April 2009

Staring Into the Abyss

April 14, 2009

Staring into the Abyss Why Peter Singer makes the New Atheists nervous. [Excerpts] [Peter] Singer is a mild-mannered fellow who speaks calmly and lucidly. Yet you wouldn't have to read his work too long to find his extreme positions. He cheerfully advocates infanticide and euthanasia and, in almost the same...Read more

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Psychiatric Manual Update

April 13, 2009

Confidentiality of Psychiatric Manual’s Update Draws Gripes [Excerpts] The American Psychiatric Association is getting criticism for the secret process of putting together the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a defining volume of mental disorders. Published by the APA, the manual, known as DSM, is...Read more

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An Urgent Call To A Serious Faith-Part One - Is Death The End Of Existence?

05/02/2000

Tom: Thanks, Gary. Today, in our feature article, we’re beginning a new series. We’ll be going through Dave Hunt’s latest book—at least at the time of this recording. The title of the book is An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith . Now, Dave, if you really want to know...Read more

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Getting Drunk To Get In Touch With God

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 New York Times News Service, Dateline: Zdanovo, Russia.There is trouble in the one room matchbox home of Anatoly Matuzov and his wife Yakatarina, two grizzled, middle-aged...Read more

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Are Your Hymns Politically Correct?

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, I’d like to share an experience I had while attending a student music concert at a Christian school and get your comments.While many of...Read more

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What Must We Do To Be Redeemed?

Tom: For the past few weeks, in our ongoing study of the gospel of salvation , we’ve been studying Romans 5 verses 6-21 which we’ve noted the Apostle Paul presents as an advocate before the highest court in the land and of course the logic is compelling.I’ll quickly review verses...Read more

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Ancient Human Footprints Look Modern

April 10, 2009

Ancient Human Footprints Look Modern by Brian Thomas, M.S.* Some scientists have estimated that sets of human footprints found on two separate but close sedimentary layers in Kenya are around 1.51 and 1.53 million years old1 and were made by humans like the “Turkana Boy,” an anatomically human fossil discovered...Read more

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No Answers

April 9, 2009

No answers [Excerpts] In 2006, [Pastor D.E.] Paulk moved from a church he started in Stone Mountain to become the senior pastor at Chapel Hill Harvester Church, located in South Decatur. Built by his father, Don Paulk, and his uncle, Bishop Earl Paulk, the 4,000-member church was one of the...Read more

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Climate Denial is Now Mental Illness

April 8, 2009

Climate 'denial' is now a mental disorder [Excerpts] How odd that, [March 2], none of our media global warming groupies should have bothered to report what was billed to be "the largest ever demonstration for civil disobedience over climate change". There was talk of hundreds of thousands of protestors converging...Read more

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Holding Fast Doctrine

April 7, 2009

“I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold...Read more

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