A Barrier Between Science and Religion?
Philosophy Rebuts Key Barrier Between Science and Religion | RealClearScience Today’s readers might dismiss Descartes’ theological musings as irrelevant to the justification of the conservation of momentum. Descartes may have (somehow) hit on the right physical principle — or, at least, a forerunner of it — but his explanation is nevertheless scientifically deficient, this argument […]
Evangelicals, Having Backed Trump, Find White House ‘Front Door Is Open’ – The New York Times
As President Trump prepares to speak at the National Prayer Breakfast, conservative religious leaders have hailed the president’s first-year agenda as their own. More … – The New York Times Of interest in connection with two posts [here and here] evaluating the Christian relationship to the Trump administration we posted yesterday. (dcsj)
Was Simon Magus a Christian?
Don Johnson Simon Magus is the name for a man also called “Simon the sorcerer” in Acts 8. He made his living (undoubtedly a lucrative one) by astounding fellow-Samaritans with magic arts. Until Philip, the evangelist came to town, that is. When Philip arrived preaching the good news of salvation in Christ (and accompanied by […]