October 2007

What Is The Emerging Church?

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. We are beginning a...Read more

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Teaching Religion in Public Schools

October 26, 2007

Teaching Religion in Public Schools [Excerpts] - Part 1 In December of 2006, the U.S. Department of Education sent guidelines to all public schools in our country explaining that they could now teach about religion in their classes. This should not be surprising since the federal curriculum standards for civics,...Read more

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Persecution in Nigeria

October 25, 2007

October 3, 2007: In the north [of Nigeria], anti-Christian violence continues. The most recent outbreak came about when paranoid Moslem high school students accused Christian students of planning an attack on a mosque. This led to attacks on the Christian minority in the northern Kano state (which is mostly Moslem),...Read more

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Implantable chips linked to cancer

October 24, 2007

Implantable chips linked to cancer [Excerpts] In 2004 when the FDA approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan the tiny transponders to access patients' medical records almost instantly. The FDA found "reasonable assurance" the device was safe, and a sub-agency even called...Read more

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Premillennial History

October 23, 2007

[ TBC : Recent attempts by Replacement Theologians, Amillennialists, and Preterists to discredit premillennialism have sought to portray the doctrine as something unheard of until John Darby. Here is what a review in The Sword and the Trowel (October, 1891, p. 581) had to say.] "One of [John] Bunyan's contemporaries,...Read more

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The End of the Boy Scouts in Philadelphia

October 22, 2007

The end of the Boy Scouts in Philadelphia [Excerpts] Philadelphia’s Cradle of Liberty Boy Scout Council self-destructed last week. Its executive board voted unanimously to include "sexual orientation" in its nondiscrimination code. The outrageous move came after years of intense pressure from radical homosexual and atheist rights groups in the...Read more

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Islam: 'Conflict with democracy' centres on non-Muslims' status

October 22, 2007

Islam : 'Conflict with democracy' centres on non-Muslims' status [Excerpts] Syrian philosopher Sadik Al-Azm believes that while "there exists a conflict between Islam , in its original form, and democracy, this problem can be solved easily". "To do this Islam needs to jettison certain laws, first and foremost the concept...Read more

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Can Reincarnation Be Christianized?

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. We’re concluding our series...Read more

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Catering To Kabbalah

RELIGION IN THE NEWS Now, Religion in the News. A report and comment on religious trends and comments being covered by the media. This week’s item is from Middle East Times, July 26, 2007 , with a headline: Israel Reels in Kabbalah Enthusiast. The following are excerpts: Far from the...Read more

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Are We Headed For Economic Disaster?

In this regular feature, Dave and Tom respond to questions from listeners and readers of The Berean Call. Here is this week’s question: Dear Dave, I remember back in the 80’s when I read, Peace, Prosperity and the Coming Holocaust , that you believed that the so-called financial doomsday prognosticators...Read more

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