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HOW FIRM IS THE FIRMAMENT?

John — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:04:32 +0000

By Hugh Henry and Daniel J. Dyke

Experimental physics has recently verified the prediction of Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity that outer space has structure. Yet was this concept already described by Genesis 1 many centuries earlier? A comprehensive analysis of the complex Hebrew word rāqîa‘ seems to suggest that it was!

Rāqîa‘ appears seven [...]

BIBLE COMMENTARY

John — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:54:08 +0000

A TREE FELL IN FULLERTON

By Chuck Swindoll

A commentary on 1 Corinthians 10:11-13

One year a large section of a tree fell not far from where we had lived for over twenty-two years. Within minutes several of us had gathered to grieve the loss. As I stood there staring in disbelief, the thought struck [...]

THE METAPHYSICS OF EVOLUTION

admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:00:47 +0000

By Fred Reed

I was about fifteen when I began to think about evolution. I was then just discovering the sciences systematically, and took them as what they offered themselves to be, a realm of reason and dispassionate regard for truth. There was a hard-edged clarity to them that I liked. You got real answers. [...]

GOOD QUESTION

John — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:00:36 +0000

Question: What is the meaning of life?

Answer: What is the meaning of life? How can purpose, fulfillment, and satisfaction in life be found? How can something of lasting significance be achieved? So many people have never stopped to consider these important questions. They look back years later and wonder why their relationships have fallen [...]

OUR SAVIOR HAS SET US FREE

John — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 06:00:13 +0000

Let no one grieve at his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave. Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free. He has destroyed it by enduring it.

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BIBLE COMMENTARY

John — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:16:38 +0000

LIVING LIFE APART FROM GOD IS FUTILE

By John MacArthur

A commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:13

The Book of Ecclesiastes is greatly misunderstood. It is a difficult book to read simply because it is hard to understand. Everything in it appears wrong and as if it doesn’t fit with the rest of Scripture. But it [...]

GOOD QUESTION

John — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:00:47 +0000

Question: What is the Skeptic’s Annotated Bible?

Answer: The Skeptics Annotated Bible is a website dedicated to pointing out all of the supposed errors, contradictions, and discrepancies in the Bible. The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible divides the supposed errors into the following categories: injustice, absurdity, cruelty and violence, intolerance, contradictions, family values, women, good stuff, science [...]

HOW MANY BARYONS HAS YOUR UNIVERSE LOST?

John — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:22:54 +0000

By Hugh Ross, Ph.D.

Losing stuff seems to be part of life. For me, it’s the phone numbers I write down. Even though I write down important phone numbers in at least two different places, I still can’t find them when I need them.

Losing stuff is also part of the lives of all stars and [...]

DOES MORALITY ARISE FROM BRAIN CHEMISTRY?

John — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:30:19 +0000

By Fazale Rana

Some people claim that taking serotonin supplements can improve a person’s health and well being. Recent research by scientists from Harvard and Cambridge suggests that this compound may also improve moral judgment.1

If this discovery turns out to be the case, it raises some very provocative questions. Is human morality nothing [...]

THE LAST VIRTUE OF A DEPRAVED SOCIETY

John — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:06:12 +0000

By Candace Jackson

On a daily basis, I hear that Christians are judgmental and are not at all tolerant. But I think that the problem is largely a result of a misunderstanding of what it means to be tolerant in our culture. To clarify terms, philosophers distinguish classical tolerance from a modern understanding of [...]