June 2000

Can We Find the Tree of Life?

0640d Tom: In our ongoing series in which we’ve been exploring the biblical teaching of the Gospel of Salvation , we’re considering a question which many non-Christians think about, even object to, yet rarely do Christians supply an answer in their presentation of the gospel. The question is this: Why...Read more

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Is God Pro Death Penalty?

Gary: And now, Contending for the Faith…. Here’s this week’s question: “Tom and Dave, here in California, and I suppose around the country, the death penalty is a much-discussed issue. Cardinal Mahoney, of Los Angeles, held a press conference recently calling on the governor to put a permanent end to...Read more

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The Hate Crimes of Brigitte Bardot

Gary: Religion in the News. This week’s item is from USA Today , dateline Paris, France. “A French court convicted actress and animal activist Brigitte Bardot of inciting discrimination, hatred, or racial violence, after she criticized a Muslim practice. Bardot was fined $3,000 for a chapter in a book published...Read more

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Does the Bible Oppose All Religion?

06/22/2000

Tom: Thanks, Gary. We are going through Dave Hunt’s book, An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith . And, not too quickly, I might add, because it’s loaded with thought-provoking teachings, which have this singular purpose: it encourages its readers to abide in God’s Word—His truth. Chapter 5, the chapter...Read more

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The Dangers of Scriptural Illiteracy

0630D Tom: The book of Genesis, particularly the first few chapters is foundational to grasping the central message of the Bible. So, in our ongoing series, the purpose of which is to better understand that gospel of salvation , we’re discussing the verses that explain the critical “why” of Christianity...Read more

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How Many Times Did the Cock Crow?

Gary: Contending for the Faith. Here’s this week’s question: “Dave and T.A., on occasion I get a comment from non-Christians who tell me they don’t bother with the Bible because it’s full of contradictions. I usually respond by asking them to give me a couple. Because it’s usually just a...Read more

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The Church of Godzilla

Gary: This week’s item is from the Bend, Oregon, Bulletin , dateline, Zillah, Washington. “And a ‘B’ movie monster shall lead them. In West Zillah, where city starts to blend into farmland, the ten-foot-tall skeleton of a T-Rex lords over the gravel parking lot of a rambling ranch-style church. “Below...Read more

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Are There any Shortcuts to the Truth?

A Shortcut to the Truth 2209 and 0630 Tom: Thanks, Gary, and thanks to all of you for joining us for this segment of Search the Scriptures Daily. Our title, by the way, comes from the Bible itself, the book of Acts:17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...Read more

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Why Did God Institute the Death Penalty?

Tom: Dave, picking up where we left off last week, we’re in the book of Genesis, searching out the reason why Jesus Christ, the eternal God, became a man through the virgin birth and died upon a cross in order to pay the infinite penalty for the sins of mankind...Read more

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Are You Lost if You've Never Even Heard of Jesus?

Gary: Here’s this week’s question: “Dear Dave and Tom, I enjoy your program very much, and particularly the last segment, where you have been discussing salvation . One question that I sometimes get from friends, relatives, and others I witness to, always makes me anxious. So I have revamped it...Read more

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