The Faith of a Father
Robby Gallaty February 22, 2015 Message, Robby Gallaty, Senior Pastor If you are joining us today as a guest, you have joined us for the second series in our 7-part series through the book of John. I am actually going to take the book of John in 21 sermons. This is the second of the…
Read MoreBottom Up or Top Down?
Published 2-20-2015 Bottom up or top down? In many conversations in science, economics, government, and a great number of other human endeavors, this dichotomy factors into the discussion. One way to describe bottom up is the progression of knowledge from the general to the specific. For example, we might cite any number of human conventions…
Read MoreThe Sign of the Wine
Robby Gallaty February 15, 2015 Message, Robby Gallaty, Senior Pastor Let’s give the Lord a hand one more time for our musical worship this morning. The title of the message today is “The Sign of the Wine.” The Sign of the Wine. John Wesley was one of the leaders of the first…
Read MoreWhat Intelligent Design Is and Isn’t
By: Jay W. Richards, Beliefnet.com; ©May 13, 2005 The more scientifically sophisticated we get, the stronger the argument for intelligent design. Original Article Contents 1 Introduction 2 Victor Victorian 3 The Universe Strikes Back 4 Information Plantation 5 The New Zoo Review 6 The Definition or the Evidence? 7 The G-word Introduction Unless you’ve been…
Read MoreSuffused with Intelligence
Published 2-13-2015 The accomplishments of the youngest members of humanity manifest remarkable intelligence almost from birth. God’s image is apparent in a powerful relational quality in their existence. Infants begin to relate to their surroundings and their caretakers in a meaningful way just a few weeks after birth. From that day forward signs of innate…
Read MoreScriptural – the Bedrock for Spiritual Growth
Robby Gallaty February 1, 2015 Message, Robby Gallaty, Senior Pastor Good morning. The final mark of our Marcs of a Healthy Discipleship Gorup Series. And the title today is Scriptural – the Bedrock for Spiritual Growth. Scriptural – the Bedrock for Spiritual Growth. During Bill Leslie’s ministry as Pastor of LaSalle Street…
Read MoreSupernaturalism Works!
Published 2-5-2015 We conclude our recent discussions of the Ruse-Rana debate on origins by giving Dr. Rana the last word. We have endeavored to cover a diverse range of issues. We trust our readers appreciate the complexity of the issues as well as the complexity of related arguments springing from them. Dr. Rana’s response to…
Read MoreDoes Naturalism Work?
Published 1-26-2015 Debates between naturalists and supernaturalists have become ever more popular. Often these topics become entwined with the evolution versus creation discussion. These topics progress to a variety of related cultural and personal issues. Debate events tend to order the audience along a spectrum of positions. Previously held positions are affirmed but minds are…
Read MoreReasonable Origins Accounts
Published 1-22-2015 When debates occur between supernaturalists and naturalists on the origin of life and the complexity of the cell, both sides search for reasonable explanations. Theistic supernaturalists collect evidence that the intelligent actions of a Deity seem reasonable to explain events surrounding origins of life as well as the explanation of cell complexity. This…
Read MoreRuse and Rana Debate
Published 1-19-2015 In 2013 Biola University sponsored a lively debate between Dr. Fazale Rana, apologist from Reasons to Believe, and Michael Ruse, science philosopher and historian. They debated the topic of whether “Natural processes are sufficient to explain the origin and complexity of the cell.” The appearance of cells in the geologic history of earth…
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