Apologetics and Evidence

The first experience I had with a pomegranate was in California, right off of the tree in the in the backyard of the place where I lived at the time. I knew what they were, but I didn’t know what they tasted like, smelled like, what the texture was like, or anything like that before this. In my first experience with them, I never regarded them as something extraordinary, but I did find them to be a bit strange. As I spooned out the seeds to consume them, I remember thinking how different pomegranates were from an apple.  I also remember, in my first reading of the Bible, reading about these strange fruits. As I was going through the Bible, I came upon a passage that really seemed to stand out regarding such. It was Exodus 28:31-35: 31 “You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, so that it may not tear. 33 On its hem you shall make pom

We have all seen preachers on the television making great boasts about how God wants to bless us and all we need is to have enough faith and that we will get whatever we want. I have personally heard them say on numerous occasions that God wants you to be happy, healthy and live a good long life. The problem with this is that there are people out there who do not have homes, or are severely handicapped, for example, yet are Christians. Are we really supposed to believe that these people just cannot measure up in having faith? Are we supposed to believe that someone with cancer just does not have enough faith to get well? For starters, the Bible clearly paints the picture that we have the privilege of asking God for things, but this does not, by any case, mean that everything we ask for will be granted to us… Nor does it teach that God owes us health and wealth, let alone promises it. I think that prosperity gospel preachers have it wrong, but there is something that I

Do you like watching horror movies? If you do, it says something about you. It says that you recognize evil when you see it. Think about it. You watch them because it is thrilling to see someone get mangled or murdered because it is something shocking and exotic to you. It is probable that you haven’t witnessed anything like this with your own eyes, and horror movies provide the “train wreck but can’t look away” sensation. You recognize evil when you see it. You know that murder and mangling is wrong, and that is exactly why you watch it. You watch it because there is a fascination with violence. Here is the point: If it was not evil, you wouldn’t watch it. You wouldn’t watch a movie about someone doing their laundry or doing their dishes. If you happened to get through a whole movie about this, you wouldn’t watch it a second time. It could be that you do not see the things that happen in these movies as evil, and the only reason you are watching it is because you are entertai