by Brent Clark If you ask 10 different people, “Who is God?” you would probably get 10 different answers. Everyone develops an understanding of God based on their life experiences. Some see God as the great, cosmic Santa Claus, there to grant their every wish and desire. Others see God as a harsh judge waiting…
Month: April 2009
Relevant Sermons
Sometime ago, an Illinois pastor was gunned down while preaching his Sunday morning sermon. While I wasn’t a friend of the victim, I did attend seminary classes with him in the late 1980’s. As I tried to gain more information about the tragic situation, I came across an online news report that reported the pastor’s…
Recommended Reading
The following books are recommended to those who want to do some further study concerning the philosophical arguments for the existence of God. Matthew Pierce suggests The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James. This classic, first published in 1929, is available in reprint. James spent his entire career as a Professor of Psychology at…
Does God Exist?
The following information was compiled and presented by Matthew Pierce in our weekend worship services on April 18-19, 2009. Matthew did his undergraduate studies and received a degree in Philosophy at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is presently a litigation consultant located in Des Moines, Iowa. His wife Rachel is a news anchor for…
Basis for Theology
To my way of understanding, theology is like a river that is formed by three tributaries. One tributary is the process of personal learning which comes as we sit before Scripture. As a Baptist, I wholeheartedly believe the doctrine of soul competency, which affirms our individual privilege and responsibility to hear from God and respond…
Welcome to TimDeatrick.com
By way of introduction, I’d like to offer that I have no mandate from the people to begin a blog. There have been three or so kind persons who have suggested that I make an attempt to make available such an instrument, none of whom are related by blood or legal ceremony. In the formative…
