Following many violent crime cases, members of the press will invariably interview victims, or family members of deceased or traumatized victims. The emotion-packed testimonials make for great television, hence the interviews. We recently saw this done in the case of the Ohio man who Facebook broadcast his killing of a helpless elderly man. The crime […]
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Early Sunday morning, an Islamic terrorist shot over a hundred people at a gay night club in Orlando, killing 49 of them. It is the deadliest terror attack in the United States since September 11th, 2001. Much has already been said about this tragedy by reporters, pundits and others, but I have some observations from
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The “political correctness” of the social sphere has produced a kind of religious correctness among religious people. This has led to the popular notion that Christians are not to be critical of any type of behavior that they consider to be sinful and wrong. It is alleged that “true” Christians will have a “live and
People often mistake love for acceptance and approval. They equate love with tolerance. They call people “unloving” or “un-Christ-like” when they criticize sinful behavior. True Bible believers are often scolded for their opposition to various sins and errors. They are often told by sin sympathizers, “But I thought you called yourself a Christian!” The implication
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There are some areas in life where compromise is a good and commendable thing. Family members may compromise over which restaurant to eat, which movie to watch, or where to go on summer vacation. Business partners may compromise over which direction to take their company. In matters where there is no absolute standard of right
These lessons were presented on the radio on November 9 & 16, 2014. Things God Hates (Part 1) Things God Hates (Part 2) To listen, simply click on the link and the file should start playing automatically. To download the file to your computer, right-click (PC) or control-click (Mac) and select the option to save
Our country is seeing an increase in cases of murder-suicide. These are cases in which a person kills someone else then kills himself. Many of these are mass homicides, such as those that have been committed on military bases and on school and college campuses. In some of these cases the killer’s motive for killing
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In every ideological arena there exists both “liberals” and “conservatives.” Additional terminology is sometimes used to distinguish the varying degrees of liberalism and conservatism — such as “progressives” (ultra-liberals) and “radicals” (ultra-conservatives). We especially see this liberal/conservative divide in the areas of religion, social issues, politics and economics. The difference has to do with how
The subject of “sin” has never been a popular one. People do not typically plan social events to sit around and discuss the topic of “sin.” They don’t enjoy getting together and chatting about sin. They may engage in sinful conversations, or in conversations about sinful things,but they do not themselves consider such things to be sinful. Discussions of sin are so
Most humans find the idea of forgiveness to be quite appealing. It is comforting to know that wrongs that have been committed against God or one’s fellow man can be forgiven. Forgiveness cleanses and cures the guilty conscience, allowing one to focus his concerns upon productive matters of the present and future, not upon the
