For Part 1, see here. Dear Sam Shamoun: There is no healing apart from repentance. Sam Shamoun admitted he needs healing from his “fight-back”, angry (pugnacious), vengeful nature. (minute 7:23, in his own video from April 12, 2022 – see … Continue reading
Whether Pro-Life or Pro-Choice, the abortion debate has come to be framed as a woman’s issue. The focus for these groups has been on how women are affected by abortion or how they lack access to it as a fundamental right. Women are viewed as either secondary victims of the abortion industry or as subhuman …
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As I was driving around town with my wife in the car, we came across a church sign that said, “Happily Ever After beings here.” We began talking about this sign and what it could mean. To be honest, it almost makes the Christian life sound like a fairy…
Part 1 I wrote most of this as the second half to my article in August of 2022, “Anthony Rogers continues to pound Roman Catholicism”. I have edited and updated it a little. Sam, if you read this, I am … Continue reading
Seems over the past couple of years, the term Christian Nationalism has been tossed around in various blogs and social media posts. It is also the subject of a book, which has been gaining a lot of attention. To be honest, I have not heard the term unt…
Seems over the past couple of years, the term Christian Nationalism has been tossed around in various blogs and social media posts. It is also the subject of a book, which has been gaining a lot of attention. To be honest, I have not heard the term unt…
Abortion Quotes from the Early Church The Biblical position for life is not a novelty amongst Christians. From its earliest foundations, the Church wholeheartedly rejected the practice of abortion. This stemmed from their belief in the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the sanctity of life. However, their commitments were not limited to correct doctrine but …
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Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as “On Baptism, Against the Donatists” was written in response to the Donatists who were teaching various doctrines regarding baptism (and, specifically, related to re-baptism of converts to the Church from heretical groups). Augustine addresses …
Continue reading Augustine (401) – On Baptism, Against the Donatists, Book 1
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times. It’s the idea that John presents Jesus as divine and the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) present Jesus as a mere man. And when you combine all the Gospels together, onl…
*For other installments from this series, see here. Introduction In previous installments, we considered the relationship God had with Adam in the garden, Adam’s breaking of the covenant, the fact that Adam represented his natural seed, and the state in which Adam’s sin brought man into. The next question focuses on the sinfulness of that […]
Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as Of the Good of Widowhood and it is 112 pages long. He begins with an assertion, against Tertullian, that second marriages are not unlawful and that Paul allows them as well. Wherefore this in …
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I was not involved in the church till I was 15 years old, and I cannot remember any time during church or youth gatherings where Abortions was ever mentioned. The first time I have Abortion ever mentioned was a song by dc Talk titled, Children Can Live…
As more and more bills of equal protection are filed across the nation, equip yourself to answer some of the most common retorts you will hear regarding the full criminalization of abortion. #1. Women were not prosecuted for having illegal abortions before Roe. Prior to Roe, the demand for prosecution of aborting mothers varied. Some …
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Most Christians started a new Bible reading plan in the beginning of the year. Most Bible reading plans begin with the book of Genesis and why not. It is the first book of the Bible after all. They make it through with no problem. Then they get to…
Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On The Harmony of The Gospels, is an exposition of the 4 Gospels with a purpose of relating their differences and how the differences could be harmonized. It is actually one of his lengthier …
Continue reading Augustine (400) – On The Harmony of The Gospels, Book 4
“Pay to all what is owed to them:…honor to whom honor is owed.” — Romans 13:7 “Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.” — 1 Peter 2:17 Governmental leaders are to be honored because of the position that they occupy. Christians owe them this even when they act dishonorably—not that we ignore […]
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Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On The Harmony of The Gospels, is an exposition of the 4 Gospels with a purpose of relating their differences and how the differences could be harmonized. It is actually one of his lengthier …
Continue reading Augustine (400) – On The Harmony of The Gospels, Book 3, Part 2
It probably comes as no surprise that the most common question I receive from both Christians and non-Christians is “How do I know the Bible is the Word of God?” And the reason this question is at the top of the list is not hard to determine. The auth…
Frankfort, Kentucky (January 13, 2023) — End Abortion Now, in partnership with Action for Life and Abolish Abortion Kentucky, forwarding legislation to protect all human life in the state from the moment of fertilization. Rep. Emily Callaway (R) serves to introduce “The Abolition of Abortion in Kentucky Act.” The bill is one of equal protection …
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Many have wondered how we got the Bible. Most Christians know the Bible came from God, yet He did not just drop it out the heavens or it just appeared out of nowhere. There have a been many classes in seminaries and Bible colleges on this as well as bo…
Originally written in 2014 at Beggar’s All. I have edited it some and added some. Be Careful the way you communicate the issue of the canon in the early church Andy Stanley, Pastor of NorthPoint Community Church outside of Atlanta, … Continue reading
In the midst of the high octane culture wars of the last ten years, Christians have been labelled all sorts of things: intolerant, bigoted, arrogant, narrow, dogmatic, just to name a few.
But, one noteworthy word stands out. Christians have been labell…
Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On The Harmony of The Gospels, is an exposition of the 4 Gospels with a purpose of relating their differences and how the differences could be harmonized. It is actually one of his lengthier …
Continue reading Augustine (400) – On The Harmony of The Gospels, Book 3, Part 1
In the book of Job, we see the suffering of one man who the devil wanted to prove to God that he will curse Him if calamity should fall upon him. God granted Satan to cause great suffering to Job with the exception of taking his life. Job sat in silenc…
This is video is from the teaching series The God We Worship:
Proof that Protestantism is true as opposed to Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism; because both Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism violate the Scriptures On many issues. This one is about icon veneration. Icon veneration is wrong in worship contexts. Praying … Continue reading
Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On the Proceedings of Pelagius, is a short volume at around 42 pages. Below is a brief excerpt from the editor of the translation that I used. This is the second and final part …
Continue reading Augustine (417) – On the Proceedings of Pelagius, Part 2
For several years, our culture seems to spiral out of control especially in regard to issues of sexuality. We have seen celebrities coming out of the closest, so to speak, and even some that want to change their genders. We now have issues of people wa…
