December 2017

500 Years After the Reformation, more Protestants Closer to Catholics than Luther

December 13, 2017

In 1517, Martin Luther staked his soul on two revolutionary ideas: sola fide , that justification is dependent on faith alone; and sola scriptura , that Scripture is the only ultimate authority for Christian belief and practice and does not need oversight from church leaders or tradition to be read...Read more

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The Jews Must Return to Their Land

December 12, 2017

[Written in 1888] Another remarkable fact in connexion with the signs of renaissance of the Jewish nation is their rapid increase in number. This also had been predicted (Isa. lx. 22; Ezek xxxvi. 37). Basnage, in his "History of the Jews," 175 years ago, estimated their number to be at...Read more

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Nuggets from Seeking and Finding God—A Call to Re-examine Your Faith

December 11, 2017

Unquestionably, there is nothing more important than having an impeccably factual and rational basis for one’s faith. To the many who think of faith as a belief strongly held and without evidence to support it (and often even in spite of much evidence to the contrary), that may seem an...Read more

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Hamas Begs Iran for Help to Destroy Israel

December 11, 2017

Jason Greenblatt, the U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations, is putting the world on notice that Hamas is now begging Iran for help to destroy Israel . Commenting on the visit of several Hamas leaders to Tehran over the weekend, Greenblatt…took to Twitter saying: “Hamas, which has only brought ruin...Read more

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Nuggets from Seeking and Finding God—Religious “Faith”

December 9, 2017

Whatever expectations people entertain of life after death, such beliefs are generally categorized as part of their religion. Another word for religion is “faith,” and by that definition, there are many “faiths” in the world. “People of faith” (a term used for those who hold to some religious belief) are...Read more

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UFOs and Apparitions

01/02/2000

Tom: Welcome to our ongoing discussion of Dave Hunt’s book Occult Invasion : The Subtle Seduction of the World and Church , which, based upon the information it contains, the occult seduction is less and less subtle – at least that’s the way it seems. If you’re a new listener...Read more

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Fossils from the World's Oldest Trees Reveal Complex Anatomy Never Seen Before

December 7, 2017

The first trees to have ever grown on Earth were also the most complex, new research has revealed. Fossils from a 374-million-year-old tree found in north-west China have revealed an interconnected web of woody strands within the trunk of the tree that is much more intricate than that of the...Read more

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Nuggets from Seeking and Finding God—In Search of the True Faith

December 7, 2017

It is astonishing how many millions of otherwise seemingly intelligent people are willing to risk their eternal destiny upon less evidence than they would require for buying a used car. Thomas Hobbes, for example, a seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician, who spent years analyzing the evil in man and attempting to...Read more

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Christians Abandoned in Nigeria

December 6, 2017

Christians abandoned in Nigeria: Endless Massacres by the Muslim Fulani The government of Nigeria needed the support of regional nations in order to tackle the brutal Sunni Islamist forces of Boko Haram. Yet, in the Middle Belt of Nigeria, endless massacres of Christians by Muslims is relentless. Of course, for...Read more

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His Commandment is Warrant Enough

December 5, 2017

The gospel Command is a sufficient warrant for a sinner to believe in Jesus Christ. The words of our text [below] imply this—"This is the commandment." My brethren, do you want any warrant for doing a thing better than God's command to do it? The children of Israel borrowed jewels...Read more

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