College English Profs to Students: Read the Bible!
How can students prepare themselves for success in college & university English classes? Even among English professors at secular universities, a study has found "virtual unanimity" regarding the importance of studying the Bible. "The survey reveals that English professors surveyed at leading universities -- including Yale, Harvard, Princeton...... >Read More
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How the Media Screws Perspective
Christians are weirdos. At least, if you read the daily news, that's likely the message you'll get.
For example, take a look at this article that was featured on CNN a few months ago: Unplugged Christians living off the grid. The first thing you'll see when you load the article is a guy holding a sign that says "Abortion is... >Read More
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Praying for an Atheist
Christopher Hitchens, best known for many years as a journalist and author, achieved notoriety for his book God is not Great: How Religion Poisions Everything. It is essentially an extended tirade against faith in general (and Christianity in particular). He contends that religion is the main source of hatred in the world. Technically Hitchens refers...... >Read More
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Evangelism without Unnecessary Offense
There is a certain amount of offense that's inherent in evangelism. Greg Koukl puts it this way: "When dealing with non-Christians our responsibility is two-fold. The Gospel alone is offensive enough. We should not add more offense to it, as was done here. Neither should we take any of the inherent offense from it" (STR.org)
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Bear Grylls: What Tests your Faith?
Ever eaten camel stomach intestines? What about scorpions? Yak eyeballs? Bear Grylls, star of the popular wilderness survival show "Man Vs Wild", has eaten all of these and more. But often his food is the least of his worries as he attempts to survive in sometimes harsh, inhospitable, or even dangerous conditions.
Through it all, he says in an...... >Read More
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Shipwrecked Faith
"Shipwrecked Faith"! The words painted a picture in my mind as they jumped out at me from the pages of 1 Timothy 1. These are drastic words!
Here Paul was warning young Timothy to guard against false teachers who promote controversies rather than God's work. He tells this young leader to teach love which flows from a pure heart, a... >Read More
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Science & the Personal God
Often wisdom is realizing what we don't know and a desire to honestly seek for answers. Dr Stephen Hawking, probably the world's most famous living physicist, recently gave an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, which begins:
When asked by ABC News' Diane Sawyer about the biggest mystery he'd like solved, he said, "I want to know why the universe...... >Read More
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Islam & Your Church
What does your church's response to its Muslim neighbors say to your... >more
Almost Christian
We know that the college years can be a time when young... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)