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A Missionary’s Perspective on the American Church
By
Jason Boyett
My long-time friend, Mentanna, is a former career missionary trying to make the transition back to life in the United States. She and her family have been visiting churches in the “Bible Belt” and trying to find a place to get involved. It’s been difficult. A few months ago, she wrote an open letter to…
Scepticism from Fear, or Hope from Belief?
By
Jason Boyett
A friend on Facebook sent me this passage recently. It’s by American philosopher and psychologist William James in his address/essay “The Will to Believe.” To preach scepticism to us as a duty until “sufficient evidence” for religion be found, is tantamount therefore to telling us, when in presence of the religious hypothesis, that to yield…
Consider Humanism: The Atheist Ad Campaign
By
Jason Boyett
Most of you probably didn’t have this on your calendars or anything, but today marks the launch date of the biggest atheist ad campaign in history. Why do I care? Because I’m in the advertising industry, for one thing. Also because I enjoy creating dialogue between Christians and atheists, and because I like ads that…
Does God Care Who Wins our Elections?
By
Jason Boyett
As recently as last Tuesday, out-of-nowhere Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell was saying that she was running for Senate because God told her to, and that her polling numbers would go up in response to people’s prayers. Yesterday, she lost to Democrat Chris Coons. And it wasn’t even close. I live in Texas, so voting…
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