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Coffins and Coffers: Hollyweird's Obsession with Jesus

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

The news agencies and docu-propagandists are buzzing over the latest "bash Christianity" film and calling it "proof". What's up with that?

Extremes

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

People like the world to be in black-and-white, but we need to learn to see all the shades and colors. And people like to keep each other in neat little boxes. If someone has the right main views, or the right credentials, or the right reputation, we have a tough time imagining there could be [...]

Vision

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

I’m sure you’ve heard this statement: “How can any intelligent person believe such-and-such?” But at the heart of it is an erroneous assumption: that faith is only held by the uneducated (as one of my college profs arrogantly stated) and that the intelligent always abandon faith as just another childhood fantasy.
Yet it isn’t just religious [...]

God and Testaments

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

YHWH, the God of the Bible, is the God of both the Old and New Testaments (OT and NT). People have various notions about all this, and while I’m sure many will never change their minds, I must do my best to relay what the Bible tells us.
Anyone who has read the OT surely sees [...]

The Rapture: Common Objections Answered

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

1– The Rapture IS in the Bible
Old Testament examples of “raptures” are found in the case of Enoch (Gen. 5:23-24) and Elijah (2 Kings 2:11). Noah (Gen. 7 and 8), and Lot (Gen. 19) are examples of the godly being taken away to escape God’s judgment.
New Testament:
Luke 21:29 He told them this parable: “Look at [...]