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Author Archives: Maryann Spikes
Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.16: The Argument from Religious Experience
Chapter 16 of Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics is on the argument from religious experience. Several times he repeats that “religious experience claims need to be weighed against other germane sources of evidence for or against a worldview (like Mormonism)…It should not be made to … Continue reading
Prioritize your to-do list and get started!
My friend Julie Holly of The Holly Real Estate Group recently posted, “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” -Agatha Christie But, what if you don’t know where to start? Suggestion: Organize your to-do list in order of priority. … Continue reading
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Christmas 2012 in Review: He Came to Us
Over at Christian Apologetics Alliance I had the pleasure of blogging my church’s Christmas sermon series, called “He Came to Us”. There were four sermons in the series preached by Jim Applegate at Redeemer in Modesto, each sermon taking one … Continue reading
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Poll: What grounds objective moral truth?
Choose one option from this poll: God wills the good in accordance with his loving nature. The good is a construct of God, man or nature. Nothing, there are only constructs which do not obligate. In other words: What grounds … Continue reading
The true meaning of Christmas
Christmas, whatever its true date, is when God became one of us, so that when the time came, he could demonstrate, by dying for us, that he loves us despite our works, whether they are good or sin–…demonstrate that his … Continue reading
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Tasty-Easy Chicken Dinner-in-a-Hurry Casserole
This is a variation of a recipe I found a long time ago that calls for hamburger instead of chicken, mushroom soup instead of celery soup, and doesn’t make you cook the tots first, so they end up mushy (and … Continue reading
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7 Steps to Social Signals Success
Are you sending mixed social messages, or no messages on your social media accounts like Facebook, Twitter and Google+? Search engines pay attention to the social signals you are sending—but, more importantly, so do your fans and followers. You do … Continue reading
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Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.15: The Moral Argument
Chapter 15 of Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics is on the Moral Argument, although it only briefly covers it in one of its sections. It covers much more ground as a nice introduction to Ethics, without going into specific theories (consequentialism, et cetera). Two … Continue reading
Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch. 14: Evidence for Intelligent Design
Rounding out the chs11-14 series dealing with God’s roll in creation, the goal of this chapter of Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics is to give a positive case for Intelligent Design, as well as answering objections to it. The section “ID and the Nature of … Continue reading
Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch. 13: Origins, Design and Darwinism
Chapters 11 thru 14 of Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics are very much related. I am tempted to write a blog post mentioning all 4 of them together, but I already did chapter 11 (pp. 233-234) and chapter 12, and I just created an index that treats … Continue reading
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