Remember the Y2K scare? One problem created by the turn of the millennium was very real. Perhaps you’ve been to a cemetery and noticed the headstones already in place for the spouse of the deceased, with the birth year followed by 19–. What’s now to be done? Some monument companies created epoxies to fill in the numbers, but without much luck. It was a Y2K problem etched in stone. (more…)
In 1870 the Methodists in Indiana were holding their Annual Conference. At one point in the proceedings, the president of the college where they were meeting said, “I think we are living in a very exciting age.” The presiding bishop asked him, “What do you see for the future?” The college president responded, “I believe we are coming into a time of great inventions. I believe, for example, that men will fly through the air like birds.” The bishop said, “That’s heresy! The Bible says that flight is reserved for the angels. We’ll have no more such talk here.” (more…)
Millions of Christians have recited the Apostle’s Creed as a basic part of their weekly worship. This fourth-century compendium of basic Christian beliefs, likely edited from documents even older, was not written by the apostles. However, it contains a brief summary of teachings considered to be theirs, and so has been authoritative for centuries. Its fourth clause contains this affirmation: Christ “suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell.” (more…)
King David had an affair with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah. She became pregnant. To cover his sin, eventually he had Uriah killed and took his widow as his own wife. But God knew what he had done. And David’s story would never be the same. (more…)
Several pejoratives are popular these days. “Liberal,” for instance, means by definition to be tolerant or generous. But in Christian theology, it usually depreciates a person’s belief in biblical authority or lack thereof. “Secular” means to be connected with the world. Given that God called his creation “very good” (Genesis 1:31), this shouldn’t be a bad thing. But it is. And “evolutionist,” from a word meaning to develop, has itself evolved to the top (or bottom) of things not to be. Why is this? Why does the subject matter? (more…)
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