Ep. 29 - The Intelligent Design Glitch, The Good of Affluence, Akathartes

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