Archive for April, 2006

Some Things Said … (Apr 06) (5)

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Parents urged to monitor TV diet
Las Vegas — A coalition of entertainment groups will establish a $300 million educational campaign next month to urge parents to control what their children watch on television, the groups said yesterday.
The effort by TV networks, cable and satellite television companies, local broadcasters and Hollywood studios is an attempt […]

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Following the Instructions

Friday, April 28th, 2006

There are nine detailed examples of conversions listed in the New Testament. Along with the nine are some less detailed examples and also a mass of independent information in the letters of Peter, Paul and the rest of the writers. There are also comments made in the various texts on the steps and conditions that […]

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The Da Vinci Code: Sorting Fact From Fiction (2)

Monday, April 24th, 2006

THE PRIORY OF SION
Not everything the Da Vinci Code claims has biblical importance. If one can show that the non-biblical claims of the book are inaccurate, then the foundation can be laid that one should not accept the claims against Jesus and the Bible without a thorough investigation. The first paragraph of the first page […]

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Some Things Said… (Apr 06) (4)

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

Attorney General Calls Americans to Battle Child Exploitation and Pornography
Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, today called on “all responsible Americans and corporate citizens—down to every last parent, teacher, and minister—to educate themselves about the problem” of “child exploitation and pornography and see how they can help out.” […]

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Some Things Said… (Apr 06) (3)

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Judas Unredeemed
Modern men and women have always had a soft spot for Judas Iscariot. Unlike Dante Alighieri who in his “Inferno” consigned poor Judas to the lowest spot in hell, his head locked between Satan’s jaws, our contemporaries are more likely to let him off with a slap on the wrist or, better yet, to […]

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The Da Vinci Code: Sorting Fact From Fiction (1)

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE
“Why should we pay attention to The Da Vinci Code? Isn’t it simply a novel?” Many Christians may have this attitude toward this bestselling novel. This book has been out since 2003, but I did not pay attention to it until this year. For all of that time I simply figured that […]

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Some Things Said… (Apr 06) (2)

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

Episcopalians consider freeze on gay bishops
U.S. Episcopal leaders will try to safeguard their membership in the worldwide Anglican Communion by holding back, at least until 2008, on electing new homosexual bishops and on allowing same-sex unions, according to two Episcopal bishops.
Church leaders are even considering “repentance” for the 2003 consecration of New Hampshire Bishop V. […]

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John’s Baptism

Friday, April 7th, 2006

When John the Baptist came teaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins in the coming of the kingdom of heaven he brought something unknown to the religious Jews of that day. They had never before heard of immersion for repentance for the remission of sins. In fact, baptism for this purpose or […]

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Some Things Said…(Apr 06)

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Mass. High Court Upholds Limits on Gay Marriage
Massachusetts’ highest court on Thursday (March 30) upheld a 1913 law that bans same-sex couples from other states from marrying here, but left open the possibility that gay couples from Rhode Island and New York could wed in this state. –from a Reuters posting by Dan Ring found […]

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