Tune in to hear Pastor Wilson talk the intelligent design glitch. Then he plugs The Good of Affluence, and wraps things up with a talk about the Greek word “Akathartes”. Happy Plodding! 

Show Notes:

The Intelligent Design Glitch

• some ID advocates don’t argue for the existence of God but rather for an ambiguous somebody 
• there is a fatal flaw in this argumentation
• they should say that they are creationists
• if that somebody is not God, than does it exhibit design?
• you either must have God or an infinite regress 
• the intelligent design movement must have a God

The Good of Affluence 

• written by John R. Schneider
• he shows that it is better to be affluent than poor, if everything else is equal
• he argues compellingly for the essential goodness of good things
• good things can be abused
• God gives us these good things to enjoy, and we need to thank God for it

Akathartes

• translated as filthiness, found once in the NT
• Revelation 17:4, talks about the great whore of Babylon—she in her turn is an image of unbelieving Isreal
• this is a contrast of the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven for her husband, as a spotless bride