Over the years, I have had a number of failures in my discussions with people who do not believe the Bible. And of course those discussions are about the creation account in Genesis – something that church leaders who want to just talk about Jesus in the New Testament miss. I say “Jesus in the New Testament” because John 1, Colossians 1 and Hebrews 1 teach us that the creation account in Genesis is about Jesus. “Christ is the visible…..
A recent article by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was titled: “World’s vertebrate population dropped by 60 percent since 1970, WWF says.”1 Regarding the founding of the WWF, an article in the Guardian states: “The catalyst for its foundation was a series of articles in the Observer by Sir Julian Huxley – a biologist and grandson of Thomas Huxley, the Victorian champion of evolution nicknamed “Darwin’s bulldog” – warning of the spoliation of wildlife habitats in Africa.”2 The National Center…..
My life calling, besides being a Christian husband and father, is to teach other people that they can believe the Bible. But In my daily Bible reading, while reading Proverbs, I was reminded of just how much wisdom there is in the Bible. Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, began his support of the LGBTQ agenda in 2012 with a $2.5 million donation to support a proposition for same-sex “marriage” in Washington State.1 He did not realize that he…..
At our last San Antonio Bible Based Science Association meeting, while watching President Scott Lane discuss the bombardier beetle, my mind flashed back to the documentary “Moon Machines 1 – Saturn V Rocket.”1 The Saturn V rocket was perhaps the most awesome machine ever built by man. The Soviets had the N-1 Rocket.2 But it did not prove to be the reliable rocket that the Saturn V was. The Saturn V was a three stage rocket. Stages of the rocket…..
In his 2014 article “Why Stop at Refusing to Bake a Cake for a Same-Sex Marriage,” Bernard Goldberg (a political pundit seen as conservative and actually opposed President Obama) sees the issue of a business owner who does not want to cater same sex “weddings” as a civil rights issue.1 He states: “But when laws are based on deeply held religious beliefs, I get nervous.” He compares this to people using their religious beliefs to justify segregation and laws against…..
I recently heard radio personality Michael Medved give his answer to an e-mail from a “thoughtful listener” who challenged Michael’s “commitment to faith and God,” asking: “You’re a smart person, who emphasizes evidence and logic. How then, can you give such importance in your life to something illogical for which there is no evidence?”1 Michael’s answer was to state how his “life dramatically improved” when he “began praying every day, and then observing the Sabbath.” Michael, this is all well…..
The first President Bush talked about making American families “a lot more like The Waltons and a lot less like The Simpsons.”1 While I understand what President Bush was trying to say, and I agree with his point, the truth is I have a problem watching either show. While I was growing up, I watched The Waltons with my family. That was Thursday night. We were almost through the week. The Waltons was based on the actual family and growing…..
I have been making the case for more than ten years now that churches need to be more proactive in teaching people that they can believe the Bible. I know this from my own experience. I know this from my observations of and engagements with other people. Here is a first hand testimony of a new member of the San Antonio Bible Based Science Association regarding this issue – Roman Villarreal: Indoctrinating a generation “The millennial exodus and fall of…..
The space race began in 1957 with the Soviet launch of Sputnik.1 The Soviets continued to lead with the first manned space flight; which was also an orbital flight.2 The Soviets then led with the first spacewalk.3 The Soviet space program had many firsts. But sometime during the course of the Gemini project, the United States pulled ahead of the Soviets in the space race. How did this happen? Jim Oberg, former NASA Engineer, space journalist and historian gives some…..
Soviet dictator Joe Stalin took extreme measures to re-write history. He was a paranoid ruler and killed people that he saw as rivals, even those who had supported him. Then in an effort to remove them from history, he would have their images removed from photos.1 Another glaring example of an effort to re-write history is the use of the terms C.E. (Common Era) and B.C.E. (Before Common Era); rather than B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Latin for the Year…..