James White v. Dan Barker

Copied from Last Words Radio.Dr. James White debated Dan Barker on the “Jesus Myth” answering the question about Jesus being a mashup of pagan myths. Read their article here. Or, watch the full video here. Our own Josh Elsom had the privilege of interviewing James White before the debate and you can listen to it here.Here are Josh’s thoughts...

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We Read the Bible . . . You Can Too!

Copied from LifeAction.orgI've made many attempts to have a faithful devotional life, but they were always short-lived. I suppose I expected the discipline of Bible study to be easy for a Christian. When it was difficult and overwhelming for me, I felt discouraged and defeated.In the process of a family struggle, I cried out to God for help,...

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The Finest Food in Israel

In John chapter 6, we read a very interesting exchange between Christ, the Jews, and his disciples. Within this exchange we read one of a few difficult teachings that Jesus delivered over the course of his ministry. This teaching found in the greater context of the Bread of Life discourse says:"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat...

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3000

I woke up this morning totally oblivious to the significance of the day. It wasn't until I opened my Facebook account to see the many status updates memorializing the the day, that I remembered. It was 8 years ago this morning that 3000 souls were lost in the terrorist attacks that came against our nation. As we memorialize our lost and...

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Becoming a Slave

Today, June 19th, is a day that is celebrated by many in the United States. Today is Juneteenth. June 19th, in the year 1865, is the day that the last state in the union received the news that slavery had been abolished. I thank God that slavery has been abolished in the United States.Not all slavery is bad however. I thank God that there is one slave owner who will never release His slaves. I want to thank my Master for the day...

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Happy National Athiest's Day

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that does good. -Psalm 14:1Professing to be wise they became fools. -Romans 1:22I have learned, through years of experience in dealing with drug addicts, that the way to reach them is not to argue with them about what they are...

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Doing My Job While I Work

I had the wonderful blessing of sharing the faith while at work today. I have done this in the past but I distinctly felt like today's witnessing encounter was ordained by God. Granted, they are all ordained but this one was a bit different. Let me try and explain...One or two days ago I was struck with the curious thought of why unbelievers in the past have often apologized for cussing around me. I sat and contemplated the possible...

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Deborah 13: Servant of God

Late last year I posted a video on YouTube called "How to Make Your Child a False Convert". What you will see if you watch this video is an evangelistic invitation in which a pastor invites a room full of children to become Christians without explaining sin, Christ's atoning work on the cross, His death, or His resurrection. She simply has the children repeat an impotent prayer after which she popishly pronounces them saved.For...

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Marriage and Men

Jesus is the only perfect man to ever live. Because most men fail to look to Him as our example, there exists 2 extremes in men: chauvinism and cowardice. Pastor Mark Driscoll preaches to men about being real men who love God and serve their family well in this sermon from Trial.NOTES:1. Your father: Adam (Genesis 1–3)Marriage is a covenant (Prov. 2:16; Mal. 2:14).Men are the covenant head, responsible for their wife and family...

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The Fallacy of Relevancy

So, what's wrong with this picture?Nothing.Josh Elsom captured this moment; and a picture is worth a thousand words.The picture reminds me of the old Sesame Street song, "One of these things is not like the others. Which one is different? Do you know?"Four kids on bikes. Their bikes are similar. Their clothing is similar. Their hats and sunglasses...

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Protecting Our Idols

What pops into your head when you hear the word "idol"? The first thing that may come to many of our minds might be a small figurine carved out of wood or ivory and placed on an altar. Or a statue adorned with jewelry or flowers with incense burning on either side. In many cultures and religions that would be an accurate definition of an...

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Bobby Schott

1 Corinthians 1:21 tells us that,"..it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe." and in verse 27 of the same chapter that,"God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong..."God is in the business of taking weak vessels and using them for His glory. He uses the shepherd boy to defeat the giant, the farmer with an army of 300 to...

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Christ's Only Prayer Request

Did you know that Jesus made only one request for prayer in the Scriptures?Yep, and it is found in Matthew 9:37-38.Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."Sadly this is a prayer which is woefully neglected...

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God Is My Provider

This post is a little different than those which I have written in the past because it will expose some information that I would normally consider private. However, I believe what God has miraculously done in these recent days will far outweigh what small amount of humiliation I may experience in revealing my fallibility. I pray that this, the story of my past mistakes and God's restorative work, will serve as both a lesson and...

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The Cup

What did Christ actually go through in Gethsemane? Listen to this amazing sermon clip by C.J. Mahaney to find o...

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Jesus Said,"I AM God, Worship Me."

Two articles below this one you will find an entry entitled "You Shall Worship the Lord Your God". Last week this article and its associated video were picked up by Todd Friel, host of Wretched Radio.This video is Todd Friel's response to Khaled Yasin's $5000 Challan...

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You Shall Worship the Lord Your God

I found myself in another online debate this weekend. This time it was on YouTube. I normally do not pay much attention to the comments that go on below the videos that play on YouTube, many of them are sensless and many more are just profane. However, both the video I watched and the comments that followed could not be left unchallenged.The...

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Prepare to Suffer!

"Will you join the Son in diplaying the Supreme Satisfaction of the Glory of Grace in joining Him on the Calvary Road of Suffering?There is no other way the World is going to see the Supreme Glory of Christ today except that we break free from the Disneyland of America and begin to live lifestyles of Missionary Sacrifice that look to the world that our Treasure is in Heaven and not on this Earth.Are you living a lifestyle that...

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Joseph: The Shadow of Messiah

In the entries to follow this brief article I will be writing about the amazing story of Joseph, son of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I will be focusing my study on the specific typology that we see in the account of Joseph's life and how it applies prophetically to the Savior; both what has been fulfilled and what is yet to be fulfilled in the...

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