“…he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…”– 1 Peter 1:3b - Granite Falls News

“…he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…”– 1 Peter 1:3b - Granite Falls News

This is the last week of our theme of “Rooted in Hope.” And while I have my mind’s eye full of the beautiful fall colors from driving through the Appalachian Mountains this last week on vacation, I know this season of beauty is really about dying. We are in this amazing cycle of life that we live from our Creator’s masterpiece. This is a natural time to think about All Saints’ Day this next Sunday—the cycle of life here on earth. Our earth becom…

Is God Dead? Hallucinations 101

Last week, we looked in detail at the scientific implausibility of group hallucinations. That is, since hallucinations are personal mental events, groups of people can’t hallucinate the same thing in the same place at the same time. The significance of this is that half of the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus