In this article, Alan Keyes provides a thought provoking perspective on the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Gonzales v. Carhart. Things are not as they may seem according to Keyes. Read the article and come to your own conclusion.
Disclaimer: As I understand it, Keyes is a Roman Catholic. With that in mind, take what [...]

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If you can’t walk, even with crutches, and you don’t have a wheelchair, will you stay home? Or will you find some way—any way—to get to the market and to church? How will you move without a chair?
Read this sobering entry from the desiringGod Blog !

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A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections stands as Edwards’s most penetrating interpretation of the awakenings of his time, not to mention one of the most penetrating of any time. As in Some Thoughts, he argued against the extremes of emotionalism on the one hand and intellectualism on the other. Affections were essential to true religion, but [...]

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I found myself this past Sunday listening to my pastor, from the pulpit, saying that he had several ‘on fire’ Catholic ‘Christian’ friends. He went on to say that his friends felt called to the Catholic Church. Consider the following portion of scripture for a clear understanding of how we are to live:2 Corinthians 6:14-17 [...]

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HT: Ben Davis, Symphony of Scripture
At Symphony of Scripture, Ben Davis has taken the time to provide some great notes to go along with this video. Enjoy.

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A few months ago I found a set of audio messages from Pastor Tommy Nelson (Denton Bible Church) on the subject of Church History. It was while listening to these messages that I really got a grasp of how important it is to understand Church History.
There are 13 messages in this series on Church History [...]

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In his book, Church History In Plain Language, Bruce L. Shelley gives us good reason to be a student of Church History. Read the Prologue to his 2nd edition.
PROLOGUE
ON MY STUDY door is a cartoon. Students who stop to read it often step into my office smiling. It encourages easy conversation. It is a Peanuts [...]

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John Hus (1369-1415)
Hus, the Czech reformer, came from peasant parents in southern Bohemia, a small town called Husinetz. Hus took to John Wyclif’s views of the church as an elect company with Christ, not the pope, its true head. Bethleham Chapel near the university gave Hus an unrivaled opportunity to circulate Wyclif’s teaching including his [...]

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by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning By Morning, June 27, pg. 181, Published 1984
[bibleblock]Exodus 8:28[/bibleblock]
This is a crafty word from the Pharaoh. If the poor bondaged Israelites must go out of Egypt, then he bargains with them that it will not be very far away - at least not far enough to escape the terror of [...]

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Do you know for sure if a pastor, evangelist or TV preacher’s teaching is biblical? How do you measure the fruit of his ministry - by the number of decisions for Christ he generates? This CrossTV.com clip will help you judge the preaching and teaching at your church, comparing it with the bible.

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A Sermon by Paris Reidhead delivered at Bethany Fellowship International
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And today I would like to speak to you from the theme “Ten Shekels and a Shirt”, as we find it here in Judges Chapter 17. I’ll read the chapter and then I will read a portion also from the 18th to the 19th chapter [...]

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by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
April 19, 2007
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — A Senate committee turned back a vote on an amendment to an FDA measure that would have suspended sales of the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug. Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, put forward the measure because the drug has killed several women in the [...]

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This short piece at Apprising Ministries was inspired by an excellent post at the fine website A Little Leaven: A Museum of Idolatry called Rick Warren’s Top 5 List on the Things Jesus Did on While He Was on The Earth and the question is asked: “How on earth could Rick [...]

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A message from Will Ford:
On October 28th, 2006, in Northfield Minnesota, during a time of spontaneous prayer and worship, the Holy Spirit led Andre Ashby, Steve Swanson and myself into an intense time of prayer regarding a major shift in the church about to occurr. On this particular Saturday, when Day Light Savings time was [...]

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today on Gonzales v. Carhart, 05-380 and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood, 05-1382, upholding a nationwide ban on partial-birth abortion. The Justices voted 5-4 to retain the ban. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, John Paul Stevens, and David Souter dissented.

Bloomberg: “The law, which has never taken effect, is the first [...]

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From Apprising Ministries, a great exchange between elder (in biblical terms) Pastor Ken Silva and a youth pastor. In this exchange, Pastor Silva, with biblical reference, explains why he deals with issues the way he does.
Click here to read the original post.
HT: Pastor Ken Silva

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In the enclosed article, don’t miss these points:

IRS says a church can’t back candidates or engage in partisan activism
Issues can not be substantial part of ministry (abortion, same sex marriage, homosexuality, etc.

Sounds to me like the Church is being ask to lay down, shut up, and play dead.
 
Associated Press Staff Reports
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April 15, 2007
NASHVILLE, Tenn. [...]

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Mike Corley and guest Ken Silva from Apprising.org and Christian Research Network examine the teachings of Erwin McManus, including clips from McManus’ remarks form the 2007 NRB convention.
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I just wanted to share something that might help to show the arrogance that exists in the office of the pope.

In the Second Edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II states:
IT IS A CAUSE FOR GREAT JOY THAT THE LATIN TYPICAL EDITION OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH [...]

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From the Mike Corely Radio Program a very good examination of discernment ministries and the Emergent Church Movement.
Interview starts at 11:57.
Pastor Ken Silva from Christian Research Network is Mike’s guest as they discuss discernment ministries in the church today. What is the role and scriptural foundation for discernment ministries? What is the biblical standard for [...]

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Kirk appeared on the O’Reilly Factor on April 12, 2006. Here is the audio.
Kirk talks with O’Reilly about his conversion to Christianity and what he is doing now.
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Wait, it’s not what your thinking, it’s not yet another way of presenting the modern Gospel.
About a year ago I was listening to a CD from Jason Upton called Remember. The whole CD is awesome, but there is a song on it titled “We Are One In The Spirit“. As I was listening to that [...]

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I have created a new audio podcast — Growing In The Wisdom And Knowledge Of God.
In this Podcast, I will be posting audio messages that I have found of value in one way or anohter.
The RSS Url for this Podcast is:  http://odeo.com/channel/379853/rss.xml
You can manually load this into ITUNES or use some other PODCASTING client.
Check it [...]

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I found something really cool today. The ESV New Testament Text for the IPOD.
This awesome tool comes from the web site podBible.
Go to the download page.
Download for ipod nano.
Download for ipod video.
Note: I just downloaded and installed this stuff today. Be forwarned, I have not tested the application for bugs or accuracy of the text. [...]

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In this YouTube clip at Apprising Ministries Emergent Church Pastor Doug Pagitt and his coeditor Tony Jones, an emerging theologian in the Emergent Church of Christ followers share their dreams of…“hope”…and more book sales of An Emergent Manifesto of Hope.

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Much of the church nowdays seems to think Christians are supposed to be at play rather than at war. The idea of actually fighting for doctrinal truth is the furthest thing from most churchgoers’ thought.
–John MacArthur (from The Truth War)
The Truth War: Fighting for Certainty in an Age of Deception
By John MacArthur / Thomas Nelson
Right [...]

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Zac Poonen, in this message, discusses the fact that many in the church today are ignorant of God’s Word. Because of their ignorance and lack of desire for God’s Word, many are being deceived. He also talks about the need for repentance in the church.
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I like much of what is taught in this message [...]

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WASHINGTON, April 11 /Christian Newswire/ — The following text is a statement by President Bush:
Scientists believe that stem cells have the potential for medical breakthroughs in treating debilitating medical diseases and disorders. However, the advancement of science and medicine need not conflict with the ethical imperative to protect [...]

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The Church of Christ is continually represented under the figure of an army; yet its Captain is the Prince of Peace; its object is the establishment of peace, and its soldiers are men of a peaceful disposition. The spirit of war is at the extremely opposite point to the spirit of the gospel.
Yet, nevertheless, the [...]

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Switzerland Court Would Allow Assisted Suicide of Mentally Disabled

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
February 5, 2007

Lausanne, [...]

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For most Christian’s, Easter is a time to reflect on what Christ did on the Cross.
We remember how he suffered before going to the Cross and then what he went through on the Cross.
We think about why he endured the Cross. Hebrews 12:1-3
We think about how his shed blood provides for us a way of [...]

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A court in eastern Germany has taken custody of five children away from their homeschooling parents, but has not yet removed the children from the home. The parents, Bert and Kathrin Brause of Zittau, lost custody of their children, Rosine, Jotham, Kurt-Simon, Lovis and Ernst, to the local youth welfare office.
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The website for Technology Education Design (TED), “official pre-release version of Heaven,” tells us that it “brings together more than 1000 thought-leaders, movers and shakers… And you get the chance to connect with extraordinary individuals who are helping create a better future for us all.” In this clip from God Tube [...]

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Posted: Friday, March 30, 2007 at 12:11 am ET
Albert Mohler, discussing the book, The Secret, reminds us, “There Are No New Heresies”. Apparently The Secret is currently the top selling book in the nation.
Click here to read Albert Mohler’s comments on The Secret in detail.
When thinking about the statement ‘There are no new heresies’, I [...]

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Today, Sunday, April 01, 2007, I attended a church in Peoria, Ill. and communion was served.
I live in Texas, not Peoria, so I have never been to this church before.
In every church I can ever remember being a part of, there was always an explanation of what communion represents and a warning given that only [...]

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I was shocked today when I found that at least two Christian web sites gave the movie “Blades of Glory” the time of day.
The movie is Rated PG-13 (for crude and sexual humor, language, a comic violent image and some drug reference).
The reviewers stop considerably short of saying what they should have about this film. [...]

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The following article from U.S. News and World Report covers some thoughts James Dobson (Focus on the Family) has regarding 2008 Republican hopefuls. In particular, he has some things to say about Sen. Fred Thompson not being a good pick for most ‘evangelical’ Christians.
You can read the article here.
I would like to comment on the [...]

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