My life for the first 24 years could be summed up by the lyrics of a little known folk singer named Alex Bevin "skinny little boy from Cleveland Ohio come to drink your women and chase your beer". To say I lived a carnal existence would be understating the
+ more bio informationMy life for the first 24 years could be summed up by the lyrics of a little known folk singer named Alex Bevin "skinny little boy from Cleveland Ohio come to drink your women and chase your beer". To say I lived a carnal existence would be understating the fact.Then jobless and without direction, I decided to pull myself out ... More..
I would like to discuss one of my pet peeves, that would be the understanding of the term "everlasting life" held by most Christians.Not the I have anything against eternal life, quite the opposite. My problem lies in the common understanding of eternal life. Specifically when does one obtain everlasting life.Jesus in his in... More..
Everyone can attest to the fact that pain and suffering are part of our every day existence. It goes back to the earliest time period, back to the fall of humankind into depravity. All the way back to the time of Genesis, chapter 3, and the Fall itself.Pain, suffering and even death did not exist in this world until that infa... More..
1 Timothy 2:12 - Culturally Relevant or Eternal PrecedentThursday, August 24, 20062:28 PMThe First Baptist Church of Watertown NY has created a controversy in the media with its firing of a long time Sunday school teacher on the grounds that she is a women. The mainstream media is of course all over the gender rights aspect o... More..
The abduction and eventual release of Fox News journalists, Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig revealed the stunning news that the two men had converted to Islam at gunpoint. Both men were captured in Gaza City on August 14th by masked gunmen, who covered their heads with black hoods and bound the wrists of the two men behind their... More..
This past Saturday I had the privilege of attending a women's sewing bee. There were about thirty women and children present ranging from the youngest to the wisest. These women of God were bringing the love of Jesus to the children of war ravaged Uganda.The event sponsored by Nancy, a member of ChildVoice International, a Du... More..
The doctrine of Salvation or Soteriology is our focus for this comparative study. More specifically how Muslims (followers of Islam) and Christians (followers of Christianity), view Salvation and its inherent requirements.The word Salvation can have many different definitions to various people and religions. The definition fo... More..
Since the beginning of the Gospel tradition Mark has been viewed as an inferior, abridged version of the book of Matthew. Augustine's statement that "Mark imitated Matthew like a lackey and is regarded as his abbrevitor" was the prevailing line of thinking until about the first half of the nineteenth century.As a result of sc... More..
The fast approaching of the mid term elections bring all the special interest champions out into the limelight. Advocates for special interests ranging from the environment to animal rights all view the political process as a means to advance their causes. Chief among these media darlings dedicated to a social agenda is Micha... More..
Mark opens his Gospel in verse one not with a formal declaration describing the purpose of the book, but with a statement about its subject. The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Mark 1:1 (NIV)Mark uses the Greek word Arche (ar-khay'), which means "beginning" to open his Gospel.1) What concept is Mar... More..
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