By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 When we hear the term compromise, we feel one side or the other loses something important. This may or may not be true. Compromise is often…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Statements concerning the danger of repeating the mistakes of history have been made by many authors. So it is with the quality of the contemporary Christian…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Augustine (354-430 AD), one of the great theologians of the early church, wrote at length on the work of God’s creation outlined in Genesis. His work,…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Creationism is a term with many meanings. This science/faith blog has often connected that word with a time scale. We have used terms like old earth,…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 The longer we read articles dealing with health foods and sound nutrition the more we encounter words such as pure, plain, and natural to describe advertised…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Evangelical historian Mark Noll has penned a succinct definition of creationism. Noll says “The word creationism by rights should define all who discern a divine mind…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Resurgence of the view of earth as a very young planet and a global flood sculpting all of earth’s features in recent times was a pivotal…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 A massive flood is a devastating meteorological event of great impact. Ingrained in the psyches of many religious people is the sense that floods, hurricanes, earthquakes,…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 As I write this post, our local newspaper has warned the community that spring floods on the Mississippi may be imminent. There was a large buildup…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 In the days following World War II my parents and their friends frequently attended Saturday evening meetings sponsored by evangelistic outreach organizations. It was the late…