but a false witness pours out lies. (Prov. 14:5 NIV)
Last weekend there were two news stories that especially caught my attention, specifically for their relevance to Christian faith.
“I converted to Christianity because I was convinced by Jesus Christ as a character, as a personality. I loved him, his wisdom, his love, his unconditional love. I didn’t leave [the Islamic] religion to put myself in another box of religion. At the same time it’s a beautiful thing to see my God exist in my life and see the change in my life. I see that when he does exist in other Middle Easterners there will be a change.
“I’m not trying to convert the entire nation of Israel and the entire nation of Palestine to Christianity. But at least if you can educate them about the ideology of love, the ideology of forgiveness, the ideology of grace. Those principles are great regardless, but we can’t deny they came from Christianity as well.”
Two of the best-selling biology textbooks stack the deck against evolution, said some science educators who reviewed sections of the books at the request of The Associated
“I feel fairly strongly about this. These books are promulgating lies to kids,” said Jerry Coyne, an ecology and evolution professor at the University of
4 Show us your ways, O LORD,
teach us your paths;
5 guide us in your truth and teach us,
for you are God our Savior,
and our hope is in you all day long.
6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
10 For you are great and do marvelous deeds;
you alone are God.
11 Teach us your way, O LORD,
and we will walk in your truth;
give us an undivided heart,
that we may fear your name.
12 We will praise you, O Lord our God, with all our heart;
We will glorify your name forever.
AMEN.
(Psalms 25, 86 NIV, alt.)