Thursday, November 10th
IS AMERICA WATCHING EUROPE?By Jan Markell I echo the sentiment of Daniel Pipes, Islamic expert, who says that what is going on in Europe now may be a turning point in European history. They have reached the end of an era. The end began when they threw God out twenty years ago, gave up their Christian roots, and established a cradle-to-grave welfare system that lures immigrants, particularly from the Islamic world. They chose to have lax borders like America, and they did not ask the newcomers to accept the local culture. The jihadists--and that is what they are--know Western Europe is ripe...
Tuesday, November 8th
Author(s): Jason Carlson
Quick Tips: Witnessing to a Jehovah's WitnessBy Jason Carlson and Ron Carlson When teaching on the cults, rarely do we encounter someone who hasn't had a Jehovah's Witness come knocking on their front door. The Jehovah's Witnesses are notorious for their aggressive door-to-door evangelistic strategy. And while many people might view the Jehovah's Witnesses at their door as an annoyance, they are literally a mission field at our doorstep. Therefore, we try to encourage Christians to view their visits as an opportunity, an opportunity to open their eyes to the truth and to share the gospel...
Friday, October 28th
Author(s): Tamara Scott
"Pimpin" for Halloween
by Tamara Scott10/26/05 More than ever Christians are debating if celebrating Halloween has any place in a their homes. The discussion is worth having. Due to current cultural trends and fascinations with witchcraft and the occult, it is certainly a frightening prospect for any caring parent. However, this article does not address the 'should/should not' of Halloween. It simply addresses the sickness in our culture when parents, who are generally good and caring, are somehow duped into incredibly dangerous precedents when it comes to their children. Last...
Friday, October 28th
GLOBAL "WARNINGS", NOT GLOBAL WARMINGBy Jan Markell People worldwide are looking at earth's calamities in the last year and are asking, "What on earth is happening?" Be it tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, mud slides, earthquakes, or fires, a "fear factor" has entered into the mix as well as perplexity. I get many e-mails that friends and family of believers are troubled and many are asking questions. Most every disaster is preceded by words like "record-setting" or "of biblical proportions." We've run out of names in the alphabet for hurricanes and are now going to the Greek alphabet. This...
Friday, October 21st
Author(s): Kirk Cameron
Kirk Cameron I am writing this on an airplane flying home from Toronto, Canada, after three weeks of filming this supernatural thriller movie. It was incredible. Once again, I'm playing Buck and my wife, Chelsea, plays Hattie. This time, the Trib Force is doing all they can to slow down the plans of the Nicholae Carpathia to annihilate Christians from the planet and bring in his new, one-world government and religion. While there are many BIG scenes (exploding limousines, the White House engulfed in flames, demonic deception special effects, etc.), my favorite scene was when Buck witnesses...
Thursday, October 20th
Author(s): Dennis Wright
The Issachar Report1 Chronicles 12:32Dennis A. Wright, DMin Shall We Hang Harriet Miers Without a Trial? Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, predicts Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers not only will be confirmed, barring an unexpected revelation, but that her record will be nearly identical to that of new Chief Justice John Roberts. "I believe that unless something very unforeseen emerges in the hearings, she will be confirmed, and five years from now there will be a less than 1 percent difference in her voting record" and...
Monday, October 17th
Author(s): Ron Carlson
Newsweek's "Puff-Piece" Interview with Mormon PresidentBy Jason Carlson and Ron Carlson The October 17, 2005 issue of Newsweek features a cover story titled, "The Making of the Mormons". This year is the 200th birthday of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of Mormonism, which Newsweek describes as a "Christian denomination". As part of their reporting on the Mormon church, Newsweek includes an interview with the current President of the Mormons, Gordon B. Hinckley. Unfortunately, Newsweek dropped the ball on this one, offering its readers nothing more than a "puff-piece" that failed to...
Monday, October 17th
Author(s): James Pratt
GROWING IN THE GARDENBy James Pratt One image I carry in my head of God the Father is from the ceiling fresco of the Sistine Chapel. There, we see the "Creation of Adam" where God is reaching out and touching His son. The scene reminds me of a father in the delivery room reaching out to his newborn child. Though I will not instill upon God the feeling of awe at His creation that we would have with a newborn child, it still represents a wondrous moment in the life of mankind. I developed my relationship with God as Father many years ago as I would work in my garden. There, while I was weeding...
