Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. Pascal made famous an interesting argument for the existence of God: PASCAL’S WAGER. Imagine life as a bet. Pascal says it may be difficult to prove the existence of God with reason, but because life is a wager, we should wager that God DOES exist. Continue reading “Pascal’s Wager: a Dollar Against a Million.”
Author Archives: Steven Wales
The ‘LONG ISLAND MEDIUM’ TV show: Talking to the Dead or Innocent Entertainment?
The Old Testament law forbids consulting a medium. Why? That depends. Many mediums are fake—masters of an elaborate con-game, the goal being to keep you spending money. But maybe some are sincere. Yet even sincere or “real” mediums remain fake because they are not actually consulting the dead, but a demon pretending to be aContinue reading “The ‘LONG ISLAND MEDIUM’ TV show: Talking to the Dead or Innocent Entertainment?”
Horoscopes, Palm Readers, & Fortune Tellers.
These things seem like harmless fun. But there’s a reason the Bible forbids them. The answers they provide can be convincing because your enemy knows you and does have some knowledge of the future. With that combination, a psychic or a fortune teller can be so persuasive. But these people get their “answers” from theContinue reading “Horoscopes, Palm Readers, & Fortune Tellers.”
War.
Nothing is more intense than war. A soldier’s entire life may seem dull when he reflects on three or four days spent fighting for his life and the lives of his brothers-in-arms. War is INTENSE. Men die on your left and right. Near misses make you wonder how you survived. You may not eat someContinue reading “War.”
Are You Thirsty?
I thought my friends at Northwest Academy had it made: they went to a Christian school. Sure, they had problems. But NWA was not SHS. At Sharpstown “the inmates ran the asylum.” Good kids were surrounded by kids so broken they could hardly function. It was brutal, a place of unrelenting violence. Vicious fights quicklyContinue reading “Are You Thirsty?”
The Lifeguard.
My dad spoke often of the years he spent as a lifeguard at Ridgecrest in North Carolina. He remembered pulling some 75 people from the depths, most of them poor swimmers who had no business in the murky waters of a deep lake. Then one day I saw my father in action. When my brotherContinue reading “The Lifeguard.”
Revenge.
Can you think of a time when you desperately wanted vengeance? When someone did you wrong and you could not stop daydreaming about ways to get even? What does the Bible say about revenge? When David and his men were starving and requested food from Nabal, a rich man whose flocks David’s men had protected,Continue reading “Revenge.”
Sexual Abuse in the Church.
Though Saul had been trying to capture and kill David for years, David twice refused to lay a hand on him when he had the chance. But when Nabal repaid David’s protection with a refusal to feed David’s men, David gathered 400 soldiers and swore to kill Nabal by morning. Why the difference? David respectedContinue reading “Sexual Abuse in the Church.”
Be Prepared.
The Boy Scout motto is “be prepared.” It’s a code to live by, because urgent situations come up that require preparation. The moment when someone’s heart stops is not the moment to learn CPR. What will you do when you witness a car accident? What if your house is on fire? Being prepared means havingContinue reading “Be Prepared.”
David Asks God to Make Him Pure.
How much do you pray? Do you pray every day? For five minutes? Ten? Are any of your prayers unselfish? In Psalm 141, David prays unselfishly that God would make him more obedient, more pure-hearted, and more pleasing to God. “Lord, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of myContinue reading “David Asks God to Make Him Pure.”
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