Without Excuse: Apologetics Blog

Author Malcolm Gladwell has written a book entitled "David and Goliath" that deals with the biblical story of the same name. It presents an alternate view that portrays David not as a weak underdog, and Goliath not as the strong giant. I have to take issue with his assumptions involving Goliath. The problem with Gladwell's version is that it becomes less about faith in God, and more of a less miraculous event involving human strength and skill. For reference, see the following article as it hit's on Gladwell's points about Goliath: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2016/03/27/am-i-a-dog-that-you-should-come-to-me-with-sticks/ Point 1: Gladwell says that Goliath is "led" on the valley floor by his attendant. Response: The inference is that Goliath may have had bad eye sight, but it does not say in scripture that his armor bearer (attendant) led him, only that he went before or walked ahead of him (1Sa 17:7), which would make sense considering he was...

Miracles can and do happen, and I witnessed such an event a few weeks ago. My nephew had suddenly became very ill, vomiting and nausea. He was taken to the hospital by his roommate and admitted to the ICU. As it would turn out he was suffering from pancreatitis, which in turn caused acute kidney failure. The doctors said if he waited another day to go to the hospital, he probably wouldn't have made it. It was literally a life and death situation. Once stabilized they were able to take him out of ICU and put him in a hospital room. He had to be monitored carefully, and had to have dialysis since his kidneys were not functioning. We were notified of his condition. A word of the Lord came to my dad to pray He (God) would jump start my nephew's kidneys. My mom thought this terminology was somewhat unusual, but nevertheless we began to pray for him. Note that nothing happened instantly. In my experience, more times than not, answers to pray are either gradual or happen at a later...