speaks to us of the origin of the universe and its makeup, not in order to provide us with a scientific treatise, but in...
Read MoreThe Two Most Obvious Things
I. Question A question for the new year: What do you think are the most obvious facts about this Creation? – this human world, or the natural world, the universe(s) that we live in? II. Answer I think there are two very...
Read MoreTut’s Tomb and Costly Choices
We visited the Tutankhamen exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago with my daughter and her family on Tuesday. Of course the Field is awesome, and the Tut exhibitions are moving. But I had two reactions that I’ve not had...
Read MoreNurse – Philosopher Makes Case for COMPASSION, CARING as a Primary Value
I’ve been over at that nursing blog again (see “Fear and Courage in the Ambulance”). Here are some quotes about a Norwegian philosopher-nurse justifying compassion as a basic value. Kari Martinsen is an intense...
Read More18 Questions: The Reaction to the Lists
I promised to share some responses I got in church when I read two lists of questions from the pulpit a couple of weeks ago. (The two lists are at the bottom of this post.) I had asked the congregation to watch for differences...
Read MoreA Game of 18 Questions:What Differences Do You See?
Sermon Title: What Should We Emphasize In Order to Promote True Christianity in This Country? I “preached” Sunday. (Some say what I do is not really “preaching”, but that’s another question.) We...
Read MoreYes, But How Do You Know? (Epistemology for Sensible People, or Finding God’s Will)
One of my sons said he has to write a paper on how he knows what he knows. That got me going. It’s a very fundamental part of being a Christian in practical terms in this world. Here’s what I wrote … I’m...
Read MoreWhat’s Love Got To Do With It?
This quote may seem a bit dense the first time through; but it’s worth it. (It’s from a text in philosophical theology – Faith Seeking Understanding – by Robert Earl Cushman.) I find it very pertinent to...
Read MoreTake Back the Bible
The Bible is at the core of many public fights (such as the current debate in Kansas about evolution as portrayed in this article) only because of political ambition and public misunderstanding. I know that’s a strong...
Read MoreMaking Jesus Real or Making Machinery Hum
“There is no greater need in our time than that those who teach religion should concern themselves, not with tightening up the machinery, developing organization, or arranging more meetings; but rather to make Jesus real...
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