For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. -John 3:16 World is not merely nations in this text. Such a distinction, while required in order to prop up the doctrine of limited atonement, is simply not found in [...]
I never cease to be amazed at how quick Southern Baptists are to shoot their wounded. Celeberties, it seems, are often seen as a greater target of opportunity than most with the teenage pop sensation, Miley Cyrus, being one of the favorites. After this encounter with a fellow brother in Christ a while back regarding [...]
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Haiti was recently hit by the largest earthquake in nearly a hundred years. Here’s what Pat Robertson had to say about it: I’ve heard many atheists and anti-Christians take Pat’s comments above as reinforcements to support their belief that Christians are intolerant, bigoted, and wholly devoid of compassion. It’s this group of people I want [...]
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The age of accountability is a teaching in Christianity which posits an age at which children are deemed responsible for their actions. Proponents believe that before this age where sufficient cognitive awareness of self-determined actions is reached, sins and the ensuing punishment is not charged to the unconscious child’s account. The exact age at which [...]
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I’ve read many things about God’s judgement recently. Judgement of nations1 , judgement of groups2 , and judgement of people. The concept of God’s judgement is apparently a very misunderstood and frequently misrepresented and since it has the potential to do great harm to a believer’s growth or an unbeliever’s understanding of the relationship between [...]
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