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Mar 2021
This week’s discussion is focused on Chapter 20 of D’Souza’s book: “Natural Law and Divine Law: The Objective Foundations of Morality”. In this chapter D’Souza explores three questions: (1) Is there a universal morality that all people seem to understand? (2) If universal morality exists, does this have a religious foundation? Can it be discovered by people without religion? (3) How can this universal morality be known? The conclusions D’Souza makes in this chapter was there is a universal morality. This has also been referred to as a “Natural Law” that all......
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March 17, 2021
Lenten Devotions: Christian Virtue
Pastor Dan uses the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector as an example of virtue in the eyes of Jesus. The Pharisee pointed out all of the good works he had done, but...
March 10, 2021
What’s So Great About Christianity, Chapters 18,19
This class covers section VI of D’Souza’s book, titled “Christianity and Suffering”. In this section, D’Souza reviews authors that suggest the Christianity is a force for war and evil. His conclusion is that while there...
March 10, 2021
Lenten Devotions: Our Thirst for God
Pastor Dan refers to Psalm 42: Our Thirst for God. He speaks about Apologetic Theology, which is written to explain Christian beliefs and values. This theology surfaces in times when we are spiritually hungry. There...
March 03, 2021
What’s So Great About Christianity, Chapter 17
This week’s class examines Chapter 17 of D’Souza’s book titled “A Skeptic’s Water: Pascal and the Reasonableness of Faith”. Pastor Dan begins by discussing Blaise Pascal, a French philosopher and mathematician. Pascal wrote some papers...
March 03, 2021
Lenten Devotion: Forgiveness
When we understand how important forgiveness is in our spiritual life, we can experience the assurance of our ultimate salvation. Forgiveness is an ongoing need. It is an infinite need. It takes the love and...
February 24, 2021
What’s So Great About Christianity, Chapters 15,16
In this week’s discussion, Pastor Dan covers Part V: Christianity and Philosophy of D’Souza’s book. This includes Chapter 15 (The World Beyond our Senses: Kant and the Limits of Reason) and Chapter 16 (In the...
February 24, 2021
Lenten Devotion: The Meaning of Faith
A Lenten devotion that examines the daily engagement of faith. Life can be uncertain, and faith is such an important factor in our lives. Pastor Dan looks at Paul’s letter to the Romans, who emphasizes...
February 17, 2021
What’s So Great About Christianity: Chapters 8,9
In this class, Pastor Dan discusses D’Souza’s idea that science and Christianity are not mutually exclusive. D’Souza believes that it was Christianity’s emphasis on the use of reason to understand the world that led to...