Building upon my last post about human consciousness, a further problem for scientists who are seeking to explain life apart from any sort of transcendent creator, is the mystery of human COGNITION. This is a particular aspect of our ability to think rationally and abstractly that provides further evidence for the existence of a supremely …
THE MYSTERY OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION An extremely problematic issue for scientists who are seeking to explain life apart from any sort of transcendent Creator, is the mystery of human consciousness and cognition. These two facets of the human mind continue to defy explanation in any deterministic way and cannot be accounted for by …
Dear subscribers, This is just a quick post to apologise for not having written anything on my blog for such a long time. I have been extremely busy in recent months with various ministry engagements. My recent ministry has included: An outreach apologetics seminar at Castle Hill, Sydney An Outreach apologetics seminar in Central …
The recent failure of the Church of England in Great Britain to offer a clear definition of the term “woman” continues society’s slide into absurdity. At the church’s recent General Synod, the question was asked, “What is the Church of England’s definition of a woman?” The Synod failed to offer a definition in response, citing …
On Tuesday this week, the American Senate Judiciary Committee conducted a hearing investigating the escalating violence that has resulted in the 18 days since the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the historic Roe V Wade ruling of 1973. The mindless violence that has since ensued includes pro-abortion protestors fire-bombing a pregnancy support clinic simply because the …
Debate within the worldwide Christian church about homosexuality and same-sex marriage is ongoing and, at times, fractious. The deepening divide within the Anglican Church of Australia regarding this issue is a case in point. The recent failure of General Synod to ratify that marriage is only between a man and a woman has caused …
It’s getting colder. I don’t mean temperatures where you live, or even global temperatures. I’m referring to the whole universe. And the fact that the universe is getting colder is compelling evidence for the existence of God! How so? Read on … The Second Law of Thermodynamics describes the inevitable increase in the entropy (disorder) …
Last week I led a 4-day clergy retreat for Anglican ministers in the Bathurst Diocese. I presented 8 expository talks over 4 days, exploring the message of 1 Timothy. Here is a re-recording (in video format) of the first talk in that series, an Introduction to 1 Timothy. This talk explores the historical context of …
EVIDENCE 5: GOD’S INTERVENTION IN HUMAN HISTORY Is there any evidence that the Something that created the universe, and which we have begun to suspect is a Someone, is actually the God described in the Christian faith? We now move from the disciplines of science and philosophy to a study of history. Is there any …