Christian News Weekly Recap August 22 – August 27, 2016 This is a recap of the past week’s news items from our Christian News Section. Monday August 22, 2016 Group demands removal of Bible from desk on Air Force base, punishment of Christian officer Vietnam: 4,000 Christians Beaten by Police for Protesting … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
Dispensationalism Before Darby
Dispensationalism Before Darby: Seventeenth-Century and Eighteenth-Century English Apocalypticism (affiliate link) by William C. Watson - a review. The book is published by Lampion Press (373 pages). Critics of dispensationalism and pretribulationism inevitably point to John Darby. Cyrus Scofield and a number of … [Read more...]
New Turkey – New Friends
It appears that there's a New Turkey, and it has found New Friends to play with. Some time ago I received negative feedback on my musings about Vladimir Putin's motives. I was informed that Putin was a "flash in the pan." He was a wannabe Czar whose star would eventually fizzle out like a snuffed birthday … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap August 15 – August 20, 2016
Christian News Weekly Recap August 15 – August 20, 2016 This is a recap of the past week’s news items from our Christian News Section. Monday August 15, 2016 Chibok girls shown in Aug. 14 Boko Haram video Chinese Authorities Threaten to Terminate Welfare, Insurance for Elderly Christians Who Attend … [Read more...]
Robert Bruce on Preaching
Robert Bruce on preaching - don't confuse this Bruce with the arguably more famous Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland. The following excerpt is taken from a Banner of Truth article on Robert Bruce the Great Preacher of Kinnaird, Scotland: Whilst he was in the ministry at Edinburgh, he shined as a great light through … [Read more...]
Our Flat Planet Earth
Some people believe the earth is flat. Some even say the Bible teaches a flat earth. Is this true? For whatever reason, the internet recently became awash with flat-earth articles. Who knows what prompts these trends. It may have been a slow-news day, and perhaps some popular news site decided to run a story for the … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap August 8 – August 13, 2016
Christian News Weekly Recap August 8 – August 13, 2016 This is a recap of the past week’s news items from our Christian News Section. Monday August 8, 2016 Leading Chinese Author Says Christianity Is China's Future as Believers Refuse To Give in to Fear, Persecution Meet the Rio Olympians Who Put God Before … [Read more...]
What Lies Ahead – Book Review
This is a review of the book What Lies Ahead: A Biblical Overview of the End Times.* (affiliate link*) It is co-written by J. B. Hixson and Mark Fontecchio and published by Lucid Books in Brenham, TX (346 pages). "What Lies Ahead" seems like an awkward title to me for a book on Prophecy and End Times. I can just … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap August 1 – August 6, 2016
Christian News Weekly Recap August 1 – August 6, 2016 This is a recap of the past week’s news items from our Christian News Section. Monday August 1, 2016 Newspaper Claims It Rejected Ad Over Word 'Christian' Due to 'Technical Error' Amid Backlash from Faith Community NGO No-Go: More Countries Make Christian … [Read more...]
When Confessing Our Sins
When confessing our sins - do we need to confess to a priest? Do we need an earthly intermediary to reach God's throne? Some churches think so. This is what one popular Catholic Answers article notes: All pardon for sins ultimately comes from Christ’s finished work on Calvary, but how is this pardon received by … [Read more...]