Artificial Intelligence in the Bible (Part One)

Originally posted on GraceLife Blog:
Do we find Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Bible? I believe we do. The objective of this new series is to see the role AI plays in the eternal plan of God. Intelligence Let’s begin by defining “intelligence” and seeing what types of intelligence are revealed in the Bible. ‘the…

Hope For, But Not In, Evangelicalism

Originally posted on Jared Stacy:
I still believe the best days for Evangelicalism are ahead, not behind. But I say this well aware that Evangelicalism in the United States is experiencing a multi-faceted crisis of identity. We cannot reduce God to a movement, but our attempts to do just that are being exposed in the…

Why I’m Here

Originally posted on In the Thicket:
The SBC is in crisis. That’s not hyperbole, that’s not being overdramatic, that is fact. The denomination is facing it’s biggest threat ever, bigger than the conservative resurgence of the 80s. It needs prayer. Since my last post, two letters written by Russell Moore were leaked detailing his investigation…

How the term Evangelical has grown to blur theology and ideology

In the 19th century several lay preachers who taught a non-trinitairan Biblical faith, used printed media to spread the Good News of the coming Kingdom of God, by means of tracts and pamphlets, in times that evangelicalism became deeply intertwined with a certain strain of conservative politics, to end up in the 21st century where conservative evangelists became fundamentalists totally taken by GOP politics and blurring the lines between theology and ideology.

Andrew McWilliams-Doty looks at evangelicals

People often get confused between the terms evangelical and fundamentalist. They mean two different things plus can be looking at three different evangelical groups.

What is happening in America to religion and to the language of faith

Writing about relationships, masculinity, philosophy and other analytical vagaries, Jaret Redfearn wonders why Americans are abandoning organised religion. For decades the United States American Government has been removing religious affiliations and cooperations from other public services, like schools. The founding fathers of the American nation were very religious and went to great lengths to protect

2022 Political hotchpotch

The people in Ukraine and Russia have grown weary of the political poker game being played with their futures.

Why Israel’s annexation of the West Bank should worry every human rights defender: self-determination as integral to basic human rights

Originally posted on BPP Human Rights Law Blog:
Thiago Rix gives his assessment of the legal and humanitarian implications of Israel’s slated annexation of the West Bank. The views expressed herein are the author’s own. Background Having missed the proposed date of 1st July, Israel is still planning to unilaterally annex 30% of the Palestinian…

From a communist country to a capitalist dictatorship

Kazakhstan has seen ordinary city folk who wanted to cry out to the leaders of their nation to bring it back to a dignified and liveable community state.

Almaty ablaze

On the 25th of October 1990, Kazakhstan declared its sovereignty and Nursultan Nazarbayev was elected by the Supreme Soviet as the first president. Low wages of the oil workers in 2011 started a protest wave, which was followed in 2021 by rising food and energy prices.