Christians are entrusted by God with the work of defending the truth from the onslaught of errors that constantly oppose it. We are to be “set for the defense of the gospel” (Philippians 1:17, KJV, NKJV, verse 16 in the ASV, RSV, ESV, NASB). We are to “earnestly contend for the faith that was once […]
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Many people call themselves “believers” but choose not to believe the Bible. They claim to believe in God but they reject the book that claims to be from God. By definition such people are theists. “Theists” believe in God or some notion of God, but do not believe that God intervenes in the affairs of
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Information in our current world is growing in leaps and bounds. We use this information to discover how and why things in the world around us work. We capture satellite imagery for use in studying the weather and its patterns and we attempt to use that data to forecast what the weather might be like
Millions of Americans are about to celebrate the day of Thanksgiving. “Thanksgiving” means different things to different people. Most Americans likely think of a specific day in November when they hear the word “thanksgiving.” It is traditionally a day for gathering with family and eating a turkey dinner. Family members have an opportunity to visit.
While oral and written instructions are effective means of communication, examples can be even more effective. This is well understood by those of us who have assembled complicated products. Good directions are important, but diagrams and illustrations enable us to see the directions applied. They add another layer of instruction. This is also true of examples.
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The headlines began to appear on Monday that the “landmark discovery” had been made which “proves” the “cosmic inflation” aspect of the big-bang theory. The “Big Bang” theory is held by many, particularly by atheists and Bible-deniers, as the naturalistic explanation of the origin of the universe and the eventual basis of all life, including
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A certain deaf church “pastor,” named Justin Vollmar, recently made the news when he announced that he no longer believed in God or the Bible. Of course, atheists immediately saluted him for his courage, honesty and objectivity and they enthusiastically welcomed him into their “enlightened” ranks. After working with Independent Fundamental Baptist and Southern Baptist
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Christopher Hitchens died December 15, 2011 at the age of 62. He reportedly died from complications from esophageal cancer. Hitchens was only one of an estimated 146,000 people who die every day, which might lead some to wonder why I would devote an article to this one man. This is a fair question, particularly considering
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The Bible attributes salvation to a great many things. This fact goes unnoticed by many people, because they overly rely on their church and their preacher for their Bible knowledge. Sadly, very few churches are careful to speak all of the council of God on very many subjects at all (Acts 20:26-27). They teach their members only
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This lesson was presented on the radio, February 13, 2011.It is a response to an article that appeared in the Bowling Green Daily News by Ryan Smith of the Rolling Hills Community Church in Bowling Green, KY. Response to Ryan Smith To listen, simply click on the link and the file should start playing automatically.
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