April 2023

Nuggets from Cosmos, Creator, and Human Destiny

April 13, 2023

Is Stephen Hawking equally concerned for the survival of every other species on Earth, including chimpanzees and lizards? Shouldn’t he be, if Darwin was right? It will take a huge fleet of space ships, billions of “Noah’s arks,” to accomplish Hawking’s escape from planet Earth if he is to bring...Read more

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The Druid's Empty Box

April 12, 2023

About four of us, two from MCOI and two from Haven Ministries attended Paganicon 2023 [in March]. After we returned, I emailed Twin Cities Pagan Pride and asked if they have an attendance count and was told 1,000 had registered. Carl Teichrib at Forcing Change attended Paganicon in the past...Read more

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Rock Solid Pillars of Doctrine

April 11, 2023

Since the local church is “the pillar and support of the truth” ( 1 Tim:3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth...Read more

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Nuggets from Cosmos, Creator, and Human Destiny—Man, of No More Worth than a Fungus?

April 11, 2023

In the foreword to Dawkins’s first book The Selfish Gene , Robert L. Trivers (one of today’s most influential living evolutionary theorists) wrote, “There exists no objective basis on which to elevate one species above another. Chimp and human, lizard and fungus, we have all evolved over some three billion...Read more

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‘We cannot walk with you unless you repent,’ African archbishops tell Church of England

April 10, 2023

Conservative Anglican archbishops in Africa are challenging a decision by the Church of England to allow clergy to bless same sex couples’ marriages, warning that the move puts the worldwide Anglican Communion in further jeopardy. The leaders are reacting to the Feb. 9 vote at the Church of England’s General...Read more

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Nuggets from Cosmos, Creator, and Human Destiny

April 9, 2023

In a BBC interview, Hawking said that his next ambition is to “go into space.” We have already pointed out the impossibility of travel to other habitable planets ever being physically achieved. More recently, he expressed that desire again and explained the urgency behind it. He believes that populating planets...Read more

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Nuggets from Cosmos, Creator, and Human Destiny—The Impossible Dream Lives On

April 7, 2023

On November 30, 2006, Stephen Hawking was honored with the British Royal Society’s highest award for scientific achievement. First awarded in 1731, recipients have included Darwin, Einstein, and Pasteur. Lord Rees, the society’s president, said, “Stephen Hawking has contributed as much as anyone since Einstein to our understanding of gravity...Read more

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The Call of the 12

April 6, 2023

“And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach.” ( Mark:3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, See All... ) Early in His public ministry, Jesus gathered...Read more

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What should Christians make of Falun Gong and Shen Yun?

April 5, 2023

Falun Gong (sometimes Falun Dafa) was founded by Li Hongzhi in 1992 and quickly gained adherents, particularly via a number of books; for example, China Falun Gong in April 1993, and Zhuan Falun, first published in Chinese in January 1995. In terms of meaning, Fǎ is a Chinese translation of...Read more

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Nuggets from Cosmos, Creator, and Human Destiny

April 5, 2023

What does this have to do with the space program? Many of the scientists involved are sound Christians. The last thing they would give up is their confidence in the God of the Bible as the Creator of the universe. Nevertheless, Christians are partners in an endeavor that, if successful,...Read more

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