Staff Writer, Caldron Pool, 7/24 In his essay, The Idea of a Christian Society, published in 1940, T.S. Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965), a distinguished poet, essayist, and playwright offered a much-needed reminder that the preservation of Western culture, and all the good that comes with it, depends on our commitment to the […]
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Rob Phillips, mbcpathway.com, 2015 John Shore recently authored a commentary for Patheos entitled, “What Christianity Without Hell Looks Like.” Patheos is a website providing information about various religions. Reprinted in TIME Ideas and complete with a photo of a dove soaring in the sunlight, the article’s main point is that Christianity without hell “would allow Christians to
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At issue for evolutionary materialists (nihilists), is the existence of the supernatural God of Revelation, the Heavenly Creator who spoke everything into existence ex nihilo. Does He exist and did He reveal Himself to men or not? Materialist new-pagans say no, all that exists is the natural dimension of matter and energy in continuous motion
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Rev.Benjamin Glaser, 6/18/24 Good Morning, My granddaddy used to say that it is easier to tell the truth because then you only have to remember one thing. Now, I’m sure he ain’t the first, or the last, to say that, but it’s honestly one of the most helpful things any of us can remember. Lies
Lita Sanders, creation.com A lot of Bible skeptics accuse Scripture of portraying a God who, if He existed and did what was recorded of Him, would be deeply immoral. Many Christians struggle to answer these arguments, and some try to draw a distinction between the God of the Old Testament and the God of the
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“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears. And they shall turn away (their) ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables” (2 Tim. 4:2-4) ” And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall
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Stephen Unthank, Place for Truth, 9/23 There was once an ancient man who so pursued the Lord, seeking always to glorify God no matter what came his way, no matter how crooked his lot, that even God himself could proclaim of him that “He still holds fast his integrity” (Job 2:3). Of course, Job’s ability to
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Dominic Stratham, creation.com Have you ever wondered why some people have faith and others do not, or why some have so much more faith than others? Why did Abraham have such faith that he was willing to sacrifice his son, the boy on whom so many of his hopes rested? And what was the source
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Henry B. Smith, creation.com Paul’s theological treatise in the epistle to the Romans clearly teaches that the animal kingdom and the entire universe experienced a universal death sentence at the time of Adam’s fall in Genesis 3. This provides solid support for a young-earth understanding of the Creation/Fall narratives found in the early chapters of Genesis.
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Jonathan Petersen, Bible Gateway Blog What triggered the West’s passion for scientific, medical, and technological advancement? How did the biblical notion of human dignity inform the West’s social structure and how it intersects with other worldviews? How did the Bible create a fertile ground for women to find social and economic empowerment? How has the
“The Christian religion is the religion of our country. From it are derived our prevalent notions of the character of God, the great moral governor of the universe. On its doctrines are founded the peculiarities of our free institutions.” (William McGuffey, d. May 4, 1873, professor at the University of Virginia, president of Ohio University,
Mark Jones, DesiringGod.org Today, some Christians seem embarrassed by the doctrine of hell. As such, they either omit discussing it, or they reinvent the doctrine and rob it of any real horror. Our Lord, however, was not afraid to talk about hell. Jesus speaks of “the hell of fire” (Matthew 5:22); the danger of the
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Greg Koukl, Stand to Reason, 3/8/13 Why did God destroy Sodom and Gomorrah? Was the most extensive judgment found anywhere in the Bible outside of the book of Revelation actually for the sin of inhospitality, not homosexuality? People find what they want in the Bible. If one looks hard enough, he can find “biblical” support for
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Stan Gale, The Fellowship of Ailbe, 11/23 Those who are antichrists make it their business to lead people astray. “Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming” (1 John 2:18, NKJV). It is in vogue in our day to desert the Christian faith in the name
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J Warner Wallace, ColdCaseChristianity, 2019 Life begins at the moment of conception. We know this to be true due to the unique genetic nature of every fetal human. I didn’t always accept this truth, however. In fact, for most of my life, I was pro-choice. I came to this realization about the nature of human life
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