This is the updated list of upcoming articles. This new list supercedes all previous lists. I feel the need to post this to reiterate to myself what I want to write on so that I can focus my creative energies appropriately and glorify God through this ministry. God is leading me in some new directions, so I thought it prudent to clarify my path for myself.

I pray only that He be glorified in the construction of these articles, that He continue to grow my meager Internet ministry to what He wants, and that readers learn what He desires they learn from reading my material.

Here is the list:

• Answering the God is Imaginary website - Some material here
• Refutation of open theism - there may be some truths contained herein, but the God of open theism cannot be trusted
• Examination/refutation of probabilistic prophecy - thank you, John Sanders
• Study of Romans 9 and Calvinism/Reformed Theology - I’m really close to calling myself a five-point Calvinist; I’m at four points now
• Examination of the Word-Faith Movement (headed by Ken Copeland, Joel Osteen, and Benny Hinn)
• Examination of Prosperity Theology - a variation turned a friend at work away from the faith for a while

**UPDATED**

I am reviewing a website entitled God is Imaginary. It has been a great learning experience that has aided me in solidifying my own soteriology. However, I can’t help but balk at some of the so-called “proofs” these guys are advancing as evidence against God. In particular, their appeal to science is weak and does nothing to further their cause.

They quote an article discussing the discovery of penicillin. The bold claim, made twice in their short text, is:

Only by assuming that God is imaginary and prayer is meaningless can science proceed.

My question: where, from the cited article, do they come to that conclusion? Nowhere in the article is religion even a remote issue.

Why does religion, more specifically Christianity, have to be the enemy of science? In fact, many people believe that science and religion can coexist:

• Wikipedia List of Christian thinkers in science
• Home page of Christians in Science, an organization concerned with the relationship of science to the Christian faith.

Christianity is not the enemy of science. The two entities haven’t experienced the best relationship over the years, admittedly. Modern times is just a reversal of history. Now, science has the upper hand over Christianity and they are persecuting us instead of the other way around.

But it’s a delusion.

The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. [2 The 2:9-12, emphasis added]

This doesn’t have to be.  Scientists, come out of your delusion and work with us.  Be the bigger person.  Working together with theologians, there is surely a model of the universe that will satisfy all of the available evidence from both science and the Bible.