On Wednesday, October 27th, CCO had the third of our BASICS Series. The topic was Gender. After the first two sessions established the theological and philosophical foundation for the series, it was time to address specific issues from a Biblical Worldview.We began BASICS when some new members had questions revealing a lack of understanding of fundamental Bible truths. As the culture went increasi...

I’ve been asked repeatedly by church members on whether or not they ought to get the COVID-19 vaccination. What follows is an attempt to help people decide what course to take. I want to be clear at the outset; reading this will not point you in one direction or the other. It isn’t my aim to either encourage or discourage vaccination. My goal is to help those finding it difficult to MAKE A DECISIO...

It was from a college philosopher professor many years ago I first heard of the divorce between faith and reason. While standing in the doorway of the class, smoking a cigarette, sipping a cup of coffee and some adult beverage, he lectured us on how The Enlightenment placed an unpassable wall between religious faith and rationality. With dogmatic certainty, he asserted faith was to believe somethi...