CHARISMATICA

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ANAHEIM, CA – Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says it’s "heresy" to teach that an individual can be saved through a sinner’s prayer of repentance. Here are some comments that Bishop Schori made at the opening of the Episcopal General Conference on Wednesday:
"the great Western heresy: that we [...]

When asked by judge Perez Hilton whether she believed in gay marriage, Miss California–Carrie Prejean replied:
"We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and [...]

Here’s a great article by William Lane Craig, professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California.
This is one of the best summaries that I’ve ever found of all the important facts concerning the resurrection of Jesus–all on one page too:
“To answer the question of Jesus’ resurrection from a historical [...]

I just read the current Fire in My Bones article by J. Lee Grady: “No More Monkey Business in the Ministry“. It is truly amazing how this article continues along the same line of the post I wrote yesterday. Grady documents a few more that boldly continue in the ministry in spite of major [...]

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US out of wedlock births now exceed 40%. A real indicator that the nation and the dominant culture is headed at full steam away from Biblical Christianity or so it would seem. Unfortunately, I would imagine that the statistics for the American Church are only slightly better.
It is amazing to [...]

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There are two articles that I read this last week which address an ‘end-times’ scenario from entirely different perspectives.
The first is an article I found today on WorldNetDaily: "Zero hour approaches" by Hal Lindsey.
Hal does what he is best at identifying how events in the Middle East are quickly progressing towards an [...]

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LEXINGTON, VA: – The head of the history department at Virginia Military Institute suggests that the Apostle Paul faked his conversion and was really a spy for the Romans.
Col. Rose Mary Sheldon of VMI, presented her thesis last week at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC. It was based [...]

A group of archaeologists in Israel has found what appears to be the royal seal of an Old Testament prince who opposed the prophet Jeremiah.  The discovery was made earlier this year in ruins considered to include the Palace of David, about 600 feet south of the Temple Mount.
It is identified as the [...]

(Photo: Dominic Buettner for The New York Times)
According to a NY Times story, several Israeli scholars contend that an ancient tablet found near the Dead Sea, dated from the 1st century B.C., talks about a Messiah who would die and 3 days later be resurrected. <<<Read my complete article about the tablet posted on [...]

THE CHRISTMAS STORY:
The Christmas story is found in Matthew (1:18-2:18) and in Luke (1:26-56, 2:1-40). However, Isaiah should never be ignored:
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (Is. 7:14)
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be [...]