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Noah and the Power of Islam

Why would God allow Islam to spread so relentlessly around the world? Because so many nominal Christians have no answer for this, they have concluded God wants them to destroy the Muslims through war. Isn’t Islam and evil religion? Islam … Continue reading

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Who Says We Can’t?

Inherent in the concept of “academic” is the idea we isolate things from the complexity of the real world so as to understand some element more fully. The assumption is we do this for as many parts of the reality … Continue reading

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Interwoven by Nature

Do you want God to help in some particular way? Seek the welfare of another. It’s not a simple matter of paying your dues, because God is hardly reducible to a slot machine. He’s keeping an eye on you, and … Continue reading

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Secret Sins of Government

During military service, I went through all the stupid security briefings, worked alongside a couple dozen military “spooks” and so forth. I asked rude questions to make sure I understood the philosophy, and didn’t care about the cute little scenarios … Continue reading

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Police: No Neutral Ground

You might think the writer and commenters at Pro Libertate blog start out with a hatred for any law enforcement. You’d be wrong; they only hate what it has become. In response to an interesting look at the sheepdog metaphor … Continue reading

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Logical Challenges to Faith

There are a thousand ways to debate whether faith in Christ is reasonable, but everyone wants to forget: Faith is not reasonable. That is, faith makes demands which are entirely unreasonable. Of course, we are referring to a particular branch … Continue reading

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The Covenant of Noah

Most Christians aren’t really aware of the various covenants noted in the Bible. Indeed, many aren’t even aware the term “New Testament” means “New Covenant”. A few understand the Law of Moses was a covenant between God and Israel, but … Continue reading

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Fundamental Mistake

More of my calling for repentance… Jesus said we could sum up the whole of written revelation at that time (the Old Testament) with two basic commandments: 1. Love God with all your being. That assertion has a particular flavor … Continue reading

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PC Study Bible: Ripoff

Biblesoft sells a boxed entry-level Bible software package called PC Study Bible. It’s junk. The library included is fine, but the the software is just atrocious. It hogs the CPU, offers very slow screen repaints, and generally dogs down the … Continue reading

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Bible Logic — Like Nothing Else

Over the past few years, as I began to apprehend the logic behind the Bible, I realized increasingly just how difficult it is to put into words. That is, all my years of training and experience in writing with clarity, … Continue reading

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