September 2008

One Third of British Muslim Students Back Jihad

September 16, 2008

'1/3 of UK Muslim students back jihad [Excerpts] Nearly a third of British Muslim students polled in a new report to be published [July 28] said that killing in the name of religion could be justified. The report by the London-based Center for Social Cohesion (CfSC), entitled “ Islam on...Read more

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Chri$tian Candidate$

September 15, 2008

Washington Post Mimics New York Times' Mistakes on Texas Evolution Debate [Excerpts] It isn't just the New York Times that ignores the facts when reporting about the debate over how to teach evolution. Not to be outdone by its competitor the Washington Post catches up [July 28, 2008] with an...Read more

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New Indian Bible Contains Hindu References

September 15, 2008

New Indian Bible Draws Fire over Hindu References [Excerpts] A new Indian version of the Bible recently, published by the Catholic Church, has run into controversy over its inclusion of verses from the Bhagavad Gita, a form of Hindu chant, and references to the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. An illustration...Read more

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Occult Invasion (revisit) Part One-What Is Occultism?

Tom: Dave, to start right off, w hy write a book on occultism? Dave: Well, because, as the title suggests, occult invasion—occultism, which used to be looked upon as sort of a superstition, you had to go into a darkened séance room, or go to see a psychic or crystal...Read more

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The Kabalah In Tinseltown

RELIGION IN THE NEWS In this segment, we report and comment on religious trends and events being covered by the media.This provides a sometimes disturbing evaluation of the state of today’s Christianity.This item is from USA Today , dated November 1996.“Kabalah is the rage in Tinsel town.It’s not a new...Read more

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How Much Education Do You Need To Understand The Bible?

In this regular feature, Dave and Tom respond to questions from listeners and readers of the Berean Call.Here’s this week’s question.“My church seems to believe that one must be a scholar or a theologian to be a pastor or a credible Christian author or Bible teacher.It even seems to be...Read more

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The Doctrine of Salvation

Tom: Dave, in this part of our program, what I would like to talk about today, in the segment’s called, Understanding the Scriptures, and the issue that we are addressing is the gospel of salvation .Well, salvation why?What went wrong?I mean, God created, we know from Genesis that what he...Read more

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How to Teach Science to the Pope

September 12, 2008

“How to Teach Science to the Pope” [Excerpts] Reporter Michael Mason spent some time discussing the scientific policy and direction of the Roman Catholic Church with Brother Guy Consolmagno (a Vatican astronomer), other Catholic officials, and members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, a group that Mason describes as “a...Read more

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If you had believed Moses

September 11, 2008

Jesus never condemned a Pharisee for taking Moses too seriously. They take him far less seriously than they should. For Jesus says, "If you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for He wrote of Me. But if you don't believe His writings, how will you believe My words. Your accuser...Read more

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Darwinian Fairy Tales

September 10, 2008

Darwinian Fairy Tales Textbook examples of evolution often evaporate when researchers actually study them (instead of just assuming they are true). For example, the peacock’s tail did not evolve to please hen birds; hens don’t notice them much. The allegedly yummy Viceroy butterfly did not evolve to look like the...Read more

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