The Wandering Heretic

The centerpiece of our vacation this year was a visit to the newly opened Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky. As I have noted before, I am an agnostic on origins, being neither a six day creationist nor an evolutionist of any ilk. I am not presently a creationist of the six-day fraternity [...]

One can find the most interesting correlations in the blogsphere. For instance, Michael Spencer, the Internet Monk, has this incredible post on the frequency of celebrating Communion/Eucharist/The Lord’s Table in Southern Baptist Convention Churches. Since I attend a mega-church wannabe of that denomination, it piqued my interest. I was not alone, as [...]

 
Dedicated to Dee Hillier

Sometimes seemingly small decisions made at the foundation of a nation will have consequences unforeseen but profound later in the life of that same nation. Early in the United States, meetings were held to designate the emblem or symbol for the US. Ben Franklin wanted the turkey. Congress chose the eagle.
The [...]

In the programming industry, it is always hard to know when to cut off changes long enough to make a general or update release. You just know the second after you do so, you will find a “bug” or error that will make you look foolish. However, if you don’t pick a “cut” [...]

 
Dedicated to Dee Hillier

In my last post, I briefly discussed the writings of the ‘new atheists’ such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens. There I noted the sophomoric nature of a great many of their arguments; however, I also noted the current social situation against Christianity (and Judaism) makes the arguments these books present popular.
As evidence of [...]

Greg Bahnsen, probably the greatest Apologist of the previous century, once noted that he regarded the emergence of Darwinism as a philosophical issue rather than a scientific one. His reasoning for this assertion was that, previous to The Origin of the Species similar theories of gradual transformation of forms were postulated and in some [...]

Introduction: I have lately become very interested in the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. This interest has been sparked somewhat by the historical work of N. T. Wright as well as the work by the Context Group of Scholars. Both maintain that Jesus was a first century Jew and therefore Christianity is [...]

 
Dedicated to Dee Hillier
Another major reason to continue this website: I still have not published all of the Joshua’s People cartoons I drew those many years ago! (Though I am reaching the end of the available panels.)