Biblical Creation and Evangelism

 Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king Do you know what I know? In your palace warm mighty king Do you know what I know A child, a child Shivers in the cold Let us bring him silver and gold... — from "Do You Hear What I Hear", by Noël Regney This article will have two parts. First, some comments about the Christmas holiday itself, and then some practical, year-round observations. The war on Christmas seems to get more intense every year. Atheist organizations put up billboards mocking Christmas (and Christians) , which is a brilliant move to improve the image of atheists. (Good without God? Nope. Waste of money? Yup.) Christmas cards from school children to troops are banned by the US Department of Veterans Affairs for having "religious" content . Santa Monica, California, bans their 60-year nativity tradition . Many merchants are unfriendly to Christmas, and customers are encouraged to avoid them . A Mohammedan bigot says that saying "Me...

In 2013, November 3 is the International Day of Prayer for persecuted Christians . The majority of the persecution comes from Muslim and atheist regimes. Many countries make a claim to have "freedom of worship", but that is not freedom of religion, it is simply a way to say, "Keep it in the building and then shut up about it". (Some atheists actually say that there is no persecution of Christians, even going as far as to rewrite history, but I believe that they are being antagonistic, willingly ignorant or outright dishonest; even Wikipedia has an article on it .) Persecution comes from many sources. Nero's Torches (Christian Candlesticks) / Henryk Siemiradzki, 1876 / Wikimedia Commons / PD The concept of Christian persecution is long ago and far away to people in the West, with images of the Roman Colosseum in their minds. But it is very real today. Some of us have it very comfortable and take our beliefs for granted. Much of our "persecution...

by Cowboy Bob Sorensen  This is not a short article, as I was unwilling to derail the train of thought by serializing it. In a classic sketch on Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Mr. Anchovy visited the Vocational Guidance Counsellor, seeking assistance on leaving Chartered Accountancy. Mr. Anchovy boldly proclaimed that he wanted to become a lion tamer!   When the counselor asked about his qualifications, the reply was, “I’ve got a hat…A hat with 'lion tamer' on it … And it lights up saying 'lion tamer' in great big neon letters, so that you can tame them after dark when they're less stroppy.” Worse, Mr. Anchovy did not even know what a lion was — he was confusing lions with anteaters. There are people who want to go into apologetics but only have a superficial idea of what is involved. They have watched videos where people like William Lane Craig show atheists that their philosophy is inconsistent, read some books by C.S. Lewis and other philosophers, hear...