Author Archives: Sam Augsburger

Twenty-five years ago I started carving a walking stick out of a six-foot piece of walnut. I first turned it out on the lathe, and then started carving a blend of several Old Testament passages that reads, “If You Will … Continue reading →

Pride rose up against the United States and incited President Trump to parade the military for all to see. So President Trump said to the Pentagon, “Go and prepare a parade of the military like never before. Then show it to … Continue reading →

Questions abound this time of year. Did God literally enter this world as a child? Was it the result of a miraculous conception in a virgin? What are the arguments for and against? The previous several posts have focused on … Continue reading →

In several recent posts I implied a connection between God and our broken world. So here we go . . . I have encountered numerous individuals who reject the God-concept due to the apparent inability of such a God to … Continue reading →

In The Origin of the Cosmos I argued that scientific principles support the conclusion that the cosmos was not self-originating, but had an initial cause (IC). In An Infinite Initial Cause mathematical principles demonstrated that the initial cause must be … Continue reading →

Let us assume for a minute that nontheistic evolutionists are correct: everything that currently exists evolved on its own from lower states of existence, complexity and order. Richard Dawkins, in The God Delusion, uses an illustration titled “Mount Improbable” to … Continue reading →

It was a fateful Saturday afternoon in my garage that got all this started. I had just recalled a question that had bothered me as a boy and finally decided to ask it of God, or whoever was listening. I … Continue reading →

In the previous post (September 16th) titled A Broken World, our condition was left looking a bit dreary. Yes, we are indeed broken. The whole world is broken. But, where does that leave us? Are we to simply remain in … Continue reading →

Are you one who believes that we are not in a dualistic world of good and evil, but that we are evolving our way out of the current problems and on into a better state of humanity? Or are you … Continue reading →

In the year and a half since I published Slices of God I have received a range of responses. The responses from those who have read the book in its entirety have been overwhelmingly positive and full of gratitude. But, … Continue reading →