Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute finds God through books of C.S Lewis.


Francis Collins, the head geneticist on the Human Genome Research project, and both a medical doctor and a leading gene scientist who was part of the team which discovered the genes for cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s disease, talks about his finding his faith and the Human Genome Project.

Read about the interview here. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/012/2.42.html

Religious Road Trip

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I just heard a interesting story of a professor who took his family on the road to see religious attractions in the American south. He chronicles it in a new book called Roadside Religion. Places like Golgotha Fun Park, the World's Largest Ten Commandments, Paradise Gardens, Ave Maria Grotto, Holy Land USA and, yes, Cross Garden.Now if only I can do an American version and an International version, anyone have any suggestions for a book on religious attractions of the world? To hear the interview on NPR, click here.

Ravi Z. and the Four Questions and Mahatma Gandhi

I read these and thought them to be quite profound. "There are four questions in life, origin, meaning, morality and destiny, when you look at the person of Christ these are all answered.

Even Mahatma Gandhi said this, “Of all the dispositions and teachings of thinkers and ethicists, the one doctrine that I have no sufficient counter for is Jesus on that Cross.

GK Chesterton

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G.K Chesterton

I read a great article on G.K Chesterton, on his writing and some of his retorts to evolutionists.

It's said he was always writing—wherever he found
himself, and with whatever he could find to write on.
So in the tearoom he scribbled on napkins. On the
train, in front of a bank teller, or in the middle of
a lecture he was known to jot hurriedly in a notebook,
even on the cuff of his sleeve.

He was apparently quite a character walking the streets of London with a black cape and top hat and a swordstick.

Here's some quotes I found interesting that you may
enjoy.

"There are those who hate Christianity and call their
hatred an all-embracing love for all religions." To
the convicted agnostic he said, "We don't know enough
about the unknown to know that it is unknowable." To
the social Darwinist he said, "It is absurd for the
Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an
admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of
nothing, and then pretend that it is more thinkable
that nothing should turn itself into everything."

See the full article here.

Quote from William Blake

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Interesting quote.

This life's dim windows of the soul distorts the heavens from pole to pole and goads you to believe a lie when you see with and not through the eye.

-William Blake, poet

U2 and the Spiritual Revolution.



If any of you have not checked out MacLaurin Institute audio archives yet, run over there and check them out.

The most recent I listened to was so keenly insightful about the direction our culture is going I am tempted to make hard copies for our web uninitiated friends.

The speaker is Andrew Fellows from the L'Abri Fellowship.

I believe this gentleman is describing something of farther reaching implications than we might presently be able to see on the surface.

Do not be fooled by the ambiguous title referencing U2. This is not a mere music critique. Its better described as an evaluation of the tides of culture as manifested by their expression in the cultural art forms.

For those of you with the freedom to peruse online, go look this one up! I highly recommend a listen.

U2 and the Spiritual Revolution

What does the J.R.R in J.R.R Tolkien stand for?

I just heard a good discussion on Apologetics.com with a reading of Lord of the Rings and the music from the movie running in the background. Find out what the J.R.R means and hear why Tolkien hated allegories and more, you can download it here.

Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

I heard something that I thought would be interesting to post. Ernest Shackleton, the famous explorer of the Antartic Expeditions, always carried with him two things, the Bible and the words of "Abide with Me, I need thy presence every passing hour", a hymn written by the Rev Henry Francis Lyte. When he was buried in one of the exploratory expeditions, these were clutched by him, the bible and the words of "Abide with me".




If you'd like to read the words of the Hymn and read about Henry Lyte, go here

Ravi Zacharias Q & A at Mormon Tabernacle Online!.


I just listened to the Q & A at the Mormon Tabernacle, there's some great questions that are asked, and Ravi gave some great answers. Take a listen here
For your info, the last christian invited to speak there was 1899! That guy was Dwight L. Moody!

Also check out the latest sermon from Ravi Z., its called the Uniqueness of Christ in World Religions. Great stuff! Download it here