On Monday, October 6th, the Supreme Court announced its decision not to consider appeals by Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin to ban gay marriage. This allows the appellate court rulings to stand, thus authorizing gay marriage in these 5 states. Since Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming also fall under […]
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“ISIS” is an acronym for “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.” It is also known as “ISIL” (Islamic State of Iraq and Levant), and is more recently being called simply “IS” (Islamic State). ISIS is a terrorist army that has taken over large portions of Syria and Iraq and has established an Islamic Caliphate in
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I recently read that a politician was trying to use the Bible to defend the legalization of marijuana in her state. She cited Genesis 1:29, which says, “And God said, ‘Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You
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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 headlines began to appear on Monday that the “landmark discovery” had been made which “proves” the “cosmic inflation” aspect of the big-bang theory. The “Big Bang” theory is held by many, particularly by atheists and Bible-deniers, as the naturalistic explanation of the origin of the universe and the eventual basis of all life, including
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The institution of marriage is again under assault. Just a couple of years after an Australian man married his yellow Lab, a British woman has now married her pet Terrier. Not to be outdone, a Brazilian man has plans to marry his goat! Sadly, I am not manufacturing these stories, as evidenced from the preceding
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A certain deaf church “pastor,” named Justin Vollmar, recently made the news when he announced that he no longer believed in God or the Bible. Of course, atheists immediately saluted him for his courage, honesty and objectivity and they enthusiastically welcomed him into their “enlightened” ranks. After working with Independent Fundamental Baptist and Southern Baptist
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“Inspiration” is what makes the Bible different than all other books that are known to mankind. By “inspired” I do not mean merely that the writers were highly motivated or stimulated, but that they were miraculously guided by God. The word “inspired” is from the compound Greek word theopneustos, which means God-breathed. The Bible says,
Throughout the history of the church there have always been those who neglected church assemblies. Hebrews 10:25 begins, “Not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some…” Even in the days of the apostles there were people who did not appreciate the value of the church assembly. This means that they appreciated
