The Full Armor of God – Part 2

December 18, 2019   |  

In the first installment of this three part series, we presented the fact that, as Christians, we are engaged in warfare against spiritual forces. In the first section, we identified the enemy’s nature and the scope of the conflict. We are not battling an earthly military power, but one far…
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Were You Ever a Donkey or a Sheep?

December 16, 2019   |  

Many of us when we were children, youth, or adults, participated in Christmas pageants or living nativity scenes. They used to be common. Most churches had little dramas depicting the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem as depicted in the Gospel: Matthew 1:18-2:12 and Luke 2:1-21. A young teenage girl would…
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Who was Phillip Johnson? If You Don’t Know, It’s Time to Learn!

November 19, 2019   |  

About twenty years ago I began reading and hearing about a new movement among scientists, most of them Christian (but certainly not all). The movement has become known as Intelligent Design (ID). That theory says that the evidence found in biology, paleontology, zoology, geology, astronomy, and other sciences increasingly contradicts…
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Thinking About Veterans

November 10, 2019   |  

    The last several years I have become more interested in watching war documentaries and movies. I have learned so much about the strategies and tactics used in the great battles of history. Its not that I have a morbid fascination with war, it just that I am amazed…
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Christianity Still in Decline Says Pew Poll

November 2, 2019   |  

The latest Pew Research Center’s Survey of Religion in America, an Update on America’s Changing Religious Landscape, was released in October (see it here: https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/ ). The findings, on the surface, are not encouraging for Christians. The results clearly show a continued decline in the percentage of adult Americans…
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The Enormous Problem of DNA and Evolution

October 25, 2019   |  

As anyone who has ever taken biology in a public school knows, Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution says that evolution occurs when organisms are changed incrementally over long periods of time in order to be better adapted to their environment. This is called natural selection. According to Darwin this process…
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Swedenborgianism: The Visionary Cult of a Genius

July 16, 2018   |  

Ever wonder who was the smartest person who ever lived? Plato? Confucius? Newton? Aquinas? Madam Curie? Einstein? I’m sure we could add many other names to the list of highly intelligent people of history. Some human beings are simply born with an extraordinary level of native intellect. In modern times…
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