The media has decided to make a star of a Texas politician, and that politician says a lot of questionable things about Christian beliefs. One that received some attention was "God is non-binary." If you were like me, you were caught between two reactions: "Well, yeah" and "Wait, what?" Does it feel like something else is going on here? There is.
"Who is the liar?" Many are not what they claim to be, so we struggle to identify who the true followers of Christ are. Our society offers a few easy options. Let's take a look at them, why they don't work, and what does.
This week, I'd like to share a selection of interesting pieces from across the interwebs.
When physics showed the universe is not eternal, that was a game changer. If the universe began, then there was room for a creator, after all ex nihilo nihil fit or "out of nothing, nothing comes." Until internet atheists argue, "Uh huh! It happens all the time." OK, let's talk about this, because there's nothing and then there's nothing.
If we start in Genesis and read through the Old Testament, we come across many different names for God. When we get to 1Samuel, we meet a new one. It's clear who it refers to, but it's telling us more than we realize. We'll get more out of these passages when we understand what it means.
