What Must I Do To Be Saved?
“Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, ‘These …
Some More Essentials and Non-essentials
“For Moses truly said to the fathers, “The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. And it shall come to
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Some Things Said… (Sept 05) (2)
The continuing saga of “one nation under God”
On Wednesday of this week U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton ruled that recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in government schools constitutes a “coercive requirement to affirm God.” That, of course, is …
Some Things Said… (Sept 05)
California Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill
The California Senate voted Thursday to allow gay couples to wed, becoming the first legislative body in the nation to approve same-sex marriage without a court order.
The bill would recast the state’s legal …
Attempts To Explain the Empty Tomb (3)
Some scholars declare that the disciples went to the wrong tomb. Thus, Jesus’ tomb was never empty and Jesus did not really raise from the dead. When the disciples went to the wrong tomb and found it empty, they assumed …
Some Things Said… (Aug 05) (3)
Alec Baldwin to Be Given PETA Award
Alec Baldwin will receive the Linda McCartney Memorial Award at PETA’s 25th anniversary gala in Hollywood , Calif. , on Sept. 10. Two years ago, Baldwin narrated a short documentary, “Meet Your Meat,” …
Some Things Said… (Aug 05) (2)
Debate Brews Over Use of Koran in Court
Traditionally, witnesses taking the stand in court are sworn in by placing their hand on the Bible. But when Muslims in Guilford County, NC, tried to donate copies of the Koran for …
What is a church? (9): The Corinthian church (1)
The first letter Paul wrote to the Corinthian church is divisible into two distinct parts. In the first, the apostle addresses some divisive issues which were having an effect on unity there. He also addressed particular questions that were put …
Attempts to Explain the Empty Tomb (2)
Stolen Body Theory
Since the swoon theory is not possible, some have suggested that the disciples stole the body. This theory supposes that the disciples formed a conspiracy to steal the body and fabricate a story that Jesus rose from …
Some Things Said… (Aug 05)
The definition of the word cult
(From Merriam Webster online at www.m-w.com)
Function: noun, Usage: often attributive, Etymology: French & Latin; French culte, from Latin cultus care, adoration, from colere to cultivate. 1: formal religious veneration: worship, 2: a system
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