Category: Worldview

Apologetics Update: Quick Answers to Tough Questions

February 18, 2022

On Feb. 3, 2022, Stand in the Gap Today Host, Hon. Sam Rohrer, and co-host, Dr. Gary Dull,  interviewed Dr. Bryan Osborne, a speaker and author with Answers in Genesis. Their topic included an apologetics update featuring quick answers to tough questions like: Where did Cain find his wife? Did dinosaurs exist? What is the true age of the earth? These questions and … More Apologetics Update: Quick Answers to Tough Questions

2022 Index of Economic Freedom Shows a Changing World

February 15, 2022

In the news: Heritage released the 2022 edition of the Index of Economic Freedom today, which rates the overall economic freedom of every country in the world. Unfortunately, this may not be a report card you want to bring home. The good: For the first time in the Index’s history, the country of Taiwan has earned a … More 2022 Index of Economic Freedom Shows a Changing World

Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2022

Today Valentine’s Day will be celebrated globally (Except in countries that prohibit it). Where di this tradition arises from and should church as a group, and Christians, as individuals celebrate it, are a few of the questions answered in the links below. Origins of St Valentines Day Valentine’s Day Belongs to God What is the origin … More Valentine’s Day

A Gaian Interpretation of COVID and the World

February 12, 2022

If you ever watched the movie Avatar, in it they call their planet’s soul Eywa. This is a classic example of Gaianism Before the Glasgow climate summit in November, British ecologist and futurist James Lovelock wrote an opinion piece in The Guardian, entitled “Beware: Gaia may destroy humans before we destroy the Earth.”   “Gaia” is the ancient Greek … More A Gaian Interpretation of COVID and the World

Montesquieu’s 3 Types of Governments

February 10, 2022

American Minute with Bill Federer Montesquieu’s 3 Types of Governments: Republics; Monarchs; and Despots who rule by Mandates & Executive Orders “Society … must repose on principles that do not change” — wrote Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, 1748, Book 24. Montesquieu was a French political philosopher whose books were read by Catherine the Great of Russia, praised … More Montesquieu’s 3 Types of Governments

Faithfully Different

February 8, 2022

“Christians” are called to have a “Biblical World View”, this article points out some of the issues face in such a task today. It should go without saying that, in 21st century America, most of the assumptions at work in contemporary culture are not Christian assumptions. And whatever new “normal” is, it’s constantly changing, it’s anything but worldview neutral. As my … More Faithfully Different

Opinion | Why Churches Should Drop Their Online Services

February 5, 2022

(SEE POLL) One might ask, why not have both? Why not meet in person (with Covid precautions in place) but also continue to offer the option of a live-streamed service? Because offering church online implicitly makes embodiment elective. It presents in-person gatherings as something we can opt in or out of with little consequence. It … More Opinion | Why Churches Should Drop Their Online Services