Are there any atheists?

Posted on 07/26/2014 by John Harris

Have you heard about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac? He stayed up all night wondering if there was a dog?

I love that joke.

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(Richard Dawkins was baptized as a baby… so much for paedobaptism)

But seriously, if you listen to the “new atheists” they want you to believe that atheism is on the march and their ranks are swelling!

While it’s true, at least with respect to America, there are more Atheists now, their numbers are not a large part of the whole. Here are 5 facts about Atheists from the Pew Research Center…

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Why am I a Christian?

Posted on 07/03/2014 by John Harris

I was thinking about an argument I heard Richard Dawkins make once. He basically indicated that the person he was talking to was a Christian, in large part, because they were born in America.

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The more I think about this, more more insulting it is.

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On Belief and Obedience

Posted on 06/17/2014 by John Harris

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote his best known book Nachfolge “Discipleship” to try and explain what it means to really follow Jesus.

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He was struggling with how his fellow “Christians” in Germany could support the government under the madman Adolf Hitler. He eventually came to the position that he must oppose the Nazi’s as a part of the resistance, for which he was ultimately executed.

In his book, the English title is usually “The Cost of Discipleship,” he makes the monumental statement:

Only the believing obey, only the obedient believe

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D-Day 70 years hence

Posted on 06/06/2014 by John Harris

On this day 70 years ago Ernest Melvin Morrison (“Mel” to his family, “Ernie” to his mom) jumped out of a plane and parachuted into France, it was D-Day. 

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I am proud to know my family was a part of this momentous fight. 

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How you treat the church matters

Posted on 04/23/2014 by John Harris

We’ve all heard someone say… “I love Jesus, I just don’t love the Church”

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

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This is, of course, impossible. If you don’t love the church, you don’t love Jesus, you’re not one of his disciples.

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