July 2005

What is the Biblical Hope for the Church?

02/28/2015

Tom: Thanks, Gary. You're listening to Search the Scriptures Daily , a program in which we encourage everyone who desires to know God’s truth to look to God’s Word for all that is essential for salvation and living one’s life in a way that is pleasing to Him. In this...Read more

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Christian Animal Sacrifices

02/28/2015

Now, Religion in the News, a report and comment on religious trends and events being covered by the media. This week’s item is from Virtue Online, June 3, 2005, with the headline, “Blood Used to Welcome Ancestors. The ritual killing of animals is being contemplated by Anglicans and Roman Catholics...Read more

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What is the Significance of Circumcision?

02/28/2015

Now, Contending for the Faith. In this regular feature, Dave and Tom respond to questions from listeners and readers of The Berean Call. Here’s this week’s question: “Dear Dave and T.A., What is the significance of circumcision? I’ve noticed that although it is an Old Testament commandment, it is often...Read more

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Why Did Moses Flee Egypt?

02/28/2015

Tom: In this our Understanding the Scriptures segment, we’re in the Book of Acts 7, and last week, Dave, we settled in on 24, where [unintelligible] but I don’t know that we explained it. Anyway, I’ll read verse 24, and this is Stephen speaking. He’s speaking to those who have...Read more

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White Terrorists

July 26, 2005

Once Again, Hollywood Stretches Credulity -- This Time With 'Sleeper Cell' Here we go again. Showtime will run a series called "Sleeper Cell," about an American Muslim who infiltrates a terrorist cell. He's an African-American, not Arab-American. The cell's members are a Frenchman named Christian, an Egyptian-American, a white rich...Read more

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No Persecution

July 26, 2005

TBC : A posting at the "Christianity Today" website pointed out the superficial perceptions of what is perceived to be "mainstream" evangelicalism. We're Prime Time, Baby! Evangelicals' new status means deepened responsibility. When Jimmy Carter was elected President, Newsweek christened 1976 "The Year of the Evangelical." And if 1976 heralded...Read more

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Muslim Freedom

July 26, 2005

CONVERT RELEASED FROM MEN TA L HOSPI TA L (Excerpts) New Christian still suffers from security police torture. Five months after he was forcibly committed to a mental hospital for converting from Islam to Christianity, Gasir Mohammed Mahmoud has been discharged from his locked psychiatric ward in Cairo and set...Read more

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Disagreements

July 26, 2005

President of the National Association of Evangelicals, Ted Haggard has joined forces with the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) with the purpose of getting Christian leaders to agree to be more careful about what we say about Islam . The resulting position paper criticized disparaging Islam by certain Christian...Read more

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Changed Mind

July 26, 2005

The following answer was given to a Christian who identified himself as a theistic evolutionist: I should think that this sort of thinking would often require "persuasion", as science findings chronically change, determining a need for constant redefining of your belief system. This is precisely why we warn that marrying...Read more

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DSM

July 26, 2005

Criticism of America 's Diagnostic Bible - The DSM [Excerpts] The most common, widely used and nearly mandatory diagnostic system in the United States is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (commonly referred to as the DSM). The DSM is published and controlled by the American Psychiatric Association...Read more

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