Tommy Mann

For those of you who like to read, here are some of the best books I read in 2012: All Pro Dad by Mark Merrill This is a great book for dads and young men. By This Name by John R. Cross This book teaches the art of chronological evangelism, beginning with Moses. What You Need to KnowAbout Bible Prophecy by Max Anders The title is obvious, and this book gives a well-rounded overview of prophecy. Grace by Max Lucado Again, an obvious title, but grace is something we all need to keep in our minds. Twelve UnlikelyHeroes by John MacArthur A look at 12 people in the Bible who did great things. Voddie Baucham’s 3 books, Family Driven Faith, Family Shepherds, and The Ever-Loving Truth Three great books for parents, especially dads, that focus on instilling a Christian worldview in your children. Esther or Delilah by Angela DeSouza A great book for girls and young ladies. What are you using your beauty for? Real-Life Discipleshi...

Recently one of my atheist friends posted this picture on Facebook: If you can’t read it, it says: God left him to die, but then, Science and medicine! The caption goes on to explain that nurses, not God or miracles, are what led this child from starvation to nutrition. To me, this is like the classic story of the man in the flood. The whole town is told to evacuate because a major flood is coming, but one stubborn man refuses to leave because God would take care of him. After the flood began, rescue workers came by in a boat and offered him a ride. The man refused, saying God would take care of him. Eventually the man was sitting on his roof as the flood waters rose, and the National Guard flew over in a helicopter. Once again, the man refused help, saying God would save him. The waters continued to rise, and the man drowned. When he got to heaven the stubborn man asked God why he didn’t save him. God replied, “I gave meteorologists the ability ...

You may have heard the popular story of the origin of the candy cane. It’s a great story about a candy maker from Indiana who set out to create a piece of candy that would tell the true meaning of Christmas. As the story goes, this man called his creation the Christmas Candy Cane, but unfortunately the name was later reduced and the word Christmas was left out. The story includes all of the ideas that went into the finished product. The cane is shaped like a shepherd’s staff, which symbolizes the shepherds who visited the baby Jesus on the first Christmas; it also symbolizes that Jesus became our Good Shepherd. And if you turn the cane upside down, the staff becomes the letter J, which stands for Jesus. The candy is very hard, reminding us that Jesus is the rock of our salvation. The candy was originally pure white, just as the Christ Child lived a pure life. But the candy maker was not satisfied with a simple white cane, so he added the color red. Red was cho...

Is evolution science or fairy tale? We could debate the science end of the question; after all, science must follow the scientific method, which requires being observable and repeatable. Who has observed or repeated the Big Bang? But what I want to really focus on is the religious end of the question. Evolution is philosophical. It is a way of thinking more than a provable system. It invites its followers to shrug off God as a prerequisite for membership into its elite club. The reason I bring this up is to counter the claim that Christianity and the belief in an Intelligent Designer is far fetched. We are told that the science points towards evolution, and that anyone who rejects their science (fraudulent and circular, though it may be) believes in fairy tales. Let’s put on hold for a minute the fact that the universe screams Intelligent Design. Let’s forget for just a moment that molecular biology shows us cells far too complex ( irreducibly complex) to have evolved....