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Review of Descended: Jett by Dana Pratola

This book reminded me of Tamed by Sarah Witenhafer, especially in that neither of these books is just a thin rehash of the Modern Romantic Fantasy about a reclusive rich guy with a BIG secret. Multilayered characters are a huge … Continue reading →

Can Communism Be Christian?

I cannot begin to count the number of times someone has pointed me to the book of Acts and the early Church as support for “Christian Communism.” “And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold … Continue reading →

Am I a Liberal?

Charles Augustus Briggs Am I a Liberal? John MacArthur, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Michelle Malkin, Ronald Reagan and thousands of others have demonstrated over and over again that liberalism is evil. Their educational efforts are so successful that liberalism has … Continue reading →

Purity: What Does It Look Like in 2012? Guest Post by Shelley Hitz

Nothing else seems to quench my thirst like a nice cool glass of water on a hot day. As we talk about purity, let me start with an illustration involving two bottles of water. Let’s say it is a hot … Continue reading →

Love Does Not Rejoice in Iniquity

We are to speak the truth in love. At the same time, Jesus began his ministry by knotting together a whip of cords and driving animals out of the temple (John 2). He did the same thing the week before … Continue reading →

Her Name Was Eva and She Was in Love — Guest Post by Brad Francis

She had met her beloved at the studio where she worked in Munich, and had first been introduced to him as Herr Wolff. She remembered him as a “gentleman of a certain age with a funny mustache, a light-colored English overcoat …

“They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.”

  Many people have told me the book of Genesis is an allegory. I am not “educated enough” to understand it’s “higher meaning,” its true “moral purpose.” Luke 16 records Lazarus and “a certain rich man” dying. In the torments … Continue reading →

Is Genesis “Allegorical?”

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in … Continue reading →

Job Is a “Litmus Test” for Liberalism.

To anyone who remotely believes in the inspiration of the Bible, who wrote Job is an either/or question. Yes, there were probably multiple authors over a period of time. But the scenes in heaven were either divinely revealed, or they … Continue reading →

Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth: Interpreting The Book of Revelation

The book of the Apocalypse (unveiling) is a “Revelation” or vision (“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day”). A vision occurs when someone is awake, while a dream occurs while someone is asleep. Either way, the Spirit of … Continue reading →