Category: apologetics
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Hunter Baker, PhD, has an excellent opinion article here entitled “The house always wins”. He opines about the destructive gambling industry that preys on the people that can least afford it. “I once sat in a Hardee’s that had a lottery ticket vending machine. A woman in a bathrobe and…
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The Didache is the earliest post-apostolic Christian church teaching that we possess. Britannica notes that it is “the oldest surviving Christian church order.” It is informative to see what the very early church taught regarding abortion. In chapter 2 we read “You shall not murder a child by abortion nor…
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(This remarkable story is related by Dr. Reggie Anderson in his book Appointments With Heaven. He was the family physician of Stephen Curtis Chapman when the tragedy happened with their adopted daughter. “Lois” in this story was a blind elderly patient of his.)
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Mankind was created sinless by God in his image (Gen 1) but fell into sin and rebelled against God (Gen 3). Sin infects everyone and separates us from God (Rom 3:23), leaving us completely unable to earn merit in God’s sight by good works of our own (Gal 2:16). Jesus…
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The Bible repeatedly warns about false prophets. Matthew 7:15 states, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” 1 John 4:1 advises believers to “test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into…
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Katy Faust lays it on the line here. “Gay marriage did not merely redefine an institution. It created child victims . . . Ten years later, children have paid the price for being cut out of the conversation . . . Christians cannot stand quietly by while children’s rights to…
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Ecclesiastes 7:1 is a fascinating verse that probably the vast majority of readers let slip under their radar – “the day of death [is] better than the day of birth.” What does this mean? How can death . . . which nobody celebrates . . . be “better” than a…
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I strongly recommend Michael Patton’s course here. It is solidly evangelical developed by MDivs nd ThMs from Dallas Theological. Learn to construct a biblical worldview that makes your witness relevant to ALL people in need. We believe that all Christians should be equipped with deeper theological training that has traditionally…
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