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Apologetics and Your Children (Pt. 7) – Touting the Absurd

This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Apologetics and Your Children

“Christians to whom God has given children should be aware of where the rhetoric of the world leads.  They should take note of what the Bible says about the world and its lusts, and how the wisdom of this world is so contrary to the true wisdom of God in Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 1:20-24).  They should learn from the mistakes of the past and never yield an inch in their allegiance to the clear sense of God’s Word.”

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Tolkien and Lewis on Virtue: ‘On the Shoulders of Hobbits’

Tolkien and Lewis on Virtue: ‘On the Shoulders of Hobbits’

On the Shoulders of Hobbits is more than just an entertaining read.  He is concerned about illustrating the virtues (Justice, Self-control, Wisdom, Courage, Faith, Hope, Love), by means of, primarily, The Lord of the Rings [LOTR] and, secondarily, The Chronicles of Narnia, and what he has to say should be heeded. 

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Christian Ethics (19): Abortion

This entry is part 19 of 19 in the series Christian Ethics

The world has persuaded itself that the unborn child is somehow not human (with help from evolutionism).  But the Christian should know how to respond to such irrationality.

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Christian Ethics (18): Sexual Ethics

This entry is part 18 of 19 in the series Christian Ethics

The Bible has clear things to say about sex and its use and abuse

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Biblical Worldview 14: A Biblically-Informed Life

This entry is part 14 of 14 in the series Biblical Worldview

The final lecture attempts to bring the previous material into focus for use in daily living.

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Biblical Worldview 12: A Doxological World

This entry is part 12 of 14 in the series Biblical Worldview

A “doxology” is the giving of glory to God. In other words it refers to worship. In the Christian worldview, worship holds an integral part of our self-understanding. We were made to worship our Creator!

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Biblical Worldview 11: A Meaningful World

This entry is part 11 of 14 in the series Biblical Worldview

Humanity has always tried to find meaning and worth in life. The Biblical Worldview reveals the fact that meaning is built into the plan of God for us all.

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Biblical Worldview 10: A Revelatory World

This entry is part 10 of 14 in the series Biblical Worldview

Revelation is the doctrine upon which every other aspect of knowledge is constructed. Christian knowledge is “revelational knowledge.” Even our knowledge of the universe is revealed to us. The Bible is the prism through which God’s revelation in nature is properly comprehended.

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Biblical Worldview 7: A Moral World

This entry is part 7 of 14 in the series Biblical Worldview

Christian morality is the only system of ethics which is grounded in a moral Law-Giver. When we know ourselves as God’s image-bearers (though fallen), we know the One who grounds the absolutes upon which things like truth and justice rest.

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Biblical Worldview 5: A Fallen World

This entry is part 5 of 14 in the series Biblical Worldview

The world is a wonderful place, but we must not fool ourselves that it can be brought to some Utopia. Sin pervades it and God’s curse is upon it.

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