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An Unmitigated Theological Disaster — Kirby Godsey Strikes Again

"Most Christians assume that Christianity is the one and only religion that is God-inspired and that carries the imprimatur of God's blessing," laments R. Kirby Godsey. In his new book, Is God a Christian?, Godsey sets out to oppose that assumptio ...

June 9, 2011

The Church and the ‘Clobber Scriptures’ — The Bible on Homosexuality

Is the Church guilty of beating people with the Bible? As strange as that argument might sound, it is actually a powerful weapon in the hands of those who are determined to normalize homosexuality and same-sex marriage within the Church. Those pushin ...

June 3, 2011

False Prophets, False Teachers, and Real Trouble: The Case of Harold Camping

Andy Warhol was wrong. Fame doesn't last just fifteen minutes. After all, Harold Camping is still in the news, more than a week after his prophecy that the world would end on May 21 at 6:00 p.m. turned out -- as expected -- to be false. Camping's en ...

June 1, 2011

The Myth of the Genderless Baby

Back in the nineteenth century, the British people were introduced to a fairy tale about "water babies" through a story written by Rev. Charles Kingsley. The water babies entered folklore, and generations of British children imagined the water babies ...

May 24, 2011

The Briefing

Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa... French agape over treatment of jailed IMF chief... 30% unmarried rate is highest in 6 decades, Census says... Study Finds Women Slower to Wed, and Divorce Easing... The words 'I do' stil ...

May 20, 2011

That Our Joy May Be Complete: The Essence of the Christian Ministry

This is the season of commencement. High schools, colleges, and universities mark graduation at the end of the academic year. Auditoriums, chapels, convention centers, stadiums, and campus lawns are filled with graduates, family members, faculty, and ...

May 20, 2011

Screen Test: The Danger of Digital Fixation

When it comes to the dangers of the digital age, most parents worry about what is on the screen of the computer. Recent research indicates that the screen itself just might be a very real danger. Writing in The New York Times, physician Perri Klass ...

May 18, 2011

The Briefing

Endeavour Lifts Off on Its Final Flight... Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'... After Hinting Otherwise, Huckabee Says He Won't Run for President... The End is Near? The False Teaching of Harold Camping ...

May 17, 2011

The Terrorist and His Porn Stash

The news that a huge stash of digital pornography had been discovered on the computers taken from Osama bin Laden's compound was big news, but it should not have been a big surprise. As Scott Shane of The New York Times reports, the discovery "could ...

May 16, 2011

The End is Near? The False Teaching of Harold Camping

Harold Camping is now warning the world that the Day of Judgment will begin at about 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2011. The 89-year-old founder of Family Radio has made such pronouncements before, most recently in 1994. He now says that he simply m ...

May 16, 2011

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