February 2006

What Happens When the Holy Ghost "Falls" on You?

09/12/2015

Tom: This is our Understanding the Scriptures segment, and we’re in the Book of Acts. We’re in Acts 11, and, Dave, we got as far as v. 11, and we’re going to start in with 12. But just a little backup: Peter is now having to explain to the apostles,...Read more

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Iran

February 9, 2006

The not-so-mad mind of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [Excerpts] Iran 's president may be evil, but he understands the Western postmodern mind all too well "The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of a war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land...Read more

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Feet Voting

February 9, 2006

Voting with their feet Churchgoing in Britain is in freefall in the "mainline" denominations. Membership of the Church of England declined 27% between 1980 and 2000. This realization led to a survey in 2003/2004 to find out why. In all, 14,000 people in Britain and Ireland responded to the widely-advertised...Read more

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Hate Speech

February 9, 2006

A DISTURBING TREND [Excerpts] Over the past decade, many Western democratic nations such as Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Britain, Canada and Australia have passed laws criminalizing religious speech that is based on the Bible. Specifically, these laws target speech that could be deemed an aggression against the dignity of...Read more

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Bible Archaeology

February 9, 2006

One of the challenges skeptics present is for extrabiblical evidence of biblical events and individuals. By God's grace, there are many examples which could be pointed to. In the Old Testament there are more than 50 persons named whose existence is verified by sources other than the Bible. Some 12...Read more

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Pope Talk

February 9, 2006

[TBC: The Catholic Church has consistently taught that communication with the dead (necromancy) is possible, hence, the following comments are not surprising in this excerpt from a Polish journalist's interview of Pope Benedict:.] Q. Holy Father, often in your speeches you evoke the figure of John Paul II and of...Read more

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Does the World Need a Messiah?

09/05/2015

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. We are...Read more

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Professor Fired For Turning Catholic

09/05/2015

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 The Wall Street Journal , January 30, 2006, with the headline: “Wheaton Professor Fired after Converting to Catholicism . Wheaton, Illinois. Wheaton College was delighted to...Read more

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What is the Best Way to Evangelize?

09/05/2015

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 Tom: How do you guys go about evangelizing? I’m not looking for a method, simply some basics and guidelines from your...Read more

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Did God Change the Jewish Law?

09/05/2015

Tom: This is our Understanding the Scriptures segment, and we’re in the Book of Acts 11. Dave, we’ve said this before and it bears repeating: This is a privilege for us to encourage people, to take them through the Scriptures verse by verse, to give them our perspective, our opinions;...Read more

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