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May 2020

Man’s problem is that he is separated from God by sin. Psychology has turned sin into sickness, a sickness of the mind that requires not repentance and reconciliation with God, but therapy and reconciliation with one’s “inner truth.” Templeton promotes it as “learn[ing] to tap ... the resources of our...Read more
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A hundred years ago William James wrote, “I wish by treating Psychology like a natural science , to help her become one.” Post-World-War-II society believed the lie and eagerly submitted to each new experiment and theory. “The scientism of psychology made grand promises: solutions to societal and international problems, understanding...Read more
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After an ICR scientist presents convincing evidence for biblical creation, listeners often ask, “If all you just said is true, then why don’t most scientists believe it?” We may discuss Y chromosomes that contain only a few thousand years’ worth of mutations, as expected from Noah.1 We may talk about...Read more
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The sentencing of pastor Wang Yi to nine years in prison this week for “subversion” and “illegal business activities” shows how authorities in China are increasingly intolerant of unregistered churches, sources said. Pastor Wang of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, was sentenced in...Read more
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In his latest book, Worldwide Laws of Life, John Marks Templeton (of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion) reiterates his dream of a “new Renaissance in human knowledge” through “the scientific exploration of spiritual subjects. ... I hold a vision of the establishment of a new branch of science...Read more
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The world is not as many of us wish it to be, and it will remain so until all things are made new again. Hearing from [missionaries] and friends around the world, there is little hope of most of the world being able to enact the measures that we enjoy...Read more
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The Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church, plans to open its first temple in mainland China at a time when Beijing has been clamping down steadily on religious freedoms. The temple in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai will help fill a...Read more
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While the very term “ psychology ” acknowledges the psyche, there was a stubborn insistence that the psyche was merely the sum total of purely physiological reactions to physical stimuli. For nearly a century, psychologists and psychiatrists clung to Freud’s medical model and B. F. Skinner’s behavioristic theories, both of...Read more
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Algunos creen que sí... y algunos no. Aquellos que no creen que Dios se preocupa por nuestros problemas, por lo general ven las circunstancias problemáticas, como una prueba de que a Dios no le importa, al menos lo que están pasando. Es interesante que para muchos el pensamiento de Dios...Read more
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