Ronnie W. Rogers
The Scripture teaches that God is compassionate, “Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them, For You are a gracious and compassionate God.“(Nehemiah 9:31) He extols compassion and commands it in His people’s lives, “So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put…
Read MoreThe following article appeared under the title “The Pristine Myth”. ((The Kairos Journal)) One of the most memorable American television images is a 1970s Ad Council ((“The Ad Council is a private, non-profit organization that marshals volunteer talent from the advertising and communications industries, the facilities of the media, and the resources of the business…
Read MoreRyan Polk, Associate Pastor at Trinity Baptist Church, has felt impressed by our Lord to start “The Wilberforce Initiative” which will provide a venue for Trinity as well as citizens from across the spectrum to seek to bring our Christian worldview to bear upon some of the most pressing social, moral, intellectual and spiritual issues…
Read MoreThe dilemma for science is this. If science claims or presents itself to be the pursuer of truth, following the evidence wherever it may lead, then all plausible answers regarding questions and observations of the empirical data must be weighed and debated based upon their own merit and ability to explain a particular phenomenon or…
Read MoreClaims to the contrary, the facts speak for themselves. First, look at the veteran hospitals if you want to compare the kind of care given in private versus government-run healthcare. Over the past 25 years, I have visited different veteran hospitals on many occasions. The care is minimal and at times atrocious. I have seen…
Read MoreCan we take seriously President Obama’s denials that his plan will ultimately result in healthcare rationing? Well no. The ultimate end of any such system further devalues the sanctity of human life because the government determines which citizens deserve to get the care they need, and the government can do this while simultaneously denying that…
Read MoreWhatever happened to repentance? The phrase, “mistakes were made” is popular in politics, education, and in virtually any area where personal responsibility and sin used to be the reigning culprit. However, it does not take much to see why “mistakes were made” rather than “I have sinned” has become so popular. Someone has noted that:…
Read MoreOn May 12, 2005, Donald Kagan, Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University, delivered the Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Speaking “In Defense of History,” he made three points that I would like to apply to the dangerous trend of marginalizing history in much of contemporary preaching. First, I begin with one of…
Read MoreScience claims to be the unbiased evaluation of the empirical facts, but anyone who looks at the facts, realizes that far too often, philosophical commitments drive them more than just the facts. For example, Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg said that the “steady state theory is philosophically the most attractive theory because it least resembles…
Read MoreSomeone once wrote: He knew the unknowable: the human heart and all things; He loved the unlovable: the human sinner; He did the impossible: He died and rose again; He was the impossible: a sinless character. “Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen…
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