June 2010

Hit Song for Palestinian Children

June 30, 2010

New hit song for Palestinian children: "When we die as martyrs" [Excerpts] Birds of Paradise [a Jordanian-owned production company and television channel], produces a song in which children welcome death to regain Palestine. Haaretz [News] Service (June 22, 2010) An Arabic children's choir has been racking up views all over...Read more

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Principles which need to be taught

June 29, 2010

[TBC: In the New England Primer, published in 1691, colonial school children learned to read through simple rhymes pointing back to Scripture.] In Adam's Fall We Sinned all. Thy Life to Mend This Book Attend. [“This Book,” of course, is the Bible.]Read more

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Schools Leave Christianity in the Wilderness

June 28, 2010

Schools leave Christianity in the wilderness [Excerpts] Jack Grimston Schools have been accused of ignoring the views of their Christian pupils while paying careful attention to children of other faiths. According to Ofsted, the schools inspectorate, teachers are failing to educate children in the core beliefs of Christianity, ignoring their...Read more

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Fact Free Science

June 25, 2010

The Fact-Free “ Science ” of Matheson, Hunt and Moran: Ridicule Instead of Reason, Authority Instead of Evidence [Excerpts] I was not in Los Angeles on May 14, when Stephen Meyer debated Stephen Matheson and Arthur Hunt at Biola University. But I have followed some of the blog war that...Read more

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Former Muslim Preacher Faces Inquiry

June 24, 2010

Muslim-turned-preacher faces university inquiry [Excerpts] By Tom Breen The future of a prominent Southern Baptist preacher who converted from Islam may depend on which version of his past is closer to the truth. Ergun Caner's supporters know him as a devout Muslim who discovered Jesus Christ at an Ohio church...Read more

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The DNA of Abraham's Children

June 23, 2010

The DNA of Abraham’s Children Analysis of Jewish genomes refutes the Khazar claim. [Excerpts] Jews have historically considered themselves “people of the book” (am hasefer in Hebrew), referring to sacred tomes, but the phrase is turning out to have an equally powerful, if unintended, meaning: scientists are able to read...Read more

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Political and Social Action

June 22, 2010

We can’t protect or expand the cause of Christ by human political and social activism, no matter how great or sincere the efforts. Ours is a spiritual battle waged against worldly ideologies and dogmas arrayed against God, and we achieve victory over them only with the weapon of Scripture. The...Read more

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The environment and the sacred

June 21, 2010

[TBC: In the July 1997 issue of the newsletter, we made note of the words of the late Carl Sagan, who declared that "any efforts to safeguard and cherish the environment need to be infused with a vision of the sacred ." A concerned Nazarene church member recently drew our...Read more

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The Spirit in Counseling

June 18, 2010

The Spirit in Counseling [Excerpts] Many Christian counselors are guilty of ignoring the divine Counselor.It’s time to rediscover His role. I think it’s no exaggeration to say that the Christian counseling scene today is in total shambles. I’m not talking about true Christian counseling -- that which trusts the Bible...Read more

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