Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan was founded by nationally acclaimed pastor and author, Tim Keller. Since the church’s birth in 1989, it has offered life-giving ministries in the Name of Jesus, and each weekend, thousands of people gather at the church (which meets at multiple sites across the city) to hear the Gospel.
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Hugo de Vries on Evolution
by davidrsmithby davidrsmith“Natural selection may explain the survival of the fittest, but it cannot explain the arrival of the fittest.”
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Body Not Required?
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithEaster always stirs conversations about the credibility of the resurrection. Some believe the Bible’s version is trustworthy, while others give no credence to Scripture’s testimony whatsoever. In an attempt to bring balance to the discussion, one group offers a middle-ground theory they hope will work for everyone.
Here’s why it won’t.
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DNA Made Me Do It
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithIn life, bad stuff happens. Sometimes, even really bad stuff happens. And from time to time, outright evil strikes our lives. It leaves us asking “Why?” in a desperate search for answers. But we must be leery of some of the answers we’re offered.
Like this one from atheist, Richard Dawkins.
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Extreme Coincidence
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithMs. Eloise heard a knock at the door one afternoon, and shuffling her way over to it, opened it to find Kyle, a sweet-but-hyper little boy, standing on her porch clutching a baseball glove. The elderly woman, a grandma many times over in her own right, immediately recognized the sheepish look on the little boy’s face.
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Tullian Tchividjian on God’s Will
by davidrsmithby davidrsmith“Explanations are ultimately a substitute for trust.” Topics Illustrated Include: Explanation God’s Plan God’s Will Quotes Suffering Trust Trusting God (Resource cataloged by David R Smith)
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John of Damascus on Worship
by davidrsmithby davidrsmith“I do not worship matter, I worship the God of matter, who became matter for my sake and deigned to inhabit matter, who worked out my salvation through matter.”