I just watched a video from Answers in Genesis and found it fairly enlightening. In all honesty, while I'm a huge proponent of a young earth and the work that Answers does in regards to defending the faith, I'm not sure I've deeply thought through the implications to the Christmas story if one denied a literal Genesis. One of the points Calvin Smith makes about thorns being a result of the curse, and what is it that was in Christ's head at the cross? A crown of thorns. Not su

History was never a strong suit for me. Even to this day I struggle with a lot of simple dates for events. But as I get older I seem to be becoming more like my dad, who absolutely loves history. Perhaps it's due to a Christian worldview. Well, I believe that is the case actually. And as Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson shows in this video (among many others that are well worth the viewing), a Biblical worldview actually helps us better understand history. I've thought the Meso-America

We each have a family history. Scripture shows us that from His human standpoint so did Jesus, yet He was without beginning (John 1:1). I'm reminded of a quote I've seen making the rounds lately, though I can't for the life of me remember who said it or the exact words. But it basically says that God uses sinners, but the reality is there are only sinners for Him to use. The idea being that we are all sinners, and yet God still graciously has chosen to redeem sinners and use