God’s Repudiation By Vin Sparks I’m astonished, though I suppose I shouldn’t be, at the words that God chose to open the Bible – in particular, the first four words. They seem simple enough, at a casual […]
The Trouble with Darwin
Part of a Series: Evolution or Intelligent Design Presented by Vin Sparks After spokespersons for a seven part PBS television series entitled Evolution asserted that, “All known scientific evidence supports [Darwinian] evolution” as does “virtually […]
A Preponderance of Evidence
Evolution or Intelligent Design By Vin Sparks In a discussion about proof, we would kick around three kinds of evidence that can be presented for consideration in a court of law: Direct evidence is presented […]
Between Death and Eternity
Consciousness in Death; Truth or Fiction? Author: Tamel, Frank J (1923 – 2014) served as founder, Pastor and Pastor Emeritus of Parkway Apostolic Church in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Published: Oak Creek, WI. Manna Ministries. C. […]
Plato’s Soul in the Church
How Greek Thought Came to Permeate Church Teaching By Vin Sparks So, who is this Plato guy and what does he have to do with the church? Plato (428 – 347BC) was a Greek philosopher […]
The Soul of America
An Examination of Western Culture’s Soul By Vin Sparks Science can’t help us here. There is no scientific evidence for the existence of the soul. There is no observation to be made, no experiment to […]
The Dead Know Nothing
By Vin Sparks What does that mean? “I think it means the dead know nothing!” That is the way Pastor Frank Tamel answered his own rhetorical question in his book, Between Death and Eternity. He […]
8 Positional Relationships with God
Our Eightfold Position The relationships that we have with the people in our lives are different one from another because of the positional nature of each relationship – how we are positioned with each other. […]
All Major Religions Are Equally Valid
This view says that the differences between the teachings of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism are insignificant and superficial. All believe, for instance, in the same God – a universal loving Spirit. It insists […]
God is not a Penny
By Vin Sparks It is next to impossible to prove something does NOT exist because you would run into a negative categorical proposition – or a universal negative. Logically speaking, you’re defeated before you start. […]
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