Archive for the 'Theology' Category
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) Today, the understanding of God as a Trinity is under assault from many different directions including atheists, Muslims, liberal Christians, and even Mormons. Many like Atheist Richard Dawkins reject the doctrine as "sophistry", and incoherent at best. The problem is that many of these critics do not take the time [...]
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Thursday, February 16th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) has apologized for violating an agreement that they had with Jewish leaders not to posthumously ‘baptize’ victims of the holocaust. Here is the story: CNN) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has apologized for "a serious breach of [...]
Filed under: -Salvation, -The Holocaust, Judaism, Mormonism
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Saturday, January 28th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) It has become culturally fashionable to make the claim that “Jesus never said he was God.” Lots of folks would like to claim Jesus as their own but his divinity gets in the way. The Muslims claim Jesus was a great prophet to the Jews but far less than even their [...]
Filed under: -Christology, -Culture Clash, -Divinity of Jesus, -Jesus, Bible Issues
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) There are many differences that separate the two largest world religions- Islam and Christianity. Some of the greatest disparity revolves around their very different understandings about the character of God (or Allah in the case of Islam) and how one can have a relationship with God the Father and receive eternal [...]
Filed under: -Doctrine of God, -Salvation, Islam and Christianity
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Richard Dawkins: "Jesus Would Have Been An Atheist If He Had Known What We Know Today" This is probably the most offensive thing he has ever said. As usual he is implying here that any person with any kind of intelligence today is an atheist. So obviously it follows, from Dawkins’ perspective, that any smart [...]
Filed under: -Atheism, -Christology, -Jesus, -Religion & Culture
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
(Getty Images via @daylife) It is reported by The Christian Post that false teacher Harold Camping has finally confessed that he was wrong in setting his dates for Christ’s return and says that he deeply regrets his mistakes. He says that he was particularly wrong to claim that God had stopped saving people after [...]
Filed under: -Bible Interpretation, -Eschatology
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Saturday, October 15th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) Family Radio Network preacher Harold Camping, failed in his high profile well publicized prediction for the end of the world on May 21. Now he says that his new date of Oct. 21 is ‘probably’ the definite date?: “A lot of things we didn’t have quite right will probably be finished [...]
Filed under: -Apocalyptic, -Eschatology, False Teachers
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Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Everywhere you turn lately supposed experts are trying to tell us that the Bible doesn’t really have anything to say against homosexual marriage. In February, Dr. Jennifer Wright Knust wrote the latest example of this genre in an op-ed for CNN Belief Blog entitled: “The Bible’s surprisingly mixed messages on sexuality,” Here is Dr. Robert [...]
Filed under: -Bible Interpretation, -New Testament, -Same-sex Marriage, Bible, Current Issues (Culture Clash), Homosexuality, Marriage
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Here’s a quick summary of the Biblical basis for the Trinity by Ken Samples: The Trinity’s Biblical Basis Ken provides six simple statements that quickly show how this doctrine is derived from the Bible. He also links a detailed source with more than 1,000 biblical references for the doctrine of the Trinity. *Top
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
There is so much mythology surrounding Satan, especially his character and power. Between the fantasies of literature and modern movies, all sorts of misinformation has found its way into our culture. Even Christians at times display some confusion about Satan and his demons. Particularly about what they actually can and cannot do. Here is a [...]
Filed under: -Satan, Bible Issues
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