Posts by David Potter
Gluttony and Drunkenness — Moral Equivalence?
A recent article cross-published on Rooted Thinking and Sharper Iron has elicited a stream of argument. I have one small item to add to the discussion. One commenter mentioned in passing that gluttony is also a sin, with the implication that if one were opposed to alcohol consumption, one should be equally opposed to gluttony.…
Read MoreHow Uncle Johnny Got Rich
As I was meditating on Philippians 4:19 (“my God shall supply all of your need”) my thoughts shifted to Dad’s uncle Johnny. Let me explain. Like most promises in the Bible, this one comes with strings. As the whole of the book and especially the preceding context demonstrates, this promise belongs to generous people. Philippians…
Read MoreThe Butterfly Lovers, the Cultural Revolution, and the Hand of God
Recently I attended a concert of the Hangzhou Symphony Orchestra. A violin concerto called “The Butterfly Lovers” was a part of the program. My youngest daughter, who knows about such things, told me that the piece was quite controversial, having been composed during the Cultural Revolution, which rejected all things Western. To my ears, the…
Read MoreA Problem with Old Earth Intelligent Design
I first encountered Janos, a Hungarian Jew, at Living Water Baptist Church in Budapest. He is a professed atheist. His mother survived Auschwitz, and I suspect that his family history has a lot to do with his rejection of God. His confusion may in part be due to a failure to take the first three…
Read MoreChristian Zionism
We should not let the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish state pass without celebrating the role that we, as Dispensational Fundamentalists, played in the return of the Jews to the Holy Land. Modern Zionism began officially with the publication in 1896 of The Jewish State by Theodore Herzl. Herzl was a Hungarian…
Read MoreWhat Can Bible Christianity Do that Eastern Religions Cannot?
David Potter A man to whom I have been witnessing told me that he prefers Eastern religions because he does not want a religion that is guilt-based. Christianity is not guilt-based, it is forgiveness-based. In response, I told the following story.
Read MoreHuman Beings Have Only Two Genders
Says … The American College of Pediatricians David Potter My jaw dropped as I read a recent article featuring a statement published by the American College of Pediatricians warns of the harms of telling children that gender is a matter of personal preference. You can access the full statement here.
Read MoreNo Health Benefit from Moderate Alcohol Consumption
David Potter Newsweek reports a study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs which disputes claims that moderate alcohol consumption has health benefits. After scrutinizing 87 studies on the subject, researchers concluded that all but 13 of them had flawed methodology. In short, the control groups in each case contained people who…
Read MoreThe Historical Credibility of the New Testament, Part 3
David Potter Part One ♦ Part Two ♦ This is Part Three In parts one and two of this series, I introduced you to Diane, a Mormon who had become convinced that the Book of Mormon was false. She was also ready to believe the same of the New Testament since the Mormon Church had…
Read MoreThe Historical Credibility of the New Testament, Part 2
David Potter Part One ♦ This is Part Two ♦ Part Three In my last post, I introduced, Diane, a sincere inquirer about the historical credibility of the New Testament. Diane, a fifth generation Mormon who graduated from Brigham Young University, had good cause to doubt the Book of Mormon, and she wondered if the…
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