May 2011

Repentance First

May 31, 2011

We are trying to play without the ball when the church tries to evangelize before she has repented. The church can do many things after she has repented but nothing until she first repents. --Vance Havner (1901-1986), pastor, author, and Bible conference speaker.Read more

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Kingdom Triumphalism

May 30, 2011

Kingdom Triumphalism [Excerpts] Many Charismatic's and Pentecostals that espouse the Latter Rain teaching see a sequential restoration starting from Martin Luther's time continuing through our day . According to some, this new thing came in waves. Paul Cain calls this the “Third Wave” (as do Peter Wagner and others). Most...Read more

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Witchcraft, Fear Abounds

May 27, 2011

Witchcraft, Fear Abound [Excerpts] As [missionaries] study the culture and language of the Mozambican people they have discovered that the culture has many more layers than appear on the surface. In many homes in Mozambique almost every area of interaction is affected by witchcraft and curses. Kent and Jenny have...Read more

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Stephen Hawking says Heaven is a Fairy Story

May 26, 2011

Stephen Hawking says Heaven is a fairy story [Excerpts] British scientist Stephen Hawking has branded heaven a "fairy story" for people afraid of the dark, in his latest dismissal of the concepts underpinning the world's religions. The author of 1988 international best-seller "A Brief History of Time" said in an...Read more

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The Ant Impostor

May 25, 2011

The Ant Imposter [Excerpts] "That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive…" ( Ephesians:4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and...Read more

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Hope in your works?

May 24, 2011

If God announces the gift of righteousness apart from works, why do you keep mourning over your bad works, your failures? Do you not see that it is because you still have hopes in these works of yours that you are depressed and discouraged by their failure? If you truly...Read more

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Are the traditional texts reliable

May 23, 2011

Evidence: Can we trust traditional texts to be reliable? [Excerpts] It really depends on how much care has been taken to preserve them. Recently, Barry Arrington posted on how we can be sure of something (for example, that bin Laden is dead). The burden of proof is on any who...Read more

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Were Conquered Christians Liberated Muslims

May 20, 2011

Were Conquered Christians Really Liberated Muslims? [Excerpts] Imagine if a top American historian appeared on the MSM insisting that the only reason Europeans conquered the Americas was to “defend” the Native Americans—who somehow had adopted Christianity centuries before Jesus was born—from being persecuted by heathen tribes. While that would create...Read more

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Believing in God and Evolution

May 19, 2011

Believing in God and Evolution [Excerpts] An anti-evolution group is capturing headlines with its plans to distribute a special edition of The Origin of Species to tens of thousands of college students at secular universities next month, hoping that an introduction that promotes creationism will change the views of those...Read more

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Curriculum slams ex-gays

May 18, 2011

Curriculum proposal slams ex-'gays' [Excerpts] A school board in Maryland plans to consider a proposal to include some glowing statements about homosexuality in school lessons. One pro-family advocate believes those statements paint an inaccurate picture about the lifestyle and, at the same time, attack former homosexuals. Last week, an advisory...Read more

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