Archive for July 12th, 2010

The Lazy Atheist?— The Christian Worldview (Conclusion)

Yazan: ayong | 12 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Theology

In part 1 I mentioned that for a worldview to be viably considered it must be able to make sense of reality. Atheism as a worldview fails to provide a foundation for abstract (non-material), invariant (things not given to change) entities, such as morality, mathematics, laws of logic, and propositions. Moreover, atheism fails to make [...]

Additional Resources on Distraction

Yazan: ayong | 12 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Theology

This week on the WHI, we’re featuring a provocative interview with T. David Gordon about the problem of electronic distraction, which is making thoughtful reading, sincere reflection and real concentration increasingly difficult. The program was inspired in part by two documentaries produced by Frontline, both of which are available free online: Frontline: Digital Nation Frontline: [...]

MHCC 31: Matthew Henry, Law Student

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Categories: Theology

Before Matthew Henry was ordained to the ministry in 1687, he studied law at Gray’s Inn from April 1685 to June 1686. It was a formative period in his life. Charles Chapman, Matthew Henry: His Life and Times – A Memorial and a Tribute, pp. 49-50: But at that time, when Noncomformists were persecuted so [...]

A Ross-Shire Sabbath

Yazan: ayong | 12 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Theology

John Kennedy of Dingwall, The Days of the Fathers in Ross-Shire, chap. IV, on a Ross-Shire Sabbath: On Sabbath they all meet in the house of God. The Lord himself is in the midst of them; the word is rightly divided; hungry souls are fed with “the finest of the wheat;” some of “the whole” [...]

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