Design of Life and Arrowheads
When we were kids, my brother and I used to go hunting for fossils. He was good or lucky or both. The trick to finding good specimens is to know where to look, the kind of rock strata, the color of the rock, and knowing how to split rock to observe its interior. Surface fossils […]
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Evolving out of Eden
In a recent publication titled “Evolution out of Eden” (Tellectual Press, 2013) a vigorous and not unreasonable argument was made for the incompatibility of theology and biological evolution. The idea of theistic evolution has been kicked around since Darwin first popularized a purely materialistic process of biological origins and diversity via “descent with modification”, that […]
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“The Legal Tangle” by Carl Ketcherside: Death of legalistic religion.
As a Johnny come lately, I have not had the pleasure of reading but few of the works of Carl Ketcherside (now deceased). He was a man of great faith and energy and like myself was blinded for some time by proud and partisan politics brought into the fellowship of believers who fell under the […]
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Repentance Leads to Life!
I heard a sermon recently aimed at the fallibility of people in understanding and correctly teaching the good news about the kingdom of God, which Jesus established through his death, burial and resurrection. Even preachers get it wrong according to this pastor. His message centered on the grace of God and how this grace is […]
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Introduction to the New Testament – Lesson Four
Overview: The events recorded in the section of the Bible we refer to as the New Testament (NT) were recorded during the last years of the global kingdom known as the Roman Empire. The writings of the NT must be considered in light of the people, government, laws, religions, cities and politics of the […]
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The Bible – Lesson Three
In lesson 3 of our study of the Bible, an emphasis is made that the Bible is a great book. The reading and studying of the great book have made men and women great. Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Napoleon, Queen Victoria, Daniel Webster, Robert E Lee, John Quincy Adams, even Immanuel Kant, Charles Dickens, Sir […]
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More Fun Facts Concerning the Bible – Lesson Two
This is the second lesson in a series of lessons that will introduce you to the Bible. The Bible or “the Book”, which is the literal meaning of the word Bible, can be intimidating. It is a large book and is composed of 66 smaller books. Some of these books are historical documents and others […]
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WORLDVIEWS, BELIEFS AND OUTLOOKS ON LIFE
A thorough comparison of the fundamental belief systems of evolutionists and creationists reveals the two philosophical positions are diametrically opposite one another in every respect. Compare their foundational beliefs: Evolution […]
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The God of Dust!
Dust is not just a dirty word. In the ancient Middle East dust was understood to be soil pulverized into a fine dry powder. The American dust bowl of the 1930s was literally just that; soil dried to fine powder and pulverized by the dry wind through the years of drought. Dust of the soil […]
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The Gospels, the Law, the Christ and the New Testament
The first four books of the New Testament are called the gospels or ‘good news”. Their focus is the life and times of Jesus and each book showed Him in perspectives peculiar to each author. Only Matthew can be listed as an apostolic witness to Jesus unless you are convinced that the apostle John wrote […]
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