(Image via Wikipedia) It has become culturally fashionable to make the claim that “Jesus never said he was God.” Lots of folks would like to claim Jesus as their own but his divinity gets in the way. The Muslims claim Jesus was a great prophet to the Jews but far less than even their [...]

                                           (Image via Wikipedia) Here’s our best posts of 2011 based upon a combination of traffic and comments: 1.  -Losing the War of Ideas to Radical Islam? 2.  -Mormons & Evangelicals: Different Theology But Similar Values 3.  -Revolting Muslims Really Seeking New Caliphate and World Dominance? 4.  -Did 9/11 Change Attitudes About Religion? 5. -Radical [...]

                                              (Image via Wikipedia) Years ago when my children were still small I had a couple of visitors at the door on a Saturday before Christmas. The Christmas tree was up with presents all around it in preparation for the big day. The couple at the door explained that they did not celebrate Christmas since [...]

           (Image via Wikipedia) Does Islamic law forbid music and musical instruments? Apparently so. At least Muhammad did during his lifetime. However most Muslim cultures and communities today ignore those strictures except for the most radical Islamists. Currently the Middle East is going through an Islamic revival which is compelling Muslims to adhere more closely [...]

Richard Dawkins: "Jesus Would Have Been An Atheist If He Had Known What We Know Today" This is probably the most offensive thing he has ever said. As usual he is implying here that any person with any kind of intelligence today is an atheist. So obviously it follows, from Dawkins’ perspective, that any smart [...]

Mormonism is center stage again with Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman running for President in 2012. I have seen one article after another talking about why evangelicals should not be voting for a Mormon.  A poll of Evangelical Christians in June showed that at least 34% said that they would not vote for a Mormon [...]

                                                   (Image via Wikipedia) Family Radio Network preacher Harold Camping, failed in his high profile well publicized prediction for the end of the world on May 21. Now he says that his new date of Oct. 21 is ‘probably’ the definite date?: “A lot of things we didn’t have quite right will probably be finished [...]

Did the 9/11/01 attacks end up changing some of our attitudes about religion? Here’s a recent article from CNN by John Blake that claims it did make some changes in how Americans perceived religion: Four ways 9/11 changed America’s attitude toward religion There are two observations in this article that I agree with whole heartedly. [...]

                      (Image via Wikipedia) The same-sex v. traditional marriage debate is heating up all over this country and a majority of the time in the media it is presented and characterized as a matter of civil rights. Here’s an article by Amy Hall which clarifies the debate as a battle over definitions instead: “We’re Arguing [...]

Everywhere you turn lately supposed experts are trying to tell us that the Bible doesn’t really have anything to say against homosexual marriage. In February,  Dr. Jennifer Wright Knust wrote the latest example of this genre in an op-ed for CNN Belief Blog entitled:  “The Bible’s surprisingly mixed messages on sexuality,” Here is Dr. Robert [...]