Month: July 2014

Don: We have been studying the book of Matthew for 11 years so far, and have reached chapter 18, in which Jesus, in talking about the community he called the kingdom of heaven, outlines the key ingredients, or what we are calling the pillars, of community. The first pillar is the absence of authority: The…

Don: We’ve noted that both science and faith lay claim to “the truth” and decided that we need to understand what exactly is meant by it. We need to study the theology of truth. The issue of truth is raised more than 200 times in the bible. Jesus told Pontius Pilate that everyone who is…

Don: The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up (1936) Science and faith appear to be opposed ideas. Each lays claim to honesty, integrity, and “the truth.”  Science bases…

Don: It seems from our discussion so far that science and religion can only be reconciled if we accept that god underwrites both; that he wrote both the bible and the so-called Book of Nature, as the first verse of Psalm 19 implies: The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse…