Saint Augustine in the 5th century remarked that the story of Jonah was the “laughing stock of the pagans.” Skepticism towards the book and the Bible as a whole continues to this day in even greater intensity. John R. Sampey comments on the views that most modern “critical” scholars hold regarding the book of Jonah […]
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Rummaging through books at a local thrift shop in town I discovered one with the catchy title: The Betrayal: The Lost Life of Jesus by the archaeologists Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear. The book is a novel that presents an “alternate life of Jesus,” a life which was supposedly well documented in antiquity but has
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Bob Thompson (D. Min.) is a good friend and trusted mentor of mine. I asked him if he would kindly pen a brief explanation about the mainline church which answered the oft asked question: “What is a mainline church?” Bob is pastor of Corinth Reformed Church (UCC) in Hickory, NC where he has ministered for
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I was reading just this week a pamphlet that I received in the mail urging Christians to get involved in the political process for the good of our nation. Here’s one quote: Many Christians are praying for and expecting revival. While it is true that God has already given America three national revivals in the
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My church has been going through 1st Corinthians since late January of this year. This week we found ourselves in the middle of a text warning the Corinthian church that their actions were dangerously reminiscent of Israel’s during their wilderness wanderings (1 Cor. 10). Paul says even though Israel enjoyed a unique relationship with God
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A couple of months ago my family sat down at home and watched Disney’s new hit movie “Frozen.” It landed in stores not long ago in March and made a splash for its divergence from the standard prince-saves-princess romantic story line everyone has come to expect in Disney princess films. Nadia Ali writes in an
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