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Month: January 2016
Friday Frivolity: Religious TV
Whenever I’m on the road and I stay in a hotel, one of my favourite pastimes is to hunt down the most appalling Christian TV shows. I recently came across “Godstuff” with Joe Bob Briggs who, it turns out, always enjoys some seriously cringeworthy Christian TV…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUP7r5S6rRw
Manvotional: Everyday Duty
Manvotional (Download)
“Hero Down” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
The unaccompanied MP3 is available here.
Wise Words on Wednesday: Cling to God
“When at last I cling to you with all my being, for me there will be no more sorrow, no more toil. Then at last I shall be alive with true life, for my life will be wholly filled by you. You raise up and sustain all whose lives you fill, but my life is not yet filled by you and so I am a burden to myself”
-St Augustine, Confessions 10.28
The Moral Argument
Before I took a break for Advent I posted a quotation from Ravi Zacharias which related to what is known as “The Moral Argument” for the existence of God. I had intended to do a longer post on this subject at some point in the future because I think it’s one of the more interesting arguments in favour of theism.
While on Facebook these last few weeks, I was talking with an atheist and, try as I might, I couldn’t get him to even understand the argument itself.
Was I saying that atheists couldn’t tell the difference between right and wrong? No.
Was I saying that atheists were incapable of doing good deeds? No.
In the end I found the following video from Reasonable Faith. Although it didn’t appear to help in that particular conversation, I think it’s one of the most accessible explanations of this argument for the existence of God:
Music Monday: Hello, My Name Is
Let’s kick off the first Music Monday of the New Year with this upbeat number by Matthew West, “Hello, My Name Is”:
Hello, my name is regret
I’m pretty sure we have met
Every single day of your life
I’m the whisper inside
That won’t let you forget
Hello, my name is defeat
I know you recognize me
Just when you think you can win
I’ll drag you right back down again
‘Til you’ve lost all belief
Oh, these are the voices. Oh, these are the lies
And I have believed them for the very last time
Hello, my name is child of the one true King
I’ve been saved, I’ve been changed, I have been set free
“Amazing Grace” is the song I sing
Hello, my name is child of the one true King
I am no longer defined
By all the wreckage behind
The one who makes all things new
Has proven it’s true
Just take a look at my life
What love the Father has lavished upon us that we should be called His children
I am a child of the one true King
Getting through the New Testament in an hour
My favourite book of 2015 was New Testament Basics for Catholics by Dr. John Bergsma. So much so, in fact, that several of my friends received copies as Christmas presents!
Here is a short presentation by the book’s author on the material covered in his book: