Happy New Year! and along with the new year comes those pesky New Years Resolutions! Our yearly plan to go to the gym daily until January 17th, to lose weight, to change our diet, read the bible in a year and so on and so on ad nauseum. Let get real about what we should resolve to and just how we can go about that
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I was inspired to discuss the reliability of Scripture and the Historical account of Jesus' birth, based on a sermon about the Magi and a snarky comment from an atheist.
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We've all had our run-ins with internet and social media trolls, many of us have wondered how we can or should respond to them. I wanted to take a look at a couple specific scenarios and see if I can break down that conundrum in a biblical way.
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Christmas should be a time of Peace on Earth and Good Will toward men, but in India and some other places around the world, Christmas is a time of heightened fear and increased persecution from Hindus, Muslims, and other violent false religions.
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Political correctness run amok as Kevin Hart is forced to step down from hosting the Oscars and apologize for words from years ago. This years Heisman Trophy winner is slammed for tweets he made when he was 15, and men who feel pretty are dominating women's sports. Where do we stand as Christians in the grand scheme of things!
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So "Christian" Twitter blew up this week with tweets and articles about someone named Lauren Daigle (Never heard of her...no joke, I had never heard of her until this week) who apparently is a "Christian" celebrity who has followed the wishy washy path of bad theology in regard to homosexuality.
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New regulations in China make target churches and students in educational institutions. World Watch List #1 - North Korea
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4 Finnish tourists are arrested in Malaysia for distributing Christian pamphlets, charged with "disturbing religious harmony" World Watch List #2 - Afghanistan
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An evangelist is denied re-entry into Turkey, where his family is still located, because of his work in sharing the Gospel and his faith in Jesus Christ. World Watch List #3 - Somalia
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A pastor and his son are attacked by Hindu radicals for the assumption that they were building a church. They were however building a house. World Watch List #4 - Sudan
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