Bill Pratt | December 13, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt As 2009 rolls to a close, I thought it would be interesting to look back at the top ten posts of the year, in terms of number of page views. Some of you who have joined our blog throughout the year may have missed these posts, so for the next couple [...]
Bill Pratt | December 12, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt For the last several years, a lot of hay has been made concerning the Gospel of Thomas, an alleged fifth Gospel only discovered in 1945. A few New Testament scholars have tried to make the case that the views espoused in Thomas represent a competing strain of Christianity that was suppressed [...]
Bill Pratt | December 8, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Quite a bit, it turns out. The leaps in knowledge of cellular biology and genetics over the last 150 years would boggle Charles Darwin’s mind. Some argue that if he were alive today, he would abandon the very theory named after him because of all the contrary evidence that now stands [...]
Darrell | December 6, 2009
Post Author: Darrell Boys in the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church) are ordained to the office of Deacon at the age of 12. This office is the most junior in the Aaronic or lesser Priesthood and is followed by the office of Teacher and the office of Priest. Young [...]
Bill Pratt | December 5, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt The usual story about why Jesus’ birthday is celebrated on Dec. 25 is that Christians were trying to convert a Roman pagan festival into a Christian festival. But it seems this theory may not be true. Andrew McGowan, professor of early Christian history, has written a fascinating article which links the [...]
Bill Pratt | December 3, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Many skeptics of Christianity claim that the existence of evil in the world proves that a good God cannot exist. I believe this viewpoint is exactly backwards. If you truly believe that there is evil in the world, then you must believe that there is good in the world as well. [...]
Bill Pratt | December 3, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt New York State Senate Rejects Gay Marriage in 38-24 Vote
