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What does "Israel" mean? Bible Scholars respond to the Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson debate
Is the meaning of “Israel” obvious? That question was hotly debated recently by Senator Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson. In this Theology...
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Pro-Life as Social Justice
I find it very strange that the pro-choice side of the abortion debate is often portrayed as advocating for social justice. I find it...

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The Reformers on Abortion
Here are a couple more quotes on abortion from Di Mauro’s A Love for Life. These are from some well-known church reformers. From his...

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The Church Fathers on Abortion
I’m presently reading Dennis Di Mauro’s A Love for Life: Christianity’s Consistent Protection of the Unborn (Wipf and Stock, 2008), in...

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Saturated but Illiterate
We live in a day in the United States when it is easier to gain access to a Bible than ever before in any place or time in history. We...

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Abortion Against the Handiwork of God
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made....

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Murder for Hire
Many people may not know that Planned Parenthood, a leading provider of abortions in the United States, is a for-profit organization. ...

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A Christian Vision of History and the Lordship of Christ in Education
I’ve been reading and thinking lately on what it means to have a Christian view of history. What is history and why should we study it as...

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Independence and the Christian Worldview
It has become popular, as of late, to publicly criticize Christianity as that which poisons everything. This claim has been made...

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It is a curious thing…
…that people wonder why so many children are drugged for acting like monkeys after having been taught that they descended from apes. If...

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Burger King, Western Culture, and the Lordship of Christ
I thought about calling this post “The importance of studying Greek mythology for Christian parenting and discipleship.” But that would...

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Christian Humanism: Getting a Handle on the Term
In chapter 1 of The Christian Criticism of Life, Hough lays out the uses and misuses of the term humanism. He concludes that the only...

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unChristian
1. Any program that suggests charting a course for Christianity based on the perceptions of outsiders ought to be approached with...

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From Death to Life
The interview below features former director for Planned Parenthood Abby Johnson, who became a strong pro-life advocate after assisting...

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Holy Abortion? by Gorman and Brooks
RCRC is self-described as “the interfaith movement for choice” whose primary work is in education and advocacy for the pro-choice...

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Part of the Problem
I got a call today from a salesman for a company called Bluefish TV. Among other things, they sell DVDs and video downloads of...

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Translation Matters
It’s always fascinating to me when theological questions usually reserved for the seminary classroom find their way into popular...

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Therapeutic Church Slogans
During my holiday travels in recent days I observed a number of signs in front of churches with slogans that publicized a characteristic...

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Abortion and the Apostolic Voice
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and...

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Jim Wallis, Abortion, and the Prophetic Voice
Christianity Today published an interview with Jim Wallis in May of this year discussing a number of his views on issues like abortion,...

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