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Author Archives: Maryann Spikes
National Day of Prayer v National Day of Reason
My most recent Examiner.com news articles just in time for tomorrow’s National Day of Prayer: In Modesto: Pray Modesto continues despite secular call to National Day of Reason May 2, 2012 In San Francisco: Congressman Pete Stark calls for National Day … Continue reading
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Go Nuts! at John Thurman Stadium
Today my mother-in-law Jae and her new hubby Bobby took us to a Nuts game at John Thurman Stadium. We got together with some of their church friends and tail-gated pizza, hotdogs, grapes, chips and sodas in the Neece parking … Continue reading
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Christian Carnival, April 18, 2012
Welcome back to the Christian Carnival! For those new to this gig, the Christian Carnival is a weekly collection of some of the best posts of the Christian blogosphere. It’s open to Christians of Protestant, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic convictions. We … Continue reading
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This week’s Christian Carnival is…
…here. I host it at my new on-line portfolio blog :) I am not including my own submission this time, because I am still chewing on an idea for an article that talks about the difference between Hume’s is-ought distinction, which … Continue reading
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In the mood for some GenX poetry?
If so, check this out, nested under the Poetry & Prose page. And feel free to share your GenX poetry in the comments :) About Portfolio Twitter | Facebook | Google+ | Request Project
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Yo quiero choco-latte! :)
Choco-latte is a Mexican mocha I ‘think’ I just invented. If nobody has it yet–why not?!!! Sure, it could be called the Abuelita mocha, but choco-latte sounds so much more chocolattey and you don’t have to pay Abuelita to use the name. I thought of … Continue reading
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Is there no truth, are all beliefs true, or is there only one truth?
This is something to consider in relationship to these objections to the objective truth of Christianity: 1) Claiming that Christianity is “the” truth steps on other people’s toes. 2) Science doesn’t even know the answers, and yet you claim to. … Continue reading
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Problem: If God is good and all-powerful, why does he not prevent evil, suffering and hell?
My thoughts on the solution: 1. Unconditional love is impossible if suffering and evil are impossible. God, like a good father, allows us to learn from our mistakes, rather than dysfunctionally protecting us from them by a) preventing us from making them, … Continue reading
Walk to the Cross (Easter Prep), pt.2: External/Internal Evidence
Back in February I posted part one of a lecture series on the Gospels by Tim McGrew entitled “Who Wrote the Gospels?” Then, mid-March I posted Professor McGrew’s answer to my question, “Did Christians ‘reinterpret’ Old Testament passages to be … Continue reading
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Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.4: The Christian Worldview
“Thus from a Christian perspective, we perennially face the dual temptation either to demote ourselves below what we truly are (despair) or to promote ourselves above our true status (hubris). All in all, humans are unique among the living.” p. … Continue reading
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