Modern Christianity

All old things from fossil bones to caveman artifacts are radioactively dated.  Amazingly, the dates for these artifacts are presented in very definite terms. Carbon dating has been used by scientists to show that man is older than the dates offered by Bible records. One dating example is that of the Shroud of Turin.  For

There once was a serial killer. He had a dark passenger that drove him to terrible depths.  He had overpowering urges to kill.  And he acted on those urges, repeatedly killing ritualistically, stabbing his victims through the heart after binding them to his table, his altar of death. Like other serial killers, he appeared normal. 

I have been watching Frontline, the episode titled The Untouchables. It is the story of the investigation into the banking industry concerning the meltdown was caused by bank industry practices of selling and reselling bad mortgages. These practices made a lot of bankers rich, but it almost caused a worldwide economic meltdown. It certainly caused

Religion and Ethics Newsweekly is a PBS program that explores current news items that have a connection to religious and ethical practices.   As the title implies, the program takes a diverse religious approach as the it explores all religions as well as modern cultural ethical philosophies around the world.  Recent programs have featured Baha’i, Hindu,

It is the time of the voting for a new Pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church.  And, as at every new beginning, there is a discussion of the problems that need to be addressed, and a few optimistic souls expressing that this might be the time that things really get fixed Sally Quinn, religion

In Autonomy of the Local Church we looked at how some Christians believe that a completely autonomous local church is the body of Christ.  In its most adamant form this doctrine teaches that a person in that church needs no one outside of the local church for complete spiritual fulfillment. A parachurch ministry represents the

If you have attended the same church since you were born, perhaps this isn’t an issue with you.  Perhaps you don’t have a conflict with anything your church teaches.  Some people say aren’t “doctrinally oriented” and don’t even see an issue here.  Perhaps you believe what your church teaches about how they are the only

I want to tell you a story about a young couple making a decision about which church to attend.  Let’s call their names Frank and Meg. Meg has a friend Clare who has talked excitedly about her church.  Frank is friends with Tom with whom he can talk about things like family and church. Both

Claims of original Christianity in practice today occur regularly. I recently saw one on the CBS show, 60 Minutes. According to the show, in a remote peninsula in northern Greece exists a place that some believe is the most sacred on earth, and the closest thing to original Christianity. In fact, Father Thedosios, a resident