TBC Today - Our Daily Update

Real Numbers

TBC Staff - EN — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New Survey on Islam Calls Into Question Population Figure Used by Obama [Excerpts]

Reluctance to Repent

TBC Staff - EN — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

“I feel when I have sinned an immediate reluctance to go to Christ. I am ashamed to go. I feel as if it would not do to go, as if it were making Christ the minister of sin, to go straight from the swine-trough to the best robe, and a thousand other excuses. But I am persuaded they are all lies direct from hell.

Safe School Czar's Publishing Venture

TBC Staff - EN — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Porn publisher asked [Obama’s Safe School Czar Kevin] Jennings for help

Result was 1st book for chief of office of safe schools [Excerpts]

The One True God of Creation

TBC Staff - EN — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

"The Christian faith is, thus not merely one religion among many. It is the true revelation of the one true God of creation, the record of His provision of forgiveness and salvation. All human religions betray their humanistic origin by their humanly attainable standards, whereas God's way of salvation is by His grace, received only by faith.

Reimaging Moses

TBC Staff - EN — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Fox Takes on an Epic 300-Like Retelling of the Life of Moses [Excerpts]

TBC Extra - AN OFFICIAL WORLD RELIGION?

TBC Staff - MV — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:05 -0700

Excerpted from the 1985 bestselling The Seduction of Christianity by Dave Hunt and T. A. McMahon

Now Muslims Demand Full Sharia Law

TBC Staff - EN — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

NOW MUSLIMS DEMAND FULL SHARIA LAW [Excerpts]

A radical Muslim group sparked outrage last night as it launched a massive campaign to impose sharia law on Britain….it is calling for a complete upheaval of the British legal system, its officials and –legislation.

Creation in Agreement With the Laws of Science

TBC Staff - EN — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

"It's obvious that creationism is in exact agreement with the two laws. In fact, a creationist would predict these laws directly from the assumptions and principles of creationism. That is, one would expect the Creator to impose a principle of conservation upon His perfect creation in order to preserve its basic nature.

Did the Witnesses Really See the Golden Plates?

TBC Staff - EN — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Did the witnesses actually see the plates on which the Book of Mormon was written?

On Being Changed by the Word

TBC Staff - EN — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

[It] is important that with every message something of an intensely practical character should be incorporated lest its hearers be carried away with the glowing pictures of the future and the visions of such prophecies as set forth in Daniel and The Revelation, while very careless and indifferent as to their life.

The Progress of the Gospel

TBC Staff - EN — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

It will have been observed that what was accomplished by the founders and first missionaries of the Early Church was done through the normal working of the Holy Spirit.

The Riverhouse

TBC Staff - MV — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:03:53 -0700

Beware! Google and Bing maps give an incorrect location for The Riverhouse. Click here for the right map.

Ironside on Calvinism

TBC Staff - EN — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

On Calvinism

Biblical Discernment

TBC Staff - EN — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

"O how love I Thy law: it is my meditation all the day." -- Ps. 119:97
"Ye search (or search ye) the Scriptures: and these are they which bear witness of Me." -- John 5:39
"The word did not profit them, because they were not united by faith with them that heard." -- Heb. 4:2

Eugenics Alive and Well at the Supreme Court

TBC Staff - EN — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Eugenics Impulse Alive and Well on SCOTUS [Supreme Court of the United States]

Perfect Harmony of the Gospels

TBC Staff - EN — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The arrangement of the four Gospels is in perfect harmony. In the Synoptics [Matthew, Mark, and Luke] the call is to repent. In John the emphasis is laid upon believing. Some have thought that there is inconsistency or contradiction here.

Christians Face Trial for Criticizing Muslims

TBC Staff - EN — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Christians face trial for criticising Islam

The Christian Institute is backing a new and significant religious liberty case.

A Christian couple from Liverpool are being prosecuted for a criminal offence because they defended their faith and criticised Islam.

A criminal trial has been set for 8 and 9 December at Liverpool Magistrates' Court.

Tiny T-Rex From China

TBC Staff - EN — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Tiny T Rex from China [Excerpts]

The UN and Double Standards

TBC Staff - EN — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The U.N. and Double Standards [Excerpts]

A nightmare for Richard Dawkins

TBC Staff - EN — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

A nightmare for Richard Dawkins: statistics show that atheists are a dying breed [Excerpts]

An interesting article in the Guardian by philosopher Julian Baggini, which begins in cracking form: “I have one, and only one, firm and sincere desire about what quality my grandchildren should possess: non-existence.”

The Cost of the Gospel

TBC Staff - EN — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

“As feasts are expensive and are provided at the expense of the host, so the provision which God has in the gospel made for our souls is exceedingly expensive unto Him. We have it for nothing. It costs us nothing, but it cost God a great deal. Fallen men can’t be feasted but at vast expense.

Tumalo State Park

TBC Staff - MV — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:11:56 -0700

Tumalo State Park is located between Bend and Sisters, about a 15 minute drive from The Riverhouse.

More infomration is available at:

http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_45.php

Lost World of Fanged Frogs

TBC Staff - EN — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Lost World of Fanged Frogs and Giant Rats Discovered in Papua New Guinea [Excerpts]

The scene is reminiscent of a movie: intrepid explorers pierce the wilderness and stumble upon a trove of amazing species rarely--if ever--seen before.

The Religious Left Discovers Radical Islam

TBC Staff - EN — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Religious Left Discovers Radical Islam [Excerpts]

Amazingly, the recent Islamist atrocities in Pakistan have compelled some left-leaning church groups in the West to admit problems with radical Islam, a difficult admission for many. The current visit to the U.S. by a Pakistani Protestant bishop on behalf of besieged Pakistani Christians is helping to fuel the catharsis.

Change Not Annihilation

TBC Staff - EN — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Change Not Annihilation

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?' (John 11:25–26).