Voice of Reason
Except for technological advances, the first century AD wasn’t much different than the 21st. The human condition can be depressingly consistent: injustice, exploitation, oppression, violence.
trustworthy
My wife and I were visiting the British Museum last year when we came across a group of people in the Assyrian gallery listening to a man who we thought was a museum tour guide. “This is the Black Obelisk,” he said, pointing to a statue. “It records the triumphs of Shalmaneser III in the ninth century BC. This ruler is mentioned in 2 Kings chapter 8, and if you look closely, just here, you’ll see a carving of the Israelites paying him tribute.”
unreasonable?
God is not reasonable. Has He asked something unreasonable of you lately? Have you been obedient? Or (as I often do) have you argued or reasoned that HIS request is “unreasonable,” so you just don’t obey? I need to think about this, because either I want to follow Him or I don’t.
Let’s see—let me know if any of this sounds…
five mysteries
In his book Why Us? James Le Fanu lists five mysteries that a naturalistic view of human origins fails to explain:
Subjective awareness. No scientific theory accounts for how the electrical activity of our brains results in our experiencing so richly and coherently the greenness of grass, the rustling of leaves, and the song of a bird.
Free will. How does our…
