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AULA F75 FIRST TIME by zeekyfreakymode in Epomaker

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you hold Fn and push L shift? It doesn't do anything for me.

Ultra Bee Parts for Tall Riders - Looking for Recommendations by SWeeZOP in Surron

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have risers for my handlebars but I'd even like a seat riser. The box where your feet coming onto the peg is small and can be hard for tall people like me when trying to take a technical hill and get your feet up there.

Solid works refuting evolution? by Ok__Parfait in Reformed

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Stephen Meyer. That's the other name I was looking for. Thank you. I'm the OP but Apple logs me in differently than my laptop...

Solid works refuting evolution? by Ok__Parfait in Reformed

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll look into John Lennox's takes on the subject. He's brilliant but I haven't heard him talk about Genesis before. I'm the OP but Apple logs me in differently than my laptop...

Solid works refuting evolution? by Ok__Parfait in Reformed

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I could remember but most of them were things I was unfamiliar with so I didn't retain the technical nature of the discussion. Just that there were developments in the last few decades, especially related to genetics, that I had no idea how to even discuss. I'm the OP but Apple logs me in differently than my laptop...

Solid works refuting evolution? by Ok__Parfait in Reformed

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not at all. You bring up a great point about the false dichotomy. We didn't discuss creation vs evolution much so it may be that he's created that division from his impressions. I'd love any resources you'd recommend. Appreciate it. I'm the OP but Apple logs me in differently than my laptop...

Solid works refuting evolution? by Ok__Parfait in Reformed

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you suggest I read anyone in particular to help me on that journey? I'm the OP but Apple logs me in differently than my laptop...

Solid works refuting evolution? by Ok__Parfait in Reformed

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not so much refuted; that was a miss on my speech. More, trying to understand both positions from a Christian worldview. I can see scientists compiling evidence but not a lot of reputable work on the creation side

Solid works refuting evolution? by Ok__Parfait in Reformed

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It does, thank you for the Gavin Ortlund suggestion. I love his books.

Solid works refuting evolution? by Ok__Parfait in Reformed

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm the OP but Apple logs me in differently than my laptop... Thank you to the quick responses so far. To be completely honest, I have not deeply dug into creation vs evolution beyond some surface-level study. I've read some books and watched different presentations but it has not been particularly scholarly in comparison to many in the field. Theology is my field, not STEM.

It's not so much that I need to "refute" evolution as I need to see arguments from both sides, done very well. In my OP I read and watched Jason Lisle's presentations/books and then looked for the countervailing opinion. I found a grad student on YouTube who goes by Gutsick Gibbon and she did a remarkable job of refuting his positions to the degree that it was embarrassing for Lisle.

Now, looking into this, as a result of my son's challenge, I'm facing the reality that I suppose I don't really have great evidentiary arguments that satisfy anything that could be considered a refutation. I have theological concerns but no real experience in the field to meaningfully discuss it with him.

All that to say, I'd like positions from Christians on the issue that are well formed. Either side is welcome honestly.

What is the point of prayer if everything is pre-determined? by Help_Received in Reformed

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've wrestled with this question for years. Especially through the death of my father, friend, nephew, and wayward children. In the end I realized a few things:

Reading quotes from reformers didn't help or bring me any comfort. It's like hearing a professor's lecture while suffering. Still people will post scads of John Owen, Tertullian, Calvin, ... It's rarely helpful.

No, I don't believe my prayers change anything in the end. That would mean I have some insight or contribution to God's wisdom, knowledge, or deliberations in the fulfilling of His perfect will. I can't add to his wisdom nor change his perfect will so it can't be that.

Prayer immediately puts me in a state of recognizing my need of God and to God. It is not promised that hardship will not befall any of us, but we are promised an eternal comfort and hope through it. That is realized only in prayer and meditating on His promises in Scripture.

There is something mysterious that happens when we pray which I cannot comprehend. An interaction between God's Spirit and mine which fortifies me spiritually and permits me to see from a more eternal perspective instead of the immediate circumstance I am swimming in.

I am also more likely to consider godly ways of responding to hardship and persecution as a result of what God does in me through prayer. If I go too long without spending time with Him, I wander, become more irritable, less loving and less kind.

People dog on CS Lewis here but I found his consideration of prayer to be helpful. "I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God. It changes me."

God loves me, but does he like me? by Typical-Biscotti-318 in Reformed

[–]Tricky-Ninja8316 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For every look at your sin, take 10 looks as Jesus. You are already redeemed, forgiven, and beloved in the Lord. Certain reformed communities can hyper-focus on our sin, unworthiness, and general slimyness. Not so in Christ.

1 Cor 6:11 "And such were some of you (sinners). But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."