I have a gift. It isn’t really a supernatural gift so much as a talent I’ve learned after many years of internet surfing. It’s the ability to spot nonsense when it’s posted on Facebook or sent to me in an email. I’d assumed that this was a talent that everyone with any amount of internet experience would have, but I’ve recently realized that this really is a gift that not everyone, or even a majority of people possesses. The lack... Read more
"The question we ought to ask about rap is not whether it proclaims God's nature and truth to the world, but how." Read more
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Is the virgin birth impossible? "Yes," says science. Read more
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