First Catechism revision

I teach 2nd-4th graders Catechism for our church. A catechism is series of questions and answers summarizing doctrine, especially for children to memorize. We’ve got different editions of the catechism book, and they (Great Commissions Publications) changed an answer! I can see their dilemma: once saved, must I do anything? It’s easy to “fall off the horse” in both...

God runs the whole universe

God runs the whole universe. From Satan, to sunsets, to car-wrecks, to global warming, to sex–he’s completely in charge. He made all things, and made them good. Our first parents, Adam and Eve, told him to that he was a liar (”we won’t really die”) and that they should be God. Such rebellion introduced death, disease, futility and malfunctions into the world. We...

Most depressing week

Depressed? I’m fighting depression. Last week (the last full week in January) is supposed to the most depressing of the year. Factors: Bottom of winter, but without Christmas. Christmas bills coming due. Hope of keeping resolutions? Probably gone. Aspirations for 2008 being different? It’s not. And it’s not close enough to being Spring to be able to look forward to...

Moment of Truth on Fox

We turned on the TV last night, and got Moment of Truth on Fox. It is trash, but watch it! Contestants answer personal and embarrassing questions in a “hot seat” with the potential to win $500,000. They have to undergo a lie-detector test beforehand. Last night a football player to the lower levels ($15,000 or $25,000), but had to answer in front of his wife, friends, 23 million...

Why not Evolution?

I was a evolutionary thinker from age 8 until age 22. I ridiculed my future spouse about not accepting billions of years of life and all species created from natural selection. God caught me before I perished. Here’s one of the “glitches in the matrix” of evolution: sleep. We humans have to shut down our senses and go completely vulnerable for hours every day. That’s...