May 2006

Persecution

May 22, 2006

TARAHUMARA CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED April 17, 2006 by Ian Fallis CHIHUAHUA, Mexico: Seventy-five Tarahumara believers are finding themselves unwelcome in their own community. The Tarahumaras number about 10,000, spread out into several communities in the mountains of northern Mexico. Fernando is a church leader and teacher in one area. "They are...Read more

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More Genes

May 22, 2006

TBC: The advance of science has not been a friend to evolution. Since "presumption" plays a significant role in formulating evolutionary theory, recent discoveries have roughly handled some evolutionary presumptions about simpler life forms. 'More genes' needed to make life [Excerpts] By Paul Rincon BBC News science reporter Scientists trying...Read more

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Teaching truth or not

May 22, 2006

[ TBC : This short essay from the beginning of the 1900s touches upon something which afflicts us today. Liberals frequently cry out "censorship" when a professor is disciplined for teaching something contrary to biblical principles in a Bible School . These same advocates for freedom show no restraint when...Read more

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Worldview

May 22, 2006

This Barna Research survey taken in late 2003 showed that just 4% of America 's adult population and 9% of born again Christians had a biblical worldview. The numbers were even lower among other religious classifications: Protestants (7%), adults who attend mainline Protestant churches (2%) and Catholics (less than one-half...Read more

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Compelling Evidence For Jesus' Imminent Return

Tom: 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 first segment...Read more

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Churches Looking For Cooler People

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 Detroit News, April 4, 2006, with a headline:Churches Reach Out To Hipper Flock, the following are excerpts:Ah, Easter morning, a time for families to dress up,...Read more

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Is Christianity an Experience?

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:Would you gentlemen address the growing enthusiasm for the experiential in Christianity today?I remember years ago when it seemed that extreme Pentecostals and the hyper-Charismatics were the...Read more

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What Are The 'Sure Mercies of David?'

Tom: This is our Understanding the Scriptures segment, we are in the Book of Acts Chapter 13.Dave, just to recaptures some of this for, maybe some new listeners or maybe sometimes just for us.We can’t remember what we did last week.But anyway, the apostle Paul is on his first missionary...Read more

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Martyrs

May 19, 2006

The Muslim world's new martyrs It's one of today's most compelling news stories, yet it's all but ignored by most of the international media. I'm talking about the growing persecution of Christian minorities in the Islamic world. It briefly made headlines last month when machete-armed Egyptian fanatics attacked worshipers in...Read more

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Bleep

May 19, 2006

TBC: Several new age proponents such as J. Z. Knight have put together a low budget film ("What the Bleep do You Know?") which has done a lot of business in video rentals. Knight channels an entity known as Ramtha. The movie tries to create the idea that what is...Read more

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