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In light of my recent message on science and the Bible and how they relate, some friends pointed me to Answers in Genesis, a website that attempts to explain and defend the position that God created the earth in 6 literal 24 hour days no more than 10,000 years ago. I've long desired to see real …
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Here is a very interesting talk by a skeptic on why people believe strange things. …
NOTE: These questions were emailed to me and I thought they were worth posting here! These come from David Hynes, a deep-thinking guy who's been coming to our church since our Grand Opening. Hey Jeff! I didn't see how to post comments on your blog, so I decided to email instead. I'll go …
Here's another video clip that can hopefully provoke some discussion about the relationship between faith and science and whether or not religion is the product of evolutionary processes. Watch it if you can and tell me what you think! …
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| Download Audio | Download Notesheet | For over 500 years, the church has been in conflict of some kind with scientific minded people. Why is that? What's the solution? In this message, I deal with the apparent conflict between science and the Bible, cover some ground in the Creation vs. …
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In light of our current discussion in the WHY campaign, I'm posting here links to a couple articles I have written here. I hope they are informative and helpful. Science v. Religion Angels Demons and the Scientific Method …
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| Download Audio | Download Notesheet | If you had the power to stop it, how much pain would you allow a loved one to experience before intervening? That's the question Pastor Jeff leads with in this message. The fourth week of our WHY> campaign has me teaching about how we can believe in a good …
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At Southside Church, we have been going through a churchwide campaign called, WHY> 40 Days Pursuing Answers to Life's Biggest Questions. I haven't posted the sermons yet, but we're just finishing our second week of the program, and already I've been challenged with some pretty big …
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This is just a quick post to say that I had a really fun weekend on one hand and a really bad weekend on the other. At T.G.I. Friday's (where I just started to work part-time as a waiter), I had a section of two tables only, but in the brief couple hours of lunch, I managed to make over $30 in …
I just preached a message this week on the reasons we should believe in God, and as a result I've been watching some videos from some serious atheists to get their perspective. There are some interesting thoughts out there, and I'm going to post here a collection of video clips and links to people …
I believe in God because the universe needs a creator. The first reason I have for my own belief in God is that the universe needs a creator. WARNING: I have a degree in philosophy and some of the concepts I use for my belief in God require the use of some technical terms. Here's a quick glossary …
Three kinds of people ask this question: Some people ask this question to pick a fight. They have made up their mind about their own belief in God, and they are trying to push my buttons. They want me to engage them in debate. Sometimes I do. Some people ask this question to put up a smoke screen. …
For the second time in our brief history, Southside Church will change our Sunday morning meeting place. We started in an elementary school. Then we went to a Junior High. So where would you think we would go next? That's right! The Holiday Inn! Actually, it's the Holiday Inn Select: City Center …