They are words that have been hidden for 140 years – and may just be about to change the way we think of one of Scotland’s most famous historical figures. Scots explorer David Livingstone had run out of ink and paper after famously witnessing the massacre of hundreds of slaves in Africa. He was forced…
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You may have heard that the illustrious Scripture scholar, Richard Dawkins (also known in some circles as Richard Dawkins, bedazzling philosopher, ahem), recently pronounced the following finding, based on years of, well, being a humility-challenged atheist: “Jesus was a great moral teacher,” Dawkins said. “Somebody as intelligent as Jesus would have been an atheist if…
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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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Consider this challenge: Travel to a foreign country and make an everlasting impact for Christ in six months. You most likely won’t know the language or understand the culture. Most people you come in contact with have never heard the name Jesus. Chances are your new friends will reject your beliefs. While the challenge may…
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Here we go again. Joel Osteen is in the news once again, this time for saying that Mormonism is just another form of Christianity. Osteen, pastor of “America’s largest church,” as the media repeat over and over, was speaking to The Washington Times in an interview that covered a variety of issues. It was the…
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People have no idea how much freedom we’ve lost, how far we’ve gone. It is no stretch to say that America is not what it used to be. Many lovers of our country will readily identify with the sentiment. What needs to be pushed, however, is a reminder about how and in what ways we…
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by Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. Reformed Christians have generally been opposed to any artistic representations of Christ, due to their reverential concern over breaching the Second Commandment. Unfortunately though, the fear is theologically unbalanced in some respects. Let us engage a brief, careful contemplation of the theological and exegetical implications of the Second Commandment.…
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Testimonies from churches along the Mexican border highlight the need for ongoing prayer that God would curb Mexico’s drug violence. A 40-day, multi-denominational prayer effort in El Paso, Texas, for the neighboring Mexican city of Juarez was followed by a reduction in murders. But increased violence in July reminded participants to persist in their intercession.…
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I am looking at a reproduction of an old engraving of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher. It is in Bat Ye’or’s book The Dhimmi, which collects primary documents from history to chronicle the impact of Islamic law on non-Muslims through the centuries. What is notable about the image, which is based on an 1856…
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