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October 2021

Dawson writes, “The Bible usually identifies an evil spirit by its territory…for example, ‘The prince of the kingdom of Persia’ ( Daniel:10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I...Read more
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The call for reparations surfaces from time to time. Although I have strong feelings on this issue, I think I will follow the lead of Neil Shenvi and not weigh in directly on this at the moment, as least not in this short piece. As Critical Race Theory is replacing...Read more
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MARK 13:3-6 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?And Jesus answering them began to...Read more
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There are some pastors and teachers who tell me that it does not matter what we believe about Genesis. It does not matter if there were really six 24-hour days, or millions of years. It does not matter if there was death before Adam’s sin. It does not matter if...Read more
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There was, says Wagner, “Gregory the Wonderworker,” whose presence (according to tradition) shut down an idol in a pagan temple. Yet, as the story goes, upon the plea of the pagan priest, Gregory gave permission for the demon to function through the idol again. What a contradictory myth! Wagner then...Read more
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History is always more complicated than we think. Nowhere is this [clearer] than with the issue of slavery. The way Americans treat the issue makes it seem like slavery was solely a sin of the United States. Yet a look at history shows that nothing could be further from the...Read more
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The examples given of successful spiritual warfare are generally weak. Cindy Jacobs tells of a witch in Mar del Plata, Argentina, who apparently “dropped dead—at the same moment we began praying.” But what of the hundreds of other witches who remained alive? This was no taking the city for God...Read more
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Beware the Huckster’s Gospel! Question: Something troubles me about some evangelistic crusades and church services I have attended. It seems to me that the appeal to “come to Christ” is linked to deliverance from sickness, from financial problems, from unhappiness, etc. At other times, even when the true gospel has...Read more
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MidwestOutreach.org, 9/9/21, “The Fake Scholarship of Social Justice”: A few professors in academia are publicly speaking out about the virtual abandonment of the pursuit of truth in the universities. “Social Justice is ‘Fake Scholarship,’ Oxford Philosopher Says” is one of the more recent examples.” Sir Roger Vernon Scruton, an English...Read more
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