“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,and if I have a faith that can move mountains,but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give … Continue reading
Category Archives: Creationism
“What can you ever really know of other people's souls – of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole creation you do know: and it is the only one whose fate is placed in your hands” -CS Lewis Dr Ken Keathley-SEBTS On Friday, I attended a silent auction and saw a most unusual framed photo. It … Continue reading
God has landed on this enemy-occupied world in human form…The perfect surrender and humiliation was undergone by Christ: perfect because He was God, surrender and humiliation because He was man." -CS Lewis Rhea-one of Saturn's moons -NASA One of the gratifying things, for me, about having a blog, is that I get to rant about my favorite hot button issues. … Continue reading
The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind. Mark Noll amazon.com TWW has often quoted from Mark Noll’s landmark book called: The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. His premise is this. “The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind.” Noll contends that evangelicals … Continue reading
"Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV) Have you heard about a newly released movie called "IndoctriNation"? According to its promoters, it is a “90-minute documentary film that takes the audience on a panoramic exploration of one of the most important and controversial … Continue reading
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1 (NASB) One of our primary goals here at TWW is to detect trends within Christendom and then alert our readers with our findings. In early January we posted an article entitled: "Al Mohler's Young Earth Rhetoric Heats Up". (link) In that post we made the following statement: … Continue reading
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." Abraham Lincoln Church in French Countryside (Taken by Deb) Family integrated churches are beginning to garner some attention in the Christian community, and it appears this is due, in part, to self-promotion. The documentary "Divided" is a case in point. This video plays the blame game regarding why youth are leaving the church … Continue reading
"United we stand, divided we fall." Aesop Greek slave & fable author (620 BC – 560 BC) Taken by Deb "Divided" is a documentary written by Scott Brown’s son-in-law, Peter Bradrick, as indicated in the credits. Philip Leclerc goes on a journey to discover why a purported two-thirds of young people are leaving the church. He interviews a variety of … Continue reading
"Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is a ridiculous fiction. How do you think these germs in the air can be numerous enough to develop into all these organic infusions? If that were true, they would be numerous enough to form a thick fog, as dense as iron." Professor Pierre Pochet, 1872 NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC/Caltech) (With thanks to … Continue reading
“They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy." Thomas Hobbes Accusation of a Witch-PeabodyEssex Museum Salem MA. When I first heard about the current Ken Ham fiasco, I thought: karma, kismet, providence, destiny, what goes around comes around, you reap what you sow, and on and on. Then, I confess, there … Continue reading
"We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness…" CS Lewis –Transposition and Other addresses Artist rendition of Kepler 11 if the Constellation Cygnus-NASA “It was very therapeutic to write about this “ So began this gentleman’s email to TWW. Coincidentally or rather, providentially, this communication arrived just as we were beginning our … Continue reading
“Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you! Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead He set before your eyes the things that He had made. Can you ask for a louder voice … Continue reading
To be risen with Christ means not only that one has a choice and that one may live by a higher law – the law of grace and love – but that one must do so. The first obligation of the Christian is to maintain their freedom from all superstitions, all blind taboos and religious formalities, indeed from all empty … Continue reading
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. (Hebrews 12:1-NIV) As we bid adieu to 2010, we want to highlight what we consider to be our … Continue reading
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and they pass themselves by without wondering. (St. Augustine) … Continue reading
Nobody's pushing me around. My decision stands! – Fred Flinstone. In God’s perfect timing, I just received a postcard announcing “The Homeschool Event of the Year!” Please keep in mind that I stopped homeschooling in the spring of 1999, and both of my daughters have graduated from high school (one will graduate from college this May). … Continue reading
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 The first verse of the Bible, inspired by the Creator of the Universe, is truly ALL we need to know about creation. None of us knows EXACTLY how Almighty God brought the heavens and the earth into being, and NO ONE can prove how He … Continue reading
Now if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than before. Then I will properly appreciate the sun, the moon, the stars, trees, apples, as I reflect that he is Lord over all things. …God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also … Continue reading
THE BEST OF THE BLOGS "In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, [Lucifer] could find nothing to think of more interesting than his own prestige." –A Preface to Paradise Lost- CS Lewis As regular visitors know, TWW thinks very highly of Michael Spencer, … Continue reading
Have you noticed an interesting phenomenon in God’s wonderful creation? Birds of a feather flock together… That certainly seems to be true of Homo sapiens as well, especially when it comes to those who hold to a Young Earth position. Ken Ham, the YE crowd’s icon, has developed quite a following, as evidenced by the attendance numbers at his … Continue reading