Arts - Tufts Daily - Tufts University

Arts - Tufts Daily - Tufts University: "It started with a bestselling book: "Heaven Is for Real" (2010), the account of Colton Burpo's near-death experience, during which the four-year-old allegedly briefly visited heaven before being wrenched back to life through the miracle of modern medical science."



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Blog: In his own words: Barack Obama on Christianity and Islam

Blog: In his own words: Barack Obama on Christianity and Islam: "A website called Now The End Begins has compiled 40 comments by Barack Obama on Christianity and Islam. Collectively, they create quite an interesting picture. "



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Barack Obama, in his own words, on Islam and Christianity

Barack Obama, in his own words, on Islam and Christianity: "Barack Obama self-identifies as a Christian.  He seems, though, to find Christianity troubling.  Meanwhile, although he denies being a Muslim, he obviously finds it an emotionally and aesthetically attractive belief system.  Why do I say this?  Because someone was good enough to assemble a list of his statements about both religions, and to put them side-by-side:"



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Obama’s War on Christianity

Obama’s War on Christianity: "The vast ignorance of American history by far too many Americans is perhaps demonstrated in the failure to understand that it was the free practice of their interpretation of Christianity by the pilgrims that led to the creation of America. Plymouth colony, established in 1620, put the Atlantic Ocean between them and hostilities they had encountered in England."



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How Do I Talk with Someone Whose Worldview Opposes My Own? | The Exchange | A Blog by Ed Stetzer

How Do I Talk with Someone Whose Worldview Opposes My Own? | The Exchange | A Blog by Ed Stetzer: "Everyone has a worldview with either more or less ingrained foundational principles. Twentieth century theologian Carl F. H. Henry asserted that "Divine revelation [is] the basic epistemological axiom." That is, if God does not provide knowledge (and even the mind and ability to assimilate that knowledge), we can have no certainty about anything. Humanity's Creator has spoken to it what is good and right; sinners simply suppress that truth (Rom 1.18-32)"



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The Comfort Zone: Words of Comfort: Cannot prove Hell exists.

The Comfort Zone: Words of Comfort: Cannot prove Hell exists.: "The existence of Hell can be proven to any “reasonable” person. However, an atheist doesn’t quality because he isn’t reasonable, logical, or sensible. He thinks that nothing made everything--which is scientifically ludicrous. Or he tries to justify such stupidity by redefining “nothing” as something, which borders on crazy-talk."



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Why should abortion not be legal

Why should abortion not be legal: "Ray Comfort and his team at Living Water Ministry have put together a powerful and moving documentary film, that draws a correlation between two topics that have been in the news almost continuously for decades."



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Christianity 'interwoven' into Clemson's football program, religion watchdog claims | Fox News

Christianity 'interwoven' into Clemson's football program, religion watchdog claims | Fox News: "Christianity is “interwoven” into Clemson University’s football program, according to a national organization that monitors separation between church and state.

The public university in Clemson, S.C., received a letter of complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation on April 10, urging school officials to stop the “commingling of religion and athletics” at the 21,000-student institution"



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How God Became Jesus—and How I Came to Faith in Him | Christianity Today

How God Became Jesus—and How I Came to Faith in Him | Christianity Today: "art Ehrman, a professor of religion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is something of a celebrity skeptic. He's written a number of bestsellers exposing the alleged errors in traditional accounts of early Christianity. His book Misquoting Jesus (2007) asserts that the manuscripts used to compile the New Testament are corrupted and unreliable, deviant from original autographs. His book Forged (2011) claims that many of the New Testament writings were counterfeits written pseudonymously under the names of the apostles."



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Saved from Hate: An Interview with Mark Phelps, Son of Westboro Founder Fred Phelps Sr. | The Exchange | A Blog by Ed Stetzer

Saved from Hate: An Interview with Mark Phelps, Son of Westboro Founder Fred Phelps Sr. | The Exchange | A Blog by Ed Stetzer: "A few weeks ago, Mark Phelps, son of deceased Westboro leader Fred Phelps Sr., emailed me in response to a blog post on the death of his father. He thanked me for my words, and I was grateful for the opportunity to email with him.
I asked if I could ask him some questions and he obliged. Here is the result of our interview. It is altogether fascinating and heartbreaking.
Mark is a part of Calvary Chapel North Phoenix and his story is a remarkable look at God's redeeming power even in the midst of tragic circumstances."



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