Solomon wrote, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34). The people of a nation have the choice to either pursue a biblical world-view, or a secular one. A biblical world-view is one in which people are conscious of God’s existence, and they believe that their own behavior is […]
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The words of our title come from Philippians 2:12. The very next verse begins with “for,” which introduces reason. Thus, verse 13 needs to be considered with verse 12. Paul said, “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your
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After a study of 2060 cardiac arrest survivors, scientists have concluded that consciousness continues for some time after the brain stops receiving blood from the heart. It had been believed that brain function typically ceased within 30 seconds of the heart stopping, but this new research proves that conscious awareness can continue for up to
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It is a well-known fact that if you repeat a thing long enough, many people will believe it to be true. Even more people will believe something to be true if it is asserted with great confidence and by those who are presumed to know what they are affirming. This is what has happened with
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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
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 Bible has been under full-out assault for centuries and it continues to be misrepresented, ridiculed and attacked today. It is the most banned and burned book in the world, yet it continues to be the best-selling book in the world! It is the most hated and the most cherished book of all time. The
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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
Some brethren claim that an innocent spouse has no right to repudiate his fornicator-mate and marry another if that fornicator has already broken the physical marriage relationship. They base the innocent spouse’s divorce right, not upon his own innocence and his mate’s fornication, but upon the status of the physical marriage relationship. They claim that
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I recently heard someone compare Bible baptism to waterboarding. I have heard baptism ridiculed in many ways over the years, but this is the first time that I have heard such a crude comparison. Waterboarding is a coercive interrogation technique that simulates drowning. The subject is strapped face up to a downward angled board and
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