September 2006

The Challenge

September 20, 2006

Point of No Return [Excerpts] What kind of people provide a market for videotaped beheadings of innocent hostages? What kind of people would throw an old man in a wheelchair off a cruise liner into the sea, simply because he was Jewish? What kind of people would fly planes into...Read more

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Fined Yogi

September 20, 2006

Bikram Choudhury: L.A. Accuses Yoga Guru of Safety Violations [Excerpts] Officials target Bikram Choudhury's studio. The magnate accuses the city of harassing him. Over the last 20 years, controversial Los Angeles yoga magnate Bikram Choudhury has turned his signature brand of "hot" yoga into a worldwide, multimillion-dollar industry. But it...Read more

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God’s New Name

September 20, 2006

Delegates of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are to tackle whether to adopt gender-inclusive language for worship of the divine Trinity along with the traditional ''Father, Son and Holy Spirit study panel said the classical language for the Trinity shouldn't be diminished, but advocated "fresh ways to speak of the mystery...Read more

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Emigration

September 19, 2006

Anti-Semitic attitudes in the UK are a leading factor in encouraging aliya [emigration] for British Jews, according to many of those who recently arrived here. On Wednesday, 140 Britons, 140 Canadians and 240 Americans arrived as new immigrants in Israel . Several Jews coming from the UK said the terror...Read more

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Islamic Takeover

September 19, 2006

Life in an Islamist US [Excerpts] After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 , it became a cliche that if we didn't do X, Y, or Z -- usually some normal peacetime activity -- then "the terrorists will have won." For example, the president of the Academy of Motion...Read more

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Netherlands

September 19, 2006

Selective Tolerance in the Netherlands [Excerpts] The situation of Muslims in the country, once regarded for its respect towards minorities, has worsened. From a purely legal standpoint, the Netherlands is one of the world's most inclusive and liberal nations. It was one of the first countries to allow same-sex marriage,...Read more

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Reliable

September 19, 2006

How Coherent Is the Human Evolution Story? [Excerpts] "Australopithocines evolved into Homo erectus around 1.5 million years ago and Homo erectus, in turn, evolved into Homo sapiens around 400,000 years ago." This is presented to school children as no less certain than Washington's crossing of the Delaware. The statement makes...Read more

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Abraham

September 19, 2006

[TBC: For some skeptics, the only proper defense they can offer is to turn every character in the Scriptures into a mythical individual. Myths are more easily dismissed than living, breathing figures from history who had real encounters with the God of all Creation. Such a person raises embarrassing questions...Read more

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Is The Church Supposed To Rescue The World?

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. The topic for this...Read more

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