Thursday, 29 April 2010

City Harvest Church in Singapore expands at a cost of $310 million

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And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, a...
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Dallas Willard denies that Jesus Christ finished His work of salvation on the cross

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But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon hi...
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010

35 years a Christian

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life...
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Sunday, 25 April 2010

The Cross in the Egg falls short of presenting the gospel

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The Cross in the Egg: The Easter Story Retold for Children is a children’s book by Shirley Taylor, published in 1999. The author was (as ...
Saturday, 24 April 2010

Look who Liberty University's commencement speakers are for 2010

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It came as no surprise to this blogger to see a post at Defending.Contending. saying that the guest speakers at Liberty University's co...
Friday, 23 April 2010

Ancient Assyrians kept records of celestial events

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An item that appeared in the Daily Telegraph, March 31, 2008 : Geologists have long puzzled over the shape of the land close to the town of ...
Thursday, 22 April 2010

20 years ago: Earth [-worship] Day 1990

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On April 22, 1990 an estimated 200 million people participated in Earth Day observances on the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Day. Eve...

40 years ago: The first Earth Day

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Earth Day --April 22, 1970, which at first was just an American event, originated with U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (Democrat--Wisconsin), wh...
Wednesday, 21 April 2010

This Sunday's service at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church is sponsored by General Motors

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...and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: An...
Tuesday, 20 April 2010

An example of an untamed tongue getting someone in trouble

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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the ...
Monday, 19 April 2010

50 years later, psychedelics are back--for mental health purposes only, of course

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Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. Revelation 9:21 The Greek w...
Wednesday, 14 April 2010

U.S. appeals court hears case of street preacher arrested near Liberty Bell

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According to Bob Unruh in WorldNet Daily : A panel of judges at the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today heard arguments that free speech...
Saturday, 10 April 2010

U.S. Supreme Court condones censorship of speech--when that speech expresses Christian beliefs

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Veteran columnist Nat Hentoff is a professing atheist, but on the issue of religious liberty, he's often more perceptive than many Chris...
Wednesday, 7 April 2010

The Family Church of Sacramento boasts about miracles--but can't make the mortgage payments

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The Family Church of Sacramento (until recently known as Family Christian Center) is a charismaniac assembly pastored by Rich and Lindy Oliv...
Saturday, 27 March 2010

How to access Debbie O'Hara's News With Views columns

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Debbie O'Hara was an excellent columnist on issues of Christian discernment for News With Views from 2003-2005. She's no longer li...

30 years ago: The sudden and dramatic drop in the price of silver leads to indefinite postponement of fulfillment of the Great Commission

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An incongruous headline? Not necessarily. March 27, 1980 was a notable day in the history of Campus Crusade for Christ. At the main gym o...
Tuesday, 16 March 2010

10 years ago: Almost 1,000 die in cult holocaust in Uganda

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But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of...

Nazis tried the old "infiltrate the Vatican with spies disguised as monks and priests" trick

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It seemed like a good idea at the time. According to the Daily Telegraph : Officials in Germany thought the idea of agents posing as monks ...

How pathetic--World's first officially genderless person

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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:27 I hope the Lord ret...
Saturday, 13 March 2010

Shocking--shocking!--survey reveals that many Americans believe that God guides their daily lives

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Only in Trudeaupian academia (and in Canwest newspapers ) would this be considered newsworthy: ...a new Canadian study sheds light on w...

40 years ago: Consultation on Church Union officially moves to create an American superchurch

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On March 13, 1970, a concrete merger proposal to unite 25 million members of nine Protestant denominations into a single church within the d...
Wednesday, 3 March 2010

10 years ago: Bob Jones University changes its policy on interracial dating

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On March 3, 2000, Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina dropped its decades-old ban on interracial dating leading to marriage. ...
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Thursday, 25 February 2010

1,100-year-old Arabic inscription discovered in Jerusalem

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...and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Luke 21:24b Fragment of marble pla...

Remnants of Nehemiah's wall have been discovered in Jerusalem

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Dr. Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, whose most recent reported dig unearthed a wall that may have been built by King Solomon ...
Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Ambrose Seminary teaches contemplative spirituality in 2009-2010

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Last year I posted an item citing courses in contemplative spirituality offered at Ambrose Seminary in 2008-2009. It came as no surprise t...

Wall found in Jerusalem may have been built by King Solomon

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And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had ...
Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Faith Healer Cashes in on Brutal Killing--A tabloid headline from 1952

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Warning: Lengthy post ahead The evangelist referred to in the article below is A.C. Valdez, Jr. His father, A.C. Valdez, Sr. (1896-1981),...