Author Archives: Maryann Spikes

“‘If we take in our hand any volume: of divinity or school of metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact … Continue reading →

This may come out sort of mumbled. This morning the sermon focused on authenticity. I had no pen and no paper, which is unusual, so I’m having to write this from sleepy memory, and quickly. But, basically the idea is … Continue reading →

SIGNS I. Under What Conditions Does God Grant Signs?II. Studying the Concordance on SignsIII. How Do We Know a Sign is Genuine or False?IV. Various Camps Regarding SignsV. Hume / MiraclesVI. Spinoza / MiraclesVII. Signs are Supernatural, not UnnaturalVIII. The … Continue reading →

The selected reading shows how Christianity started out crossing class boundaries (as it does today), and suggests a better alternative to all-out revolution (as exemplified in modern aid programs funded with government and tithe money, and more so in the … Continue reading →

People decide their sexual preference depending on how aware they are of their options and of their ability to choose, with social norms and biological predispositions playing an influential, but not a determinate, role in the decision. Arousal, subject to … Continue reading →

This is an excerpt from Ravi Zacharias’ “Jesus Among Other Gods” (p. 149-150, Thomas Nelson, 2000) — I was on the verge of quoting what Aleksander Solzhenitsyn once said, that the thin line between good and evil does not run … Continue reading →

This is just an excerpt from my final biology project. My goal was to describe how the organ systems of the body work together to maintain homeostasis, putting into practice all the known types of intelligence according to Howard Gardner’s … Continue reading →