April 2025

Paganicon 2025 – Re-enchantment and Neopaganism [Excerpts]

April 30, 2025

Some have asked why we attend events like Paganicon. After all, we are Christians, not pagans. Some of the leadership at Paganicon asked us the same question; why were we attending their event? They were concerned we might stir up trouble. We have covered this in previous articles like “...Read more

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Apples of Gold - April 30

April 30, 2025

Why is God letting His own people, who are asking for revival and fasting and praying, find a counterfeit? It is good to remember what Paul told us about these times: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they...Read more

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Nuggets from Cosmos, Creator, and Human Destiny

April 29, 2025

Of course, their confident faith in the Bible, in Jesus Christ, His death for man’s sins, and resurrection does not prove that the biblical record is true. It does disprove, however, the claim that only ignorant, uneducated people believe in God, the Bible, and Christ, and that faith is based...Read more

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Miracles and the Jesus Christ Lizard

April 29, 2025

In the river-laced jungles of Central America, an agile reptile demonstrates why it has earned the nickname, “The Jesus Christ Lizard”. It runs on water. Upright on two legs, the lizard can skip briskly across the surface of a river. God in His creative genius enabled this little creation to...Read more

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Apples of Gold - April 29

April 29, 2025

While the Scriptures assure us that “My sheep will know My voice,” they do not teach us in six easy lessons how to know His voice. Such teaching is best left to the Holy Spirit, who is perfectly capable. The bottom line is that we need to be Bereans, testing...Read more

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U. Portland theology majors no longer have to take ‘Biblical Texts’

April 28, 2025

U. Portland theology majors no longer have to take ‘Biblical Texts’ University of Portland theology majors will no longer have to take a class on “Biblical Texts,” according to the department chair who has previously said opponents of homosexual behavior are like the soldiers who nailed Christ to the cross...Read more

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Apples of Gold - April 28

April 28, 2025

Questions are very good things, but we don’t get all the answers at once. David said he loved to go about (some versions say “inquire about”) the altar of the Lord—loving Him and seeking to know Him more and more deeply. This is the only real basis for asking our...Read more

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Nuggets from Cosmos, Creator, and Human Destiny

April 27, 2025

Simon Greenleaf, co-founder of Harvard’s graduate school of law, in his day the foremost expert on legal evidence, was an agnostic for years. After examining the evidence for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Greenleaf became a fervent Christian. In a book that is still in print, he...Read more

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Apples of Gold - April 27

April 27, 2025

Haven’t you seen many choruses written at “milk” level? Most congregations, however, contain a mix of ages and include individuals whose spiritual maturity and growth causes a longing for “meat.” In a service, should we not expect a glorious mixture of simple and complex—of milk and meat that minister to...Read more

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Apples of Gold - April 26

April 26, 2025

Because Paul came to understand suffering, he gave testimony that he had come to the place where he could “take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses…” ( 2 Corinthians:12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's...Read more

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