I finally got a date for my impending cervical disc replacement surgery:
9 December 2008.
I promptly changed my hair and went blonde – its one thing I get to control I guess.
And no, I won’t be arguing the case for the rationality of changing one’s hair when faced with life changing events!
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
Today's New Atheists proclaim themselves our culture's party of reason. It is a claim they cannot sustain. Reason is the New Atheists' weakness, not their strength and in fact, the Christian faith is a far better place to look for True Reason. Making their case accessible to the first-time inquirer as well as the serious student, this top-flight team of writers presents a sound defense and a strong introduction to the true reason uniquely found in Christianity.
The book begins by examining foundational philosophical approaches to the Bible as well as the methodological challenges those philosophies create for interpreting the Bible. It then addresses textual and historical challenges and how to deal with them. Finally it looks at ethical, scientific, and theological challenges demonstrating the Bible's moral integrity in relationship to contemporary moral emphases.
Many philosophers have considered the strengths and weaknesses of a virtue-centered approach to moral theory. Much less attention has been given to how such an approach bears on issues in applied ethics. The essays in this volume apply a virtue-centered perspective to a variety of contemporary moral issues.
The challenge of a seemingly genocidal God who commands ruthless warfare has bewildered Bible readers for generations. A range of expert contributors engage in a multidisciplinary approach that considers this issue from a variety of perspectives: biblical, ethical, philosophical and theological.
The nineteen essays here raise classical philosophical questions in fresh ways, address contemporary challenges for the church, and will deepen the thinking of the next generation of apologists. Packed with dynamic topical discussions and informed by the latest scholarship.
While New Atheists like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and others proclaim loudly their rationality, clear thinking, and incontrovertible scientific arguments, others are beginning to wonder how genuinely rational they are. Have they proved anything? Have they argued convincingly? Have they pinpointed any real challenges to the credibility of Christian faith?
some people would say that’s a fairly blonde thing to do…
hey, someone had to say it!
Hang on a minute! Your other daughter is blonde isn’t she… how do we know this is a picture of you?
😉
Yes, my other daughter is blonde but she is also 8.
Despite my genes and my skincare regime I think it is pushing it somewhat to suggest I could be mistaken for her!
Besides, she got really angry and told me off for going blonde because “people will think we look like each other” so we are not allowed to go there.
If I was faced with a life-changing situation, I might do the same thing. Only I’d go blue. Or maybe red. Like cherry or fire truck red.
We are taking about m and m in music all the time.
I like your image on the complete.
I like the music you are playing.
I like the m and m song and image.
I like m and m image.
I like your song and image on the complete. By Hannah Parker