On her web page you can see how her art has developed since the age of 4. One of her paintings that really moved me was The Forbidden Fruit (below). She describes her inspiration for the painting…
After my prayer I began painting a young woman’s portrait. next to a branch of fruit. Suddenly I felt [...]
Continue reading about Akiane – child prodigy on a mission from God
Sometimes I wonder if there are not more important things for me to be concerning myself with than Darwinism vs ID vs Creationism vs whatever. Afterall, the core message of the Gospel is much more important than the physical processes of how we got here. The majority of my Christian friends are content to accept [...]
Today I submitted my PhD thesis. It represents 4 years of study, research, experiments and stress (I’ve been working full time as well for the last 8½ months). Things have been absolutely hectic recently as I’ve finished up the writing.
I think its fair to say that right now, I probably know more about audio-visual speech [...]
An excerpt from an earlier exchange of emails with another self-described militant atheist who took offence at this blog:
What annoys me about Christianity? Well, lots of Christians are fine and their form of Christianity has little to with the Bible and is basically a form of secular thought whether they care to admit it or [...]
Continue reading about Conversations with militant atheists, part II
I got such a touching and moving email today which inspires me to post much more often…
Having read your web site and this conversation I cannot imagine a more deluded person I have ever come across in this world. What happened to you as you grew up? did your parents drop you on [...]
Continue reading about Conversations with militant atheists, part I
I’ve spent the last 2 weeks getting stressed about buying houses. For those of you not in the UK, house prices here have exploded in the last few years. Houses in places like “The Village” (a fairly dodgy rundown loyalist area of Belfast) have tripled in price, so that I would need a mortgage of [...]
So this going to be as scientific as a paper on evolutionary psychology, but anyway, I was thinking a few days ago about names and their uniqueness. In Revelations 2 Jesus tells when we enter His kingdom we will receive a new name:
And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the [...]
So to explain the Kiwi story for all the people including my mum who just didn’t get it. The Kiwi nails lots of trees to a cliff and then jumps off the cliff, falling through the trees, and for a brief moment he feels like he is flying like all the other birds. He sheds [...]
Some thoughts/musings/rants from what was a stressful past week…
It’s easier sometimes, to have grace and patience for the non-Christian who is opposed to everything you believe in, than your brother or sister in Christ, who you might be holding to an impossibly high standard. God asks us to treat everyone with grace, no matter how [...]
Few things compare to hearing from God and this past weekend break in Fermanagh could not have come at a better time. We had a few talks and discussions about the Holy Spirit, and did some exercises (borrowed from YWAM) to let us step out in faith and explore some spiritual gifts, in particular getting [...]
