June 2008

Attacking "Expelled"

June 11, 2008

Ronald Bailey Attacks Expelled, Endorses Discrimination Against Intelligent Design Proponents [Excerpts] Over at Reason.com, Ronald Bailey has taken the Michael Shermer (i.e. Fact Free) approach to attacking Expelled. Bailey charges that "the film is entirely free of scientific content—no scientific evidence against biological evolution and none for 'intelligent design' (ID)...Read more

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The Lord's Army

June 10, 2008

C. H. Spurgeon: The Church of Christ is continually represented under the figure of an army; yet its Captain is the Prince of Peace; its object is the establishment of peace, and its soldiers are men of a peaceful disposition. The spirit of war is at the extremely opposite point...Read more

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Trials are Medicine

June 9, 2008

Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription. --Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist...Read more

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How Could Satan Tempt Jesus?

This is our Understanding the Scriptures segment, we are in the gospel of Matthew. We are in Matthew chapter 4, and I’ll start with verse 1: "Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil." Dave: Now that’s the Holy Spirit, is...Read more

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Why Do Tom & Dave Always Bring Bad News?

In this regular feature, Dave and Tom respond to questions from listeners and readers of The Berean Call, here’s this week’s question: Dear Dave and Tom, I find more than a bit of irony in the fact that you profess to be all about the good news of Jesus, yet...Read more

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Praying Without Jesus

RELIGION IN THE NEWS A report and comment on religious trends and events being covered by the media. This week’s item is from Christian Newswire, April 24, 2008, with a headline: National Day of Prayer chairman avoids the name of Jesus. The following are excerpts: "Dr. Ravi Zacharias, the 2008...Read more

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Seeking & Finding God-Part 9...Why Is Christianity So Intolerant?

Tom: Thanks, Gary. You’re tuned in to Search the Scriptures Daily, a program in which we encourage everyone who desires to know God’s truth to look to God’s Word for all that is essential for salvation and living one’s life in a way that is pleasing to Him. In this...Read more

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Proving the Fiction

June 6, 2008

How ‘nakba’ proves the fiction of a Palestinian Nation [Excerpts] A primer on propaganda Over the past few years, the term nakba (also spelled naqba) has become the favorite nonsense word of the Anti- Israel Lobby. Meaning "catastrophe" in Arabic, it has been embraced by anti-Semites all over the planet...Read more

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Pop Goes Christianity

June 5, 2008

Pop Goes Christianity The deep contradictions of Christian popular culture [Excerpts] At this point in history, American evangelicals resemble the Israelites at various dangerous moments in the Old Testament: They are blending into the surrounding heathen culture, and having ever more trouble figuring out where it ends and they begin...Read more

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Darwin and Hitler

June 4, 2008

Darwin and Hitler: In Their Own Words [Excerpts] As David Berlinski recently noted, “the thesis that there is a connection between Darwin and Hitler is widely considered a profanation.” But striking an indignant pose -- feathers in full ruffle -- is not an answer to such a serious charge, especially...Read more

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