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July 2012

July 02, 2012

I Believed That Dinosaurs Still Existed…

The Friendly Atheist is shocked that some creationists use Nessie as proof of creationism. Just...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

Answers in Genesis wants to have its cake and eat it too

I noticed a few short articles in the July-September 2012 issue of Answers in Genesis...

June 29, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Tricia’s Story

"At the first homeschool convention my parents attended, they heard one of the "big names"...

June 29, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Sierra’s Story

"I was not born into fundamentalism. My mother was an ordinary evangelical and my extended...

June 29, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Sarah’s Story

"My parents were already slipping into PF/QF teachings by the time I was born. They...

June 29, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Melissa’s Story

"When I was 5 my parents decided to homeschool me. At around age 8 some...

June 29, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Mattie’s Story

"My parents consider themselves to be first-generation Christians. They were heavily influenced by Mary Pride...

June 29, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Lisa’s Story

"Both my parents grew up in moderate Christian families. They first got involved with the...

June 28, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Libby Anne’s Story

"My parents were originally fairly ordinary evangelicals, but after they started homeschooling me (for practical,...

June 28, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Latebloomer’s Story

"My parents have always been fairly traditional and conservative, but their participation in the local...

June 17, 2012

Does the Bible make people atheists?

I'm often confused by two assumptions I have heard many atheists make: first, that Christians...

June 16, 2012

Latebloomer on “Bible Irony”

Latebloomer recently wrote about what she called "Bible Irony," and it made me think of...

May 2012

May 12, 2012

Omniscience, the Trinity, and Free Will: Why I can’t believe

An Answers in Genesis article, "Was the Cross 'Plan B'?", poses the following question: Was...

May 11, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: The Unforgivable Sin

The Unforgivable Sin, by Sierra of The Pheonix and Olive Branch Sierra's post reminded me...

May 09, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: The Bible

How often did you, your siblings, and your parents read the Bible? Were you guided...

April 2012

April 28, 2012

Sex Abuse, the First Stone, Judge Not, and All That

On Sunday I put up a post about Voice of the Martyrs' president, Tom White,...

April 13, 2012

Creationism: Fitting Science into the Bible

Growing up, I honestly thought that creationism was a scientific theory. I thought that if...

March 2012

March 23, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Abortion, Laws, and Biblical Translation

I recently saw two more articles on new proposed anti-abortion laws: Tennessee bill would expose...

March 20, 2012

Can you lose your salvation?

Several commenters on recent posts have brought this topic up, so I though I'd address...

March 13, 2012

Prince of Egypt modifies a Bible story

I recently re-watched the 1998 animated movie Prince of Egypt. I've always loved that movie, with its...

March 09, 2012

Are Tornadoes the “Fingers of God”?

Conservative Christian theologian John Piper recently weighed in on the rash of tornadoes that hit...

March 02, 2012

Salvation Anxiety and the Unforgivable Sin

There's one thing that always used to bother me as an evangelical. Well, there are...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

Searching for the Baby in the Bathwater

This is a slightly edited repost of a post I wrote when I first started...

February 16, 2012

The End Times Part V: Signs, Prophesies, and Current Events

I wrote yesterday about the Tribulation. According to Premillennial belief, though, the Tribulation won't just...

February 15, 2012

The End Times Part IV: The Tribulation in Detail

As a child, I was taught that the end time were approaching, that all true...

February 14, 2012

The End Times Part III: Dispensationalism

I often wondered as a child how Abraham or Moses could go to heaven if...

February 14, 2012

The End Times, Part II: Social Justice, Dominionism, and the Culture Wars

Whether Christians are Postmillennialist, Amillennialist, or Premillennialist has a dramatic affect on how they view...

February 13, 2012

The End Times Part I: The Millennium, Tribulation, and Rapture

I still remember the kitchen table debates, with charts spread out, Bibles open, and concordances...

February 09, 2012

Abortion, GLBT, the Bible, and Cloaking

I've written recently about conservative arguments that having abortions causes post traumatic stress disorder and...

January 2012

January 12, 2012

How Creationism Drove Me out of the Church

To be more specific, creationism led me to a crisis of faith that ultimately, through...