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Challenging Nazarenes in West Virginia

This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak at Dunbar Church of the Nazarene in Dunbar, West Virginia. This was a special privilege for me because I was raised in the Nazarene church and taught for six years as a biology professor at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. On Saturday I presented twice to the [...]

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Clergy Convicting Congregation with the 7 C’s

The catchy blog post title is what happens when a scientist tries to be creative and make every word start with the letter C. In a few weeks I will be traveling to Dunbar, West Virginia, to speak at Dunbar Church of the Nazarene. This is a special treat for me because I was raised [...]

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Love, John MacArthur, and Joel Osteen

A few weeks ago on my Facebook page I posted an excerpt from a sermon by John MacArthur in which he exposed the false doctrine that is being preached by well-known pastor Joel Osteen. I was disappointed and discouraged by the comments from several fellow Christians. In dissenting posts about MacArthur, the theme seemed to [...]

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Why People Are Atheists and Why the Answers in Genesis Ministry Is So Important—Part 2

Continuing on my blog post from Tuesday, below are some excerpts from atheists explaining the difficulty they had with explanations about Genesis and answers to their questions about the Bible from church leadership.
Matthew Donica posted:
I was born into a Christian home, and sent to a fundamentalist Christian church. I never even thought to question Christianity [...]

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Church Hymn Incorporates Evolution

I was browsing through several blogs yesterday and came across a scientist (and evolutionist) “praising” a hymn she had recently sung at a United Church of Christ. Of course, if an evolutionist is going to praise a hymn, it piques my interest! The song is “Praise to the Living God” by Curtis Beach. Here are [...]

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Can a Pastor in a Church Be an Atheist?

In the Netherlands the answer is yes. Reverend Klass Hendrikse is a priest in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands and believes that God is not supernatural. In a recent BBC article, he states the following:
When it [God] happens, it happens down to earth, between you and me, between people, that’s where it can happen. [...]

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Middle Schoolers and Biblical Authority

Teri is a good friend who I met when we adopted our daughter from China. Her daughter and mine spent the first year of their life in the same orphanage, and we got to experience together the joy of seeing and holding our daughters for the first time in small room in China. We share [...]

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The Gold Rush Is Over But the Treasure of God’s Word Remains

It’s good to be blogging again! Life was really crazy the past two weeks so I was forced to break my bi-weekly blog habit, but I’m back in the saddle again (no pun intended!). The week of the AiG Mega Conference here in Kentucky was also the week our church had its Gold Rush VBS. [...]

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Can AiG’s VBS Be Used in Other Formats?

The simple answer is yes! And doing it is simple, too. I saw a similar question to this posted on Ken Ham’s Facebook the other day, and I answered that I had used it in a children’s church format and it worked very well. I thought some of you might be interested in how I [...]

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Get Gold Fever!

This year, I am directing the VBS at my church and am so glad that our pastor agreed to use AiG’s Gold Rush VBS. I have never directed a VBS in my life. I’ve always been in the helper position—just leading the kids from station to station. I had no idea how much work went [...]

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