Archive for the ‘Apologetics’ Category

A married Montana man has taken his wife and his girlfriend to the Yellowstone County Courthouse and told the clerk: Marry us – if the Supreme Court OK’d “gay” unions, then we should be allowed to join together in holy polygamy.“It’s about marriage equality,” said Nathan Collier, who filed for a marriage application to two […]

Source: Polygamous TRIO applies for marriage license

Mere days after hearing how we are being paranoid about how the Supreme Court opinion on gay marriage would lead to polygamy, this story comes out.

The reason for defending marriage has nothing to do with (more…)

1434484716960Time for a harsh reality check… You can change the label, but you cannot change what marriage is.  Whether you believe it to be a sacrament instituted by God or evolutionary process forming a permanently mated pair in h. sapiens, gays may try to copy what marriage is; they may even maintain a long-term relationship and do so better than some heterosexual couples, but it will still be an imitation.  To change the label cannot ever change that.

The real problem didn’t begin with same-sex marriage, but in people forgetting what marriage is even between men and women.

Beyond this, regardless of the “out” for religious objection, Christians are the real target of this ruling.  Regardless of the First Amendment right being protected by law, there is no protection from the cost of the lawsuits that will be used to persecute the Church.  If there’s any doubt of this latter, Justice Roberts reminds us,

Indeed, the Solicitor General candidly acknowledged that the tax exemptions of some religious institutions would be in question if they opposed same-sex marriage. See Tr. of Oral Arg. on Question 1, at 36–38.

Christians are already losing their businesses and homes over their Faith here in America.  They already face being fined.  Being jailed for your Faith – if Canada is any example – is not that far away.  I don’t believe those who say it won’t come to that.  Back in the mid-90’s we were told gays weren’t after marriage – remember the Civil Union?  Back in the mid-2000’s we were told they weren’t after our religious beliefs.  I guess that’s only true unless you’re a baker or photographer.

This may be seen as more political than I normally allow The Christian Geek to be, however this is extremely relevant to the scope of the site.  It has huge implications to both religious speech and it is one of the top tech issues of the day.  You really need to read Mr. Crovitz article.  It puts the issue out very clearly.
L. Gordon Crovitz: From Internet to Obamanet – WSJ.

What you have to keep in mind here is that he mentions both critical impact areas of what he calls “Obamanet” (I like that phrase…)  The most important thing to take away is that these are regulations being passed to fix a problem that does not exist.

Everyone keeps focusing on the economics.   Yes, problems have threatened, but market pressures have prevented them from coming about.  Market forces have kept the internet working smoothly and more responsively than government could ever possibly do.  Yet this is not the real danger of the impending federal regulations.

The real danger of these regulations is (more…)

New TV series hunts evidence for Jesus.

I don’t even understand why this is a story.  Every year there are a whole swath of Jesus Seminar hit pieces.  When I’m teaching my intro to apologetics, one of the things we do is take one of the more current one of these and deconstruct it.

I had the very special privilege to hear a fairly well known apologist recently.  He was speaking on the reasons behind why the church is losing its youth and young adults.  After the first presentation she was asking about material for kids.  As is my wont, I suggested the book Living Loud by Norman Geisler and Joseph Holden.  This is an outstanding book written for high school age kids, though my 5th grade son is able to understand and process the ideas it presents.Pillars-of-Creation

For those who don’t know, Norman Geisler is one of the most brilliant Christian apologists alive today.  His book Christian Apologetics is a standard text at University and Seminary.  His in a skilled debater often on the front lines defending the faith against skeptics and atheists.  Yes, he had that unfortunate feud with Licona, but his scholarship in apologetics is nevertheless brilliant.

So what is the facepalm in this? (more…)