A raging debate over the doctrine of justification saw both sides gathered together at the Evangelical Theological Society event this past week in Atlanta. On the left, Bishop N. T. Wright challenged the traditional Protestant understanding of what Paul means in the New Testament when he talks about “justification by faith”. On the right, Tom…
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Obama Vs. Osama
The story broke today of packages containing “explosive material” intercepted on route from suspected Al Qaeda affiliates in Yemen to Jewish “places of worship” in Chicago. This sparked a renewed vigilance in anti-terrorist security at airports and sensitive locations around the world. Here’s Obama updating the American people on his response so far: (the video will…
Israel’s Opportune Time to Strike Iran Expires this Weekend
“Israel has until the weekend to launch a military strike on Iran’s first nuclear plant before the humanitarian risk of an attack becomes too great, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Tuesday.” Read the rest of this news report here (source: FoxNews.com, August 17, 2010). The really fascinating part of this…
Anti-Semite “Khazar” Theory Refuted By New Genetic Study
Every now and then I get emails from people thinking they are doing me a favour by “introducing” me to the so-called evidence that most, if not all, modern-day Jews are actually descended from medieval Khazars and not, as is commonly thought, from Abraham and the people of Israel in the Bible. This theory belongs…
“Stored up for fire”
The Day of the Lord Will Come 3:1 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2 that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior…
Worshipping the Image of the Beast
Image via Wikipedia Herman Von Rompuy has just been appointed the first ever permanent President of the European Union. It’s no wonder that this news causes a stir among a large segment of Christians in North America who subscribe to a view of the end of the world known as “Dispensationalism”, or, more commonly, the…
Even Chuck Norris Is Afraid of Obama's "One-World Government"
Famous movie-star, martial arts expert and political columnist, Chuck Norris, recently wrote a column on WND warning readers about the implications of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Copenhagen this coming December. Bottom line? He’s afraid. I was in a small-group Bible study this past weekend in which a…
The Bear Goes (a little bit farther) South?
Image via Wikipedia An article on WND.com Saturday, June 27 2009, suggests that Russia’s impending military excercises in the Caucases could be a staging ground for an invasion, and take-over, of Georgia: Moscow has drawn a new “red line” in its confrontation with the regime of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili by calling for its end,…
North Korea Preparing to Launch ICBM Capable of Hitting Alaska…or Jerusalem
A story on FoxNews today carried this headline: Gates: North Korea Prepared to Launch Missile Capable of Hitting Alaska They say this missile has a range of around 4000 miles. That seems to put Jerusalem within firing range. I’m not saying that’s what North Korea is going to do. I’m just saying that if Pyongyang…