Christian News Weekly Recap Jan 7 – Jan 12, 2019 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Jan 7, 2019 Christian persecution set to rise ‘sharply’ in 2019, group warns 250 Dutch Christians sign Nashville Statement; prosecutors to decide if declaration breaks … [Read more...]
Israel Replacement Eschatology
Israel Replacement Eschatology - it kinda sounds awkward and goofy, doesn't it? We know about Replacement Theology and its manifestations. This is different. In the former, prophecies about Israel get re-imagined and woven into the larger organism of the church. I've moaned before about the Reformers not … [Read more...]
Adoption into the Family of God
The other day the topic of our adoption into the family of God came to my attention from several sources. One came via a sermon by Ian Hamilton, in which he cited J. I. Packer's book Knowing God. Hamilton regarded chapter 19, Sons of God, as one of his favorites. Some time later I was reading Mike Reeves' book … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 31 – Jan 5, 2018
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 31 – Jan 5, 2018 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 31, 2018 BBC Misleads About the Alleged Decline of Israel’s Christian Population Facebook Apologizes after Banning Franklin Graham for ‘Hate Speech’ Top 5 … [Read more...]
The Devil Goes to Church
Not only is Satan alive and well on Planet Earth, but the Devil goes to Church. My apologies to Hal Lindsey for stealing his line, it was too good to pass up. The concept of Satan and his minions running around causing havoc is generally treated with ridicule in our post-modern society. This is definitely true in … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 24 – Dec 29, 2018
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 24 – Dec 29, 2018 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 24, 2018 NO ROOM IN THE INN FOR ASIA BIBI THIS CHRISTMAS Tight security at Pakistan’s churches this Christmas as Asia Bibi remains in hiding At churches across … [Read more...]
Pilgrims in a Foreign World
Have you ever gone back to an old childhood neighborhood? Most of us have likely done that. Once, on a whim, I visited my old school. I was eight or nine when we moved. It looked smaller than I expected. Of course, I was a grown up now. There was a time when we could play on the grassy median strip of the adjacent … [Read more...]
A Blessed Christmas 2018
Wishing everyone a Blessed Christmas 2018! This is the time of the year when all Christians ought to contemplate on the miracle of Christmas. This is the time when the Eternal Son, by whom all things were made, condescended to be born as one of us, in order to bring redemption to us, and all creation. I often … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 17 – Dec 22, 2018
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 17 – Dec 22, 2018 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 17, 2018 China Shuts Christian Church Guangzhou Christian Mother, Pastor Face Death Threats in Uganda Muslim Democrat Mocks Mike Pence’s Christian … [Read more...]
A Reformation of Eschatology
Last year (2017) marked the celebration of 500 years of the Reformation. The entrepreneurial-ecumenical Pope Francis seized the opportunity by cozying up to willing Lutherans. The old Reformers wouldn't have approved. Some lost their lives defending the Five Solas. At the time, however, a Reformation of Eschatology … [Read more...]
