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2021-12-20T00:50:17-06:00

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Christmas: God’s Revelation to Us

Last updated on: December 20, 2021 at 12:50 am By Richard E. Simmons III

Since today is Christmas Day, I’d like to share a blog that I wrote several years ago that is meaningful to me. May you have a most blessed Christmas! One of my favorite books that I’ve read in the last ten years is There is a God by philosopher, Anthony Flew. He writes of his journey from atheism to theism. He died three years after the book was written, and I am not sure if he ever became a Christian, although in... Read more

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2022-01-05T15:05:44-06:00

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God and Science – Part 3

Last updated on: January 5, 2022 at 3:05 pm By Richard E. Simmons III

This will be the final blog post on God and Science; at least for the foreseeable future. The issue that I want to address today is one that also seems to confound modern science. At one point the science academy might have believed that it had an answer, but then its members eventually discovered their error. The question that I am referring to is: What do we know about the origin of life on this planet? How did life as... Read more

2021-12-20T00:17:13-06:00

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God and Science – Part 2

Last updated on: December 20, 2021 at 12:17 am By Richard E. Simmons III

One of the great questions that has befuddled scientists over the years is “How did the universe begin?” The Bible has a very simple explanation. In the first verse of the Bible, we are told that God created the heavens and the earth. From the days of Moses, many faithful Jews and Christians have accepted that this is how it all got started. On the other hand, for many years, cosmologists disputed this belief by arguing that the universe was... Read more

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2021-12-20T00:16:40-06:00

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God and Science – Part 1

Last updated on: December 20, 2021 at 12:16 am By Richard E. Simmons III

I know a man who is very bright and well-educated. Several years ago he declared that, because of all the recent discoveries in science, he had finally concluded that God does not exist. I found this to be an interesting observation, because if this were true, then you would think that almost all of the world’s professional scientists would also be atheists or at least moving in that direction. According to a survey of the members of the American Association... Read more

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2021-12-03T11:16:42-06:00

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Why Is God Not More Visible?

Last updated on: December 3, 2021 at 11:16 am By Richard E. Simmons III

I think sometimes we wonder why God does not reveal Himself to us in a more visible fashion. Why has He limited His communication to the written word? Why would He not just speak and let His presence be known? Why can’t we have that kind of demonstration from God? First, we should remember that God did speak audibly to certain individuals like Abraham, Moses, Job and the apostle Paul. The clearest expression we have, of course, is the revelation... Read more

2021-11-15T05:51:19-06:00

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Can We Be Moral Without God?

Last updated on: November 15, 2021 at 5:51 am By Richard E. Simmons III

This is a follow-up to last week’s blog Why Nations Die. Arnold Toynbee concluded in his magisterial study on the rise and fall of world civilizations that people have stopped believing in morality. The natural question I would then ask is how do civilizations establish and maintain moral order? And can a nation be moral without God? It is hard to believe, but Richard Dawkins once acknowledged, “It is pretty hard to get objective morality without religion.” Since he did... Read more

2021-10-06T10:56:20-06:00

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Why Nations Die

Last updated on: October 6, 2021 at 10:56 am By Richard E. Simmons III

If there ever was a serious threat to American freedom it would spring up amongst us…If destruction be our lot, we would ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free people, we will live through all of time or die by suicide. —Abraham Lincoln This quote was included in my “Nuggets of Wisdom” blog posted several weeks ago. These are sobering words for people living in a nation where there is so much division, violence and instability.... Read more

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2021-10-06T14:07:49-06:00

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Evil and the Existence of God

Last updated on: October 6, 2021 at 2:07 pm By Richard E. Simmons III

A few years ago, CNN published an article entitled, Why I Raise My Children without God. It went viral instantly. The author, a young mother named Deborah Mitchell, listed several reasons why she shielded her children from learning about God – most of them were variations on the problem of evil. Mitchell argued that a loving God would not allow “murders, child abuse, wars, brutal beatings, torture, and millions of other heinous acts to be committed throughout the history of... Read more

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2021-10-06T14:13:36-06:00

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Christian Morality – Does It Really Matter?

Last updated on: October 6, 2021 at 2:13 pm By Richard E. Simmons III

Philip Yancey shared some interesting words about the nature of Christianity and the difference it makes when it is integrated in a person’s life. He speaks of certain benefits that are a by-product of the Christian life. He says, “I am a Christian not because Jesus’ way benefits society but because I believe it is true. If true, it should create the conditions in which human life works best.” Is Christian morality restrictive or is it more like a handbook... Read more

2021-10-06T14:13:25-06:00

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An Eternal Being

Last updated on: October 6, 2021 at 2:13 pm By Richard E. Simmons III

One of the most interesting books of the Bible is unquestionably the book of Ecclesiastes. It is part of the wisdom literature and is very philosophical. Though many scholars believe it was written by Solomon, no one knows for sure. In the book of Ecclesiastes there is a verse that I find to be quite significant. In the third chapter, the eleventh verse we are told, “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in... Read more

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