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Category Archives: Philosophy
A Nuclear Explosion Waiting To Happen: Mark Levin’s Book In Sarah Palin’s Hands
Filed Under: Culture, Other, Philosophy, Politics
Mark Levin is a conservative thinker and writer. Levin’s most recent book, Liberty and Tyranny, has been described as a modern day conservative manifesto. It has been #1 on the NY Times for most of the last 4 months. Adrienne, author of the blog Motivation: Truth, was able to capture a snapshot of Palin’s parting [...]
July 27, 2009 Leave a comment
Paging Doctor Marx?
Filed Under: Other, Philosophy, Politics
Today, Investor’s Business Daily published a cartoon by political cartoonist Michael Ramirez. In this cartoon Karl Marx is pictured as a doctor making a house call on behalf of Government Health Care. Marx is pictured putting on the glove and telling the patient, “Hello, I’m your new doctor…bend over.” The cartoon is entitled, “The House [...]
July 21, 2009 Leave a comment
In search of truth
Filed Under: Other, Philosophy, Theology
I thought it might be interesting to look at all of the passages in Scripture where the words “true” or “truth” are mentioned and record the passage and context here on mattersoftruth.com. I am not sure how long it will take or how in depth it will be but hopefully it will be edifying, [...]
May 11, 2009 Leave a comment
What are important questions to ask when seeking truth?
Information comes at us quickly and in many ways. How does one sift through agenda and bias and arrive at truth? The following questions are great to keep in mind as you surf the internets, browse the magazine, read the paper, watch the hannityolbermanns, listen to the professor, and watch the infomercials:
1. What do you [...]
May 5, 2009 Leave a comment
I want to be like a tree (Psalm 1)
I want to be like a tree planted by streams of living water. I want to delight in the law of the Lord and to meditate on it day and night.
Psalm 1:1-3
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the [...]
March 22, 2009 Leave a comment
Blacksburg, Virginia 4/16/07
Filed Under: Other, Philosophy, Theology
The Night Before.
I remember thinking that the night before seemed darker than usual. It may have been because of the incredible wind. Living in Blacksburg I had seen strong winds before, but this night the wind was stronger. I stayed awake listening to the wind beat the tree against my window and studying [...]
April 16, 2008 Leave a comment
G. K. Chesterton: On Relativism
Filed Under: Philosophy
An imbecile habit has arisen in modern controversy of saying that such and such a creed can be held in one age but cannot be held in another. Some dogma, we are told, was credible in the twelfth century, but is not credible in the twentieth. You might as well say that a certain philosophy [...]
March 27, 2008 Leave a comment
What is truth? Pilate asks, Jesus answers
What is truth?
The Gospel of John deals often with the subject of truth. In this Gospel, Pontius Pilate comes face to face with Jesus and is confronted with the claim of absolute truth. Pilate responds to Jesus by asking, “What is truth?” Truth is a subject which continues to be questioned [...]
March 3, 2008 Leave a comment
A Matter of Originalism: Part 2