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Fine-tuned Heart

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T14:00:00-07:00

by Martin Cicero For this article, I was struggling as to whether I wanted to talk about the heart or the brain. There is so much detail that I can’t see how either one happened by chance. The brain has approximately 86 billion neurons in our brains, woven together by an estimated 100 trillion connections, or synapses. The heart, on the other hand, beats approximately 115,000 times a day and is connected to a blood vessel system that, if stretched out, would extend approximately 1,500 miles. The heart is an organ, a muscle at the center of our circulatory system. It [...]

Fine-tuned HeartLisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T14:00:00-07:00

Fine-tuned Eye

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T13:57:02-07:00

by Martin Cicero Have you ever thought about the human eye and what it takes for us to see? Dr. Faris Ghosheh, who specializes in corneal transplantation, cataracts and refractive surgery, gets us started: To process vision, the light reflected from an object in our field of view is gathered by the cornea. The cornea then refracts the light rays through the pupil (the center of the iris where light enters the eye). The iris then passes the image onto the crystalline lens. The lens in the eye focuses the light rays, projecting them to a point at the back of [...]

Fine-tuned EyeLisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T13:57:02-07:00

Fine-tuned Water

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T13:53:38-07:00

by Martin Cicero As I continue to look at our world and how fine-tuned it is, I am so amazed at how God put it all together. Paul Davies, a theoretical physicist, wrote this about our world being fine-tuned, “There is now broad agreement among physicists and cosmologists that the Universe is in several respects ‘fine-tuned’ for life.” Our world and our universe, and even our own bodies, have been fine-tuned for life. Today I want to continue by looking at something we tend to take for granted: water. Without it there would be no life! The Basics of Water Let’s [...]

Fine-tuned WaterLisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T13:53:38-07:00

Fine-tuned World

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T13:50:10-07:00

by Martin Cicero When talking about evolution versus creation, there is a phrase that makes all the difference in the world: “fine-tuned argument.” This is a phrase that we need to remember. I have read that some of the greatest atheist scientists try not to deal with a fine-tuned argument. So, what is a fine-tuned argument? According to Eric Metaxas of metaxastalk.com, this is a fine-tuned argument: “There are certain things about our universe – and about our planet – that seem to be so extremely perfectly calibrated that they can hardly be coincidental.” Creation Is Fact and Evolution Is the [...]

Fine-tuned WorldLisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T13:50:10-07:00

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 4

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:50:25-07:00

by Amber Mann Riggs Christianity is changing. Not in the core essentials that were affirmed by the apostles. But rather, the way we talk about, communicate, and even view our faith has changed radically in the past few decades. Anyone who spends much time reading serious analysis of 21st century Christianity, culture, and ministry will frequently come across the term “postmodernity”. Indeed, much of our understanding of culture is directly dependent on our ability to understand postmodernity. This series of four articles is designed to provide you with a basic understanding of postmodernity and its significance to the conversation of Christianity [...]

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 4Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:50:25-07:00

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 3

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T17:00:39-07:00

by Amber Mann Riggs “It seems like we are speaking two different languages.” If you have ever thought this, you aren’t alone. As religion columnist Phyllis Tickle observed, approximately every 500 years, Western culture—and the Church in particular—undergoes such a significant change in paradigms that words often develop two sets of meanings. True to the pattern, we are currently in an era of significant transformation.¹ Anyone who spends much time reading serious analysis of 21st century Christianity, culture, and ministry is going to come across the term “postmodernity”. Indeed, much of our understanding of culture is directly dependent on our ability [...]

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 3Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T17:00:39-07:00

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 2

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:36:41-07:00

by Amber Mann Riggs Let’s face it – American culture has undergone radical changes in the past several decades. For Christians, the changes seem to be happening faster than most of us can comprehend. How can we influence a culture to follow Christ when it seems like we are speaking two different languages? Especially when it seems like even within the Church we are encountering the world in very different ways. As 21st century Christians, much of our understanding of culture is directly dependent on our understanding of the term “postmodernity.” Part 1 of this series established that the very word [...]

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 2Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:36:41-07:00

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 1

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:20:17-07:00

by Amber Mann Riggs Do you ever glance through a newsfeed and wonder, “how can people think that way?!” It can be tempting to just look away in disgusted anger. And yet, as Christians who are navigating today’s culture in the hope of influencing others to follow our path to Christ, we would be wise to follow Stephen Covey’s famous advice to “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” The Postmodern Key Anyone who spends time reading serious analysis of 21st century Christianity, culture, and ministry will come across the term ‘postmodernity’. And come across it frequently. Indeed, much of our [...]

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 1Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:20:17-07:00

Word Meanings and Worldviews

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:43:26-07:00

by Martin Cicero Years ago, I read that if we change the meaning of our words, we end up changing history if we aren’t careful. We tend to use the modern definition of a word, which changes the meaning of what was intended by writers of years ago. Word Meanings Change over the Years As an example, a hundred years ago someone might have written, “God is awful.” Everyone during that time understood that they were talking about a God that was awe-inspiring, amazing, and simply magnificent. Today we would read that sentence and say that the writer doesn’t like God [...]

Word Meanings and WorldviewsLisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:43:26-07:00

Do You Speak the Language?

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:37:48-07:00

by Loren Gjesdal Imagine that in six months you were committed to depart for an overseas missionary ministry. What are some of the things you would use the next few months to do? I suspect that you would invest considerable time researching the country you were going to be working in. What language is spoken? How much of it could you learn in six months? What is the culture like? What do they value, what are their norms and customs, what is the most common religion, what are its doctrines? I suspect you would use all this information with one overarching [...]

Do You Speak the Language?Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:37:48-07:00

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