I Just Wanna Know Everything.

I just wanna know everything, my Lord, I just wanna know it all.  Birds and fish and creeping things, Knowing is my call. I just wanna know everything my Lord, Reality in all it’s parts, Science, reason, law, and language, History, and all the arts.  Teach me how to know, my Lord, Teach me how...

Should We Believe That Roses Are Real?

Roses are red, Violets are blue, Subjectivism means you can’t know what is true.  “Roses are Red”, we hear it all the time. It’s the most cliché way to begin a poem, but is it true? Are roses really red? Do roses really exist? Can we know that roses are really red? How should we...

Logic and Lily Pads

For the past couple of years I’ve been studying logic in order to sharpen my mind, appraise arguments, and help me develop arguments of my own. I’ve also been slowly marching through the works of C.S. Lewis. While these two topics were formerly unrelated, they both converged last year as I read Lewis’s book Miracles. ...

The Cross is Both Vertical and Horizontal

So, get this: the cross is both vertical and horizontal! "Uh.. yeah Park, we know." Do you though? I'm not sure we understand the significance here. The Cross is a symbol for death and torture. To be crucified is arguably one of the worst deaths you could experience. But God took this symbol and redeemed...

On Sexual Appetite and Morbid Obesity

Sexual appetite, libido, and sex drive are all synonyms for a person's desire for sexual activity. Today it seems to be common knowledge that sex is a good thing and having a "healthy" sexual appetite can be a beautiful thing physically, mentally, and emotionally.  But there's a huge problem, something has gone wrong with our...

Why Have You Forsaken Me?: did Jesus doubt his Father?

"Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, Lema sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'" (Matthew 27:45-46) I've heard it over and over, "See! Even Jesus...

The Real Problem In America

What's the real problem in America? Is it racial division? Is it the battle of the sexes? Maybe class conflict? Is it Government overreach or their lack of action? Is it the abuse of our freedom of speech? Or is it the fascism of the new tolerance? Is it illegal aliens enjoying our social programs...

The Test of Love

A couple years ago someone asked me if I'm a loving person. Well, I figured I was a pretty loving guy but I knew that my answer had to appear humble so I knew I had to depreciate myself a bit. But I was also unwilling to put myself down so much that I would...

Wisdom from the Treasure Chest: Should we Pay Taxes to Caesar

"For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of...