Bill Pratt | February 27, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt If I could count how many times I’ve been told that only ignorant, fundamentalist Christians doubt the truth of Darwinian evolution, I would be a rich man! Alas, the worst nightmare of Darwin defenders occurs when non-Christians, and non-theists at that, write books criticizing Darwin’s ideas. In their new book, What [...]
Bill Pratt | February 23, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt One of the most common accusations hurled at Christians is arrogance. If Christians believe that only they are right about who God is, that is arrogant. Usually, but not always, I hear this accusation from atheists. They say something like, “If you think that the Christian God is the only true [...]
Bill Pratt | February 20, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt Constrained or Unconstrained Vision? Which is it? In my view, the more biblically sound vision must be the constrained – for one simple reason: original sin. The Bible teaches that every human being is born with a sinful nature, that we are not born with a clean moral slate, as the [...]
Bill Pratt | February 18, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt Recently I read an incredibly thought-provoking book written by Thomas Sowell, called A Conflict of Visions. In this book, Sowell traces out two conflicting visions of the nature of man, the constrained and the unconstrained. Sowell argues that these two visions have been at odds for centuries and the conflict between [...]
Bill Pratt | February 16, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt For each of us there is one person who we always forgive every time they do something wrong. There is one person who we always give the benefit of the doubt. There is one person who we always judge with their intentions in mind rather than just their actions. There is [...]
Bill Pratt | February 14, 2010
Post Author: Jennifer Pratt On Valentine’s Day, it seems fitting for me (Jennifer) to write about how to have a secure and successful marriage. Billy and I have been married for 15 years (we have been a couple for almost 20 years). I can honestly say that each year gets better! When I think back [...]
Darrell | February 12, 2010
Post Author: Darrell Brigham City, Utah’s Living Hope Ministries has produced several great videos on Mormonism, including DNA vs. The Book of Mormon and The Bible vs. The Book of Mormon. If you are looking for some material to share with an LDS neighbor or friend, I would highly recommend both of these videos. Thanks to a post on Jessica’s [...]
Darrell | February 10, 2010
Post Author: Darrell In my last post I discussed how an actual infinite number of things is incoherent. How does this apply to the universe, time, and Mormonism? The Mormon Church denies creation ex nihilo, choosing instead to teach creation ex materia, the position that God organized the universe from pre-existing matter. In fact, Mormonism takes this position even [...]
Darrell | February 8, 2010
Post Author: Darrell In short, no. The story of Hilbert’s Hotel helps to demonstrate this fact. It goes like this… Let’s say we have a hotel that has an infinite number of rooms and an infinite number of guests; as a result, the hotel is full. If a prospective guest walks in and asks for a room, can he check in? [...]
Bill Pratt | February 5, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt As Christians we all agree that we want to follow God’s will for our lives, but there are two general approaches to following God’s will that I’ve seen in evangelicalism. The first approach operates under the premise that God has a specific will for each and every one of our actions [...]
