Category Archives: Truth

Four servants of God who battled fierce despair

Posted on March 5, 2020 by

Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading →

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Every Jekyll has his Hyde

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

Humans are beings of dignity (made in the image of the good Creator) and beings of depravity (fallen from that image). This explains a lot about the world and our daily struggles.  Continue reading →

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The Bible – an amazing book about life

Posted on April 24, 2015 by

Read the Bible with an open mind. It answers important questions about the way life is. More importantly, it offers hope by mapping the way out of the darkness of a world full of evil, suffering and death. Continue reading →

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Faith in science?

Posted on July 31, 2014 by

Naive young people are vulnerable to the impression that science has conclusively proven that nothing beyond nature could have any conceivable relevance to what happens in nature. Continue reading →

Posted in Academy, Anthropology, Atheism, Atheists, Belief, Christian worldview, Creation, Culture, Evil in the world, Evolution, Faith, Fear of religion, Freedom, God, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Intelligent Design, Life, Philosophy, Sam Harris, Science, Truth, Wisdom, Worldview | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

A true Christian

Posted on July 12, 2014 by

“The Christian knows that all this happened for him, and it has changed his whole attitude towards God and to his fellow- men.” Continue reading →

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Most important spiritual lesson

Posted on April 10, 2014 by

I am continually relearning this truth about my total dependence on God. Continue reading →

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Two versions of reality

Posted on February 28, 2014 by

Why do humans everywhere throughout all of history intuitively feel a pervasive longing for meaning, morality and destiny? Continue reading →

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