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More than a third of Americans believe the severity of recent natural disasters is evidence that we are in the “end times” described in the New Testament — a period of turmoil preceding Jesus' Second Coming and the end of the world. “There is a significant proportion of Americans who see these phenomena through a…
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A liberal friend writes that, okay, so all religions are crazy, and the Muslims are, too. He is wrong, of course. All the great religions — the ones that have grown over thousands of years — have had periods of violence and war. All the great religions except Islam have given up war and now…
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The page of this book that changed my life was page 145, or possibly 146, and it happened on this wise. Growing up evangelical in North America meant that I had adopted (by osmosis, largely) the predominant premillennialism. Because my family was not dispensational and had a strong bias against all "systems," my premillennialism was…
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When it comes to the subject of the existence of heaven and hell, most contemporary Jews – meaning Jews who have graduated college, who are essentially secular and who consider themselves progressive – know exactly where they stand: There is no heaven, and there is no hell. Most Jews deem belief in heaven and hell…
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by Wes Moore After my article on hell a few days ago, someone sent me this question: “Why would God create people he knows aren’t going to choose him, and therefore he knows before they are even born that they are going to hell?” Great question. Let me try to address it. The Underlying Issue…
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We live in an increasingly secularized world of massive and pervasive nation states in which traditional religion, especially Christianity, is ruled unwelcome and even a real danger on the basis of a purported history of intolerance and "religious violence." This view is found in most all "public" domains, including the institutions of education, business, government,…
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“The house I was in shook with such violence that the upper stories immediately fell. Everything was thrown out of its place. I expected nothing less than to be soon crushed to death, as the walls continued rocking. Large stones fell on every side from the cracks.” A description of the Oklahoma earthquake that hit…
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The four gospels stand magisterially at the head of the canon and the centre of early Christianity. They are remarkable documents. If they had been lost for centuries, and then dug up last year in the sands of Egypt, they would be hailed as among the most extraordinary writings from antiquity. Despite the occasional efforts…
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With his speech sounding somewhat slurred and labored, Family Radio Stations Inc. founder and chairman Harold Camping sought to address in a recent message why Christ failed to return on Oct. 21 as the Bible teacher had predicted. Camping confessed, after decades of falsely misleading his followers, that he was wrong and regrets his misdeeds.…
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