Captian's Log Re: Omnipotence 26 May 201827 May 2018 More than once I’ve been confronted by a supposed contradiction within Christian doctrine. It often starts with the question, “So, you believe in an all-powerful God?” Quickly following my assertion,…
Captian's Log Pentecost 2018 20 May 2018 Happy Pentecost! Now that that is out of the way, I’ve been wondering: Why do people say things like, “I had questions,” by way of explaining why they don’t follow…
Captian's Log Sonnet: The Impersonal God 17 May 2018 Please read: The Impersonal God After troubling an acquaintance with my conversation for some hours this day, I was left with what may be described as a myriad of thoughts. I…
Captian's Log… Update: The Eyes of God 13 May 2018 Check out the update to The Eyes of God: Beyond that first row of guards, the giant wall of towering trees, I into the darkness wander. Following my guide, I enter…
Captian's Log Counting the Cost 5 May 2018 When first reading Frankenstein, and learning the subtitle, The Modern Prometheus, I argued with my teacher regarding the comparison. True, my obtuse understanding of the Romantics’ views regarding Prometheus, and…
Captian's Log In Defense of the Cross 4 May 2018 I forget from whom I first heard the idea, and truly persons are far less interesting to me than the ideas animating them: “Is God really so uncreative that he…
Captian's Log… Update: The Eyes of God 1 May 2018 Check out the update to The Eyes of God: Oraculi was silent then, and waddling a few steps from me, uplifted himself in a flutter of black feathers. He flew toward…
Captian's Log An Insight from Exodus 17 Apr 2018 The Bible speaks to one and all differently its message. To one its poetry brings light, to another its history; to me, when first knuckling down and slogging through it…
Captian's Log Musing on Goodness 3 Apr 2018 Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the evil and murderous villain tries to kill the good guys, and the main hero—who is the only one capable of standing up…
Captian's Log 2018: Good Friday 30 Mar 201830 Mar 2018 So, for anyone interested, Jim and I are still at it (check The Wild Turkey for details, especially the comments.) I’d like to reflect on a theme the two of…