ThoughtLetters filed under 2002

When Did the Luke 2 Census Occur? Resolving Bible Difficulties, Part 3

by Daryl E. Witmer EDITOR’S NOTE: This month’s issue of the Proclamation features the third in a three-part series of articles on reasonable solutions to difficult Bible texts. There are […]

Posted in 2002, Bible, By Topic, By Year, ThoughtLetters

Which is the Smallest of Seeds? Resolving Bible Difficulties, Part 2

by Daryl E. Witmer EDITOR’S NOTE: This month’s issue of the Proclamation features the second in a three-part series of articles on reasonable solutions to difficult Bible texts. There are […]

Posted in 2002, Bible, By Topic, By Year, ThoughtLetters

How Many Sons Did Jesse Have? Resolving Bible Difficulties, Part 1

by Daryl E. Witmer EDITOR’S NOTE: This month’s issue of the Proclamation features the first in a three-part series of articles on reason-able resolutions of difficult Bible texts. While there […]

Posted in 2002, Bible, By Topic, By Year, ThoughtLetters

Hardball Skepticism

Volume 12 • No. 12 • September, 2002 Download PDF

Posted in 2002, By Topic, By Year, ThoughtLetters, Worldviews & Thoughtforms

Is the Bible’s Survival Evidence of Its Divinity?

Compiled by Daryl E. Witmer, AIIA Director Think about this or a moment… If the Bible really is the inspired Word of a Creator-God who has chosen to reveal critical […]

Posted in 2002, Bible, By Topic, By Year, ThoughtLetters

An AIIA Quote Forum

Compiled by Daryl E. Witmer an-thro-po-cen-tric – adj. 1. Regarding human beings as the central element of the universe. 2. Interpreting reality exclusively in terms of human values and experience. […]

Posted in 2002, By Topic, By Year, ThoughtLetters, Worldviews & Thoughtforms

Ground Rules for Earth & Life Origins

The First Law of Thermodynamics “In any process, energy can be changed from one form to another (including heat and work), but it is never created or destroyed.” The Second […]

Posted in 2002, By Topic, By Year, Science & Origins, ThoughtLetters

The Nation of Islam

An insightful interview with Robert T. Pardon, M.Div., Th.M. Bob Pardon is director of the New England Institute of Religious Research (NEIRR) in Lakeville MA (see www.neirr.org), and has been […]

Posted in 2002, By Topic, By Year, Cults & World Religions, ThoughtLetters

Did God Condone Infanticide?

by Daryl E. Witmer “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘…go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death […]

Posted in 2002, By Topic, By Year, God, ThoughtLetters

What Is Sin?

by Daryl E. Witmer Historically, Christian orthodoxy has derived its definition of sin from the Bible. And the Bible has this to say about sin: Psalm 51:5 “Behold, I was […]

Posted in 2002, By Topic, By Year, General & Miscellaneous, ThoughtLetters