Category: Current Events
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Don’t Catch a Cold!
….at least if you’re a student at some New York City schools! Because if you’re not feeling well and need an aspirin, you’ll have to get a parent’s permission first. Now, if you’re pregnant, that’s a better situation, as the NYC schools will give you a morning-after pill and your parent(s) never…
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Relativisitic Parenting
There have been several “blockbuster” movies out lately, and I’ve been surprised at the number of Christians who not only are going to see these but who express (usually via Facebook) how “excellent” and “awesome” such were. So I’ve been mulling over this issue of what Christians consider good and excellent. Then…
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Good Reading
One of my professors when I was in seminary, Dr. Bill Combs, has been writing a series of posts on the KJV-only issue here. They’ve been very good, and I’d encourage you to read them. I’ve had those of this persuasion tell me that the rise of newer translations divides…
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Catching Up
Usually this time of year is uneventfully slow, often interrupted by plowing snow. The last month and a half, however, has been extremely and unusually busy for me, involving several “out of the ordinary” things that could neither be put off nor ignored. What this has meant, sadly, is scaling back…
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Who Said Liberalism is Dead?
It’s been the opinion of some that theological liberalism is dead. Simplistically, theological liberalism describes those who call themselves Christians but deny many (if not most) of the doctrines that make Christianity Christianity. Some believe that liberalism’s sun has set and its dead and buried. I don’t think so. Come…
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Idolatry
If there was any doubt about idolatry in the Roman Catholic Church, the following from this news release should clear the fog away– A vial containing blood drawn from Pope John Paul II shortly before he died will be installed as a relic in a Polish church soon after his beatification later…
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Rick Warren’s Latest
Several of the folks of Orwell Bible Church came because the church they were attending bought into the “Purpose Driven Church” philosophy promoted by Rick Warren. I think it is important to be aware of what men like Rick Warren are doing, but not for the purpose of being on…
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Try This on Any Other Religion
This Doritos and Pepsi commercial scheduled to air during the Super Bowl is abominable: As has been noted by many, if a similar commercial was made “just in good humor” with another religion in view–say, Islam–I doubt it would make it to the airwaves. Christianity? Oh, that’s different. And those…
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Okaaaaay
Gay churches don’t have the built-in ability to attract families with children, teenagers with youth programs, and young people with church services like rock concerts. There are no “crying rooms” for babies at Joy MCC or Sunday-school classrooms or a day-care center during the week. … “What I’m finding is…
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Movements
During the last year or so there has been a concerted effort by several men advocating the premise that while there are fundamentalists there is no longer a movement of fundamentalism. One of the reasons put forward in support of this premise is the “fractured state” of said fundamentalism. We…
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America’s Child Sacrifice
In Psalm 106 the psalmist praises God for his provision, confesses Israel’s unfaithfulness, and prays for mercy. The bulk of the psalm relates God’s work on behalf of Israel and the nation’s subsequent “forgetting” of God. Note verses 37-38— They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,…
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A Sad Day for the USA
Our President has declared June as “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.” Read the official release by clicking here. I’m not going to give an in-depth analysis, but I will point out a few things: The second paragraph begins with “LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great…
Dan Greenfield 