The Ridiculousness of Forgiveness
A bomb is meant to bring death. A bomb is never meant to bring joy or happiness or strength.
A bomb is meant to kill. To destroy.
Bombs of various shapes and functions are killing innocents in Africa, damaging oil pipelines in British Columbia, delivering mayhem to cities across the planet. There’s little room for wavering about the...... >Read More
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Why do we go to church?
Question: Why do we go to church?
Maybe you don't currently attend church. And certainly people attend Sunday services for a variety of reasons, not all of which are illustrious or noble reasons.
But can we agree that the primary reason we should attend church is to worship God? Our songs, sermon, communion, and all other activities are useless...... >Read More
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What's worth fighting about?
The Genesis Debate is a book which seeks to examine "three views on the days of creation". The differing views, each of which is explained and defended by two Christian university professors and/or pastors, are:
- 24 Hour View: The days in Genesis 1 are six sequential days, each one being 24 hours long.
- Day-Age View: The days in Genesis... >Read More
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Why the Decline in Church Attendance?
[flv:http://media.truthmedianetwork.com/media/exp-church.flv http://media.truthmedianetwork.com/media/exp-church.jpg 320 240]According to a recent study cited in a Wall Street Journal article, church attendance among young adults is at its lowest level in decades. This study also reveals that secularism, or those claiming no religion, has almost...... >Read More
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Conversations: Who made God?
The Cosmological Argument is one of many philosophical arguments for the existence of God. There are many ways to formulate it, but one way is as follows:
1. Everything that begins to exist has a cause.
2. The universe began to exist.
3. Therefore, the universe had a cause.
For a further discussion of this argument, see Dr William Lane Craig's...... >Read More
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Does God Promise You a Spouse?
In 1 Corinthians 7, the apostle Paul writes:
Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)
Does this mean that God promises a spouse to all Christian men & women?... >Read More
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The God Debate: Craig vs Hitchens
On April 4 2009, a public debate was held at BIOLA University between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens. The topic: Does God Exist? Over 3,000 people showed up (and paid) to attend the event, while thousands more watched live around the world via satellite.
Craig is one of today's foremost Christian philosophers. He has earned doctorates...... >Read More
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Should Christians expect healing?
Does God desire that each of us be healed? Yes, in the... >more
Lessons Learned Through Pursuing Adoption
“My sister cannot keep this baby can you take her?” This question... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)