Happiness
There is more to happiness than believing that Jesus died for you. There is also more to happiness than acknowledging the basic doctrines of Christianity. While the theology may be spot on, there are...
View ArticleDrawing the line
The Bible is (among other things) a book of rules. It is a Handbook for Life. The Manual for Man, made by the Maker of Man. Some of these rules are clear and specific : “You shall not kill”, while...
View ArticleEuthanasia
In one of Shakespeare’s plays the question “To be or not to be?” is asked. What the question means is “Suicide and death, or life?” Today the same question is being asked by a political lobby, and the...
View ArticlePower to the criminals
Dear sir, Recently a judge dealt with a case in which a man broke into his own house late at night. A neighbour alerted the police, who to their great credit, arrived shortly. The man, not knowing who...
View ArticleEvil
The Christian response to the problem of evil is to call into the discussion a very short but definitive list of rules from the Bible. The Ten Commandments define accurately every separate form of...
View ArticleFreewill and available wisdom
Freewill is like a double-edged sword. On the one hand it is a unique and astounding blessing to be able to say “I am me”. Self-awareness means we may choose, to a large degree anyway, a huge number of...
View ArticleThe simplicity of Genesis
Where did God come from? The God of the Bible did not have a beginning. He has always been alive, and always will be alive. God does not get old, and He has never been young. He just is. God created...
View ArticleSkin colour
Dear sir, The news media recently reported the birth of a baby with fair skin and blond hair to a black African couple. The couple also has two black-haired and black-skinned babies, so the sight of a...
View ArticleStephen Hawking
Dear sir, In the news this week Stephen Hawking, a brilliant and likeable scientist said “The human race must colonize space within the next two centuries or it will become extinct.” He cites the...
View ArticleJoseph and his amazing dreamcoat
Dear sir, Good luck to all those involved in the ‘Joseph and the amazing dreamcoat’ production. It may interest those involved in the production to know that the Joseph on whom the production is based...
View ArticleFundamentalists
Dear sir, I find it disturbing when critics of ‘religion’ lump Islamic terrorists in with fanatical religious sects, and Christian fundamentalists, as if the word fundamentalist is synonymous with...
View ArticleApples, evolution and comets
Dear sir, Front page news in the Timaru Herald this week announced that “the apple may have evolved as a direct result of a comet impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago…” Space does...
View ArticleThe age of the moon
Dear sir, Sometimes significant science discoveries are almost completely missed by the media. The following is a good case in point. New images from one of NASA’s spacecraft have revealed small...
View ArticleCrossing the Red Sea
Dear sir, Researchers have recently released their science-based opinion that the biblical Red Sea crossing was nothing more than a happy coincidence caused by a prevailing wind. “Strong, steady...
View ArticleDavid Attenborough and God
Dear sir, on the media, the well-known TV personality David Attenborough said “My response is that when Creationists talk about God creating… they always instance hummingbirds, or orchids, sunflowers...
View ArticleDreams of Space
Dear sir, One of NASA’s aims is to eventually send humans on deep space exploration voyages, but despite the adventures of Captain Kirk and other intrepid sci-fi characters, the chances of Man ever...
View ArticleA lie and a sham
Dear sir, In response to Mr.Udy, with respect, if the debate over biblical creation and the theory of evolution was simply a battle of opinions, as he seems to think it is, there could be no clear...
View ArticleJesus – more than a good man
Dear sir, A few days ago a Mr H.H.Wilson wrote an interesting letter in which he stated that “Jesus was a good Jew”, which is a point I agree with completely. Jesus was, in the truest sense of the...
View ArticleThe importance of Jesus
We here at Mightymag.org hope you have a good and happy Christmas day, celebrating the birth of Jesus…. which is arguably the most significant event in the history of the world since it was created...
View ArticleMother nature
I was enjoying a pleasant chat with a friend, and we were talking about bees which had featured on a recent TV program. In the documentary, infrared cameras had revealed that certain bees in a hive...
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