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War in the Mideast – On Christians
1/6/2011
On Christmas Eve in Nigeria, AP reported that Danjuma Akawu, secretary of Victory Baptist Church in the city of Maidiguri,... |
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The headline reads, "War Against Christians in the Middle East," but the article began with a comment about persecution on the continent of Africa. Granted, Middle East includes part of Africa. However, the war against Christians is not specific to the Middle East or to Africa. As I pointed out just today in my regular blog post, persecution happens in Ethiopia, too. In fact, persecution has existed since the time of Christ and will continue until His return--not because some people are more violent than others (as in the Middle East); rather, the persecution happens because John 3:20 is still true: Everyone who does evil hates the light. |
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 Kathy Griffin was censored for making defamatory remarks against Christ in her acceptance of an Emmy Award; her remarks were offensive, in a sense. Yet, we Christians aren’t Muslims. We need not riot in the streets and kill people in a...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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Naturally, people always contrive a means by which to make their motives pure. So, for instance, those who wish to keep the abortion industry “alive” frequently tout the promise of healing offered by embryonic stem cells. Forgetting...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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Recently, the results of a new survey were released by the Pew Research Center. The report title and subsequent news releases offered comfort and assurance that Muslims are just like the rest of America—peace loving and squeamish about...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer reportedly announced that the hate crimes legislation recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives was “an important vote of conscience, of a statement of what America is, a society that understands...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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In the wake of horrific murders at Virginia Tech, what are Christians to say? Or, even before we say anything, what are we to think about this tragedy? How do we understand it? What caused this to happen? How do we prevent other such tragedies? |
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The principles here are derived from Romans 13 and from the debt of love the Christian owes to others. These principles necessitate a level of involvement with the government. There are at least three ways this obligation to love directs the...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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As often will happen, we fell short of fulfilling our responsibilities this past Sunday. Our worship service was attended by several babies because of a failure to get nursery workers. God, however, as is so regularly the case with our great...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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Hans Frei spent much of his academic life at Yale urging biblical scholars to move beyond liberalism. Frei, in conjunction with other Yale School scholars, argued that it was time for scholarship to embrace the Postliberal era. Whether we would...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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In London, radical Muslim activists are calling for the execution of Pope Benedict XVI (B-16). In Morocco, the government, offended by the comments of B-16 a week ago, has said it will remove its ambassadors from the Vatican in protest. In the...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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