Open Minded – receptive to arguments or ideas Source: Merriam Webster Dictionary Are you open minded? Our culture has placed an intellectual value on this somewhat nebulous concept. What I find interesting about the “open minded movement” is it ultimately equates to a close-minded philosophy with different borders. Everyone has a predisposition to their view [...]
Corinthians is where the charismatic church gets its ammunition. Let’s start digging! We will start with the first instance of tongues in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 12: 1Now concerning (A)spiritual gifts, brethren, (B)I do not want you to be unaware.2(C)You know that when you were pagans, you were (D)led astray to the (E)mute idols, however you [...]
If you have a belief system, you can find a support system. The question each of us must wrestle with is, “do we want to follow objective truth or find an enabler for what we want to hear?” I made the decision years ago that I wanted to seek the objective teaching of the Bible. [...]
Richard Dawkins may not the greatest philosopher of our generation, but he is definitely getting a lot of attention (yes, I know he is not a philosopher-but read his book for the “gist”). One of his latest works is The God Delusion. It didn’t attract me from the scientific perspective, but more from being able [...]