Category Archives: Culture/Society

Flesh vs Faith Part 4: The Antidote

Posted on September 3, 2010 by xulonjam

In the previous blog, I wrote about what is called The Fall. My idea is that the account found in Genesis 3 is a rebellion of the creation against the order of the Creator. I wrote, quoting CS Lewis, that … Continue reading →

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Flesh vs Faith Part 3: The Rebellion

Posted on August 29, 2010 by xulonjam

In the previous blog, I spent some time working on a definition of Flesh. I Quoted Dr Lawrence, who wrote that flesh is “that anti-God, self-reliant aspect of all human beings (saved and unsaved alike) that is the seat of … Continue reading →

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Flesh vs Faith Part 2: The Creator

Posted on August 27, 2010 by xulonjam

In the first blog, I spent some time defining Faith. Here, I will start with a quick definition of Flesh. The words translated “flesh” (Hebrew, basar; Greek, sarx) have as their basic meaning the physical body. They also both are … Continue reading →

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Dawkins Four Years Later Part 4

Posted on August 8, 2010 by xulonjam

This is my fourth (and last) article on Dr Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion. Here are my thoughts on reading Chapter 5 The Roots of Religion. As I approached this chapter, the question I wanted to see if Dawkins were … Continue reading →

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Dawkins – Four Years Later Part 3

Posted on August 2, 2010 by xulonjam

This is part three of my interaction with Dawkins’ book The God Delusion. It deals with Chapter 4, Why There Almost Certainly is no God. This, Dawkins says, is the main conclusion of the book the rest being mainly mopping … Continue reading →

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Online Privacy

Posted on July 28, 2010 by xulonjam

Thanks to one of my favorite blogs is this article on online privacy. The obvious answer, of course, is to not post things you might regret sometime in your long, otherwise dull, life, but things being the way that they … Continue reading →

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Dawkins Four Years Later: Part 2

Posted on July 26, 2010 by xulonjam

This is part 2 of my thoughts concerning Dr Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion. I anticipate that there will be two more articles, the next being on Chapter 4, Why There is Almost Certainly No God and Chapter 5, … Continue reading →

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Dawkins – Four Years Later

Posted on July 18, 2010 by xulonjam

The status of atheists today is on a par with that of homosexuals fifty years ago. – Richard Dawkins The God Delusion (p. 4) I’m glad to see atheistic scientists are not given to shrill hyperbole like religious folk. – … Continue reading →

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Knowing The Times

Posted on July 6, 2010 by xulonjam

From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command — they understood the times and knew what Israel should do. (1 Chronicles 12:32) At my Bible study on Friday, this verse came up and everybody jumped … Continue reading →

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A Man Was Going Down From Jerusalem

Posted on June 22, 2010 by xulonjam

Jesus was speaking to a crowd and in the group, a lawyer who upon hearing that the law said to love your neighbor asked “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and … Continue reading →

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