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- Matthew 4:18-22: Why Did They Follow Him?
- Why Did Jesus Tell Mary, "Mine Hour Is Not Yet Come" (John 2:4)?
- The Seating Arrangement at the Last Supper
- Genesis 4:13: Did Cain Repent?
- Is Dale Carnegie Biblical?; Compromise for God; Pagan Roots; Callimachus; Priests and Allegory; Israelite Welfare System; Lois Wilson
- Peck on the My Lai Massacre
- Victor French and Ned Beatty on the Waltons
- The Martyrdom of Zechariah in Rabbinic Literature and Matthew 23:35
- Review of the Apologetics of West and Littleton (and Rogers)
- Who Was Nicodemus?
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Category Archives: Radio
Praying about Current Events, “God’s Not Dead” Bible Study, Getting Out of the Way
I have three items for my write-up on this morning’s church service. 1. During the children’s part of the service, the pastor and his puppet, Jake, were addressing what Christians can do in response to the problems in the world. … Continue reading
The Last Ounce of Courage
I watched the 2012 Christian movie, The Last Ounce of Courage. Some people in my Bible study group were recommending it, and, after coming home and reading what it was about, I was expecting not to like it. Well, I … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Politics, Radio, Religion
Tagged Christmas, conservative Christian, public places, public school
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Book Write-Up: Warranted Christian Belief, by Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga. Warranted Christian Belief. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Alvin Plantinga is a renowned Christian philosopher. I first heard of him when I was a student at Harvard Divinity School. I was taking William Abraham’s class on … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Atheism, Bible, Evolution, Life, Philosophy, Pluralism, Radio, Religion, School
Tagged Alvin Plantinga, Plantinga
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Thankful for Spiritual Blessings
At church this morning, one theme that I heard was the importance of being thankful, not just for material blessings, but also for spiritual blessings. I thought back to when I was living in New York City. I would listen … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church, Radio, Religion
Tagged God's grace, radio program, spiritual blessings
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On Listening to Christian Radio
In our church bulletin this morning, there was a flyer for a Christian radio station. I used to listen to Christian radio a lot. In the days when I did not have a television, it was what I would do … Continue reading
Wisdom from Josh McDowell on Unbelievable
As of late, I haven’t been able to get enough of the radio program Unbelievable?, a Christian British program that is hosted by Justin Brierley. Brierley has on prominent Christian apologists, scholars, and thinkers, as well as non-believing writers and … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Atheism, Political Philosophy, Politics, Radio, Religion
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Nixon Off the Record 1
I started Monica Crowley’s Nixon Off the Record: His Candid Commentary on People and Politics. You may have seen Monica Crowley on Fox News, MSNBC, or the McLaughlin Group. She’s a conservative pundit, yet she’s an educated conservative pundit, for … Continue reading
Posted in History, Movies, Politics, Radio, Ronald Reagan, Television
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Tim Pawlenty’s Courage to Stand 10: GAMC
I finished Tim Pawlenty’s Courage to Stand. There were a variety of interesting items in my latest reading of this book. First, I appreciated Pawlenty’s distinction between radical Muslims and other Muslims, in light of the tendency of a large … Continue reading
Posted in Candidates, Health Care, Little House, Political Philosophy, Politics, Radio, Television
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John Avlon on the Decline of Rush Limbaugh
John Avlon of The Daily Beast has an excellent article about the decline of Rush Limbaugh, both in terms of the number of his listeners and the quality of his program. Here are some of my favorite quotes from Avlon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics, Radio, rush limbaugh
Tagged advertising, business, Current Events, environment, Politics, science
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God and the Occult
Frederick Copleston, A History of Philosophy, Volume I: Greece and Rome (Westminster: Newman, 1959) 271. The subjective belief in God’s existence is derived by Aristotle from the soul’s experience of ecstasies and prophecies in e.g. the state of sleep, and … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church, Comps, Greco-Roman, Life, Movies, Philosophy, Radio, Religion, Stephen King
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