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Charismatic Muslim Evangelisti

TBC Staff - EN — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

An Egyptian accountant turned preaching sensation brings his charismatic brand of hopeful, tolerant Islam to Houston

Joy rather than jihad [Excerpts]

Control Freak Televangelist

TBC Staff - EN — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"Control Freak" Televangelist [Excerpts]

Church bylaws obtained exclusively by CBS News say Copeland is "empowered to veto any resolution of the Board" concentrating all key decision-making power in the televangelist.

Is There a Time Gap in Genesis?

TBC Staff - EN — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Is There a Large Gap of Time between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2?

Save From the Lure of Wrong Roads

TBC Staff - EN — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

“The only way to be saved from the lure of the wrong roads is by doing what our Master [the Lord Jesus Christ] tells us, that is, “Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.” If we do not watch and pray we shall be led into temptation before we know where we are. “Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” said Jesus (Luke 18:8).

Gilligan's Bible Study

TBC Staff - EN — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

[TBC: We have alerted readers to such distractions as "The Beverly Hillbillies Bible Study." The same company has since produced a number of “Bible studies“ based on old television programs, including one of their latest: The Gilligan’s Island Bible Study.]

The Biblical principles are the Seven Deadly Sins, and the key scripture is

Scientists Report Doubts over Key Theory of Evolutionary Extinction

TBC Staff - EN — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Scientists Report Doubts over Key Theory of Evolutionary Extinction [Excerpts]

Researchers have recently “ruled out a hypothesis” that has been taught as dogma in schools, colleges and universities worldwide: the cause of the Permian extinction, allegedly “the mother of all mass extinctions.”

The Grave Threat of Arab-Muslim Anti-Semitism

TBC Staff - EN — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Grave Threat of Arab-Muslim Anti-Semitism [Excerpts]

Education survey reveals 'head-scratching' results

TBC Staff - EN — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Education survey reveals 'head-scratching' results [Excerpts]

The survey -- conducted by Ellison Research -- asked Americans to rate the overall quality of education students get from public schools, home schooling, charter schools, and three types of private schools: non-religious, Catholic, and Christian.

Holiest in Evil Times

TBC Staff - EN — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

We should be holiest in evil times. The profaneness of the times should not slacken our zeal--but heighten it. The looser others are -- the stricter we should be.

Hamas Will Recognize Israel

TBC Staff - EN — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Hamas Will Recognize Israel? [Excerpts]

In what will assuredly be seen as one of the greater gaffes of his career, former president Jimmy Carter dramatically reassured a packed crowd of diplomats and reporters this week that Hamas would now recognize the Jewish State.

Doctrines Under Duress in Post-Modern Era

TBC Staff - EN — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"We live and minister in an anti-doctrinal age or at least an age that thinks that it's anti-doctrinal.

Transformed by People

TBC Staff - EN — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Religion today is not transforming people; rather it is being transformed by the people. It is not raising the moral level of society; it is descending to society's own level, and congratulating itself that it has scored a victory because society is smilingly accepting its surrender.

--A. W. Tozer (1897-1963)

Darwin's Beaks

TBC Staff - EN — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

When Darwin went to the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador, he noticed that island finches had developed a variety of beak sizes, and he speculated on how that happened. His observations influenced his later development of evolutionary theory, including the teaching that one animal evolves into another.

New Age Adam

TBC Staff - EN — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

[TBC: Neale Donald Walsch, like many false teachers, is not fearful of putting words in God’s mouth, even if it is necessary to trample the Scriptures. His thoughts concerning the sin of Adam and Eve have a parallel to Mormon teaching.]

Condemn Adam and Eve?

Dave Hunt Addresses the 'Fire of Hell' Controversy

TBC Staff - MV — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:28:40 -0700

My April article has evoked an amazing response. A number of our readers and supporters are suggesting that I do not believe in a real hell with real fire because I say the fire is not physical.

Open Theology Meeting

TBC Staff - EN — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Open Theologians and Scientists Converge on Azusa Pacific University [Excerpts]

Clinton Promises to Expand Homosexual Rights

TBC Staff - EN — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Clinton promises to expand homosexual rights [Excerpts]

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she would defend and expand homosexual rights as president.

Skeptic's Problems

TBC Staff - EN — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

“Is there any man that thinks in chains like the man who calls himself a free-thinker? Is there any man so credulous as the man who will not believe in the Bible? He swallows a ton of difficulties, and yet complains that we have swallowed an ounce of them. He has much more need of faith of a certain sort than we have, for scepticism has far harder problems than faith.” C. H. Spurgeon

Darwin Connected to But Not Cause of Racism

TBC Staff - EN — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Ken Ham: Darwinism connected to, but not cause of racism [Excerpts]

Reversing the Roles of Arabs and Israel

TBC Staff - EN — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Reversing the roles of the Arabs and Israel [Excerpts]

A Jihad Watch reader asked [Jihad Watch contributer Hugh Fitzgerald]: “If the Israel/Palestinian conflict were exactly the same as it is, only the roles of the two warring parties were exactly reversed, would you then switch allegiances to the Palestinian side?”

Let's see.

Muslim Student's Association Jihad Network

TBC Staff - EN — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Muslim Students Association and the Jihad Network [Excerpts]

California Legislature Passes Anti-Spanking Bill

TBC Staff - EN — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

PRESS RELEASE: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL THAT WOULD CRIMINALIZE SPANKING AND THREATEN PARENTAL AUTHORITY (4/15/08) [Excerpts]

Templeton Prize

TBC Staff - EN — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

[TBC: We have reported on the Templeton Prize (and recipients) on a number of occasions. New ager John Marks Templeton is uncompromisingly hostile to Scripture. Consequently, it is not surprising that the prize winner this year is a Roman Catholic priest absolutely opposed to the Scriptural account of Creation.]

Emergent Confusion

TBC Staff - EN — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

[TBC: The Reverend Matt Tittle contributes to a blog hosted by the Houston Chronicle. Tittle is minister of a Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church near Houston. It is instructive to note how warmly Tittle writes of “Emergent Church” leaders and notes that their goals are his.]

Preach the Word

TBC Staff - EN — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

“Preach the Word” exhorts Paul in 2 Timothy 4:2 after prophetically listing the conditions that would prevail when perilous times come (2 Timothy 3:1-13). He also foresees a time when believers “will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears“ (verse 3).