Bill Nye Vs Ken Ham in Evolution Vs Creationism Debate, 4 February 2014

Tomorrow evening at 7:00 pm (19:00) EST, the Creation Museum of Cincinnati, Ohio will host a debate between Bill Nye “the Science Guy” and Ken Ham, founder of Answers in Genesis.  It can be watched live online at that and various other web addresses.  Obviously, these are diametrically opposed views…

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Paul Warned Timothy About False Teachers and Gangrene

“The Escape of Paul”, from the Ottheinrich Bible, circa 1530 3 As I urged you when I went to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to teach different doctrine 4 or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These promote empty speculations rather…

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Science, Fallibility and Love

Harry Harlow with a “wire mother” surrogate nurse and a rhesus monkey subject Hard as it is to believe, during the early Twentieth Century, a whole school of mental health professionals decided that unconditional love was a terrible thing to give a child. The government printed pamphlets warning mothers against…

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How to Interpret the Bible, Part 2: Standard Definitions Don’t Depend on What the Meaning of the Word “Is” Is

Chinglish sign on train; I have no idea what that means Photo by Gaius Cornelius 3 Some may deny these things, but they are the sound, wholesome teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ and are the foundation for a godly life. 4 Anyone who says anything different is both proud…

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The Astrology Trainwreck Within the Church of God

[Updated: 25 Jan, 12:31] Trainwreck in New York state, exact date unknown 13    You are weary from all your consultations; let the astrologers stand up and save you, those who gaze at the stars, and predict what will happen to you at each new moon. 14    They are just like…

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What Are “Spiritual Gifts”, and What Is UCG Up To?

  Some train wrecks are epic fails Like other forms of evangelical Protestantism, Pentecostalism adheres to the inerrancy of scripture and the necessity of accepting Christ as personal Lord and Savior. It is distinguished by belief in the baptism with the Holy Spirit as an experience separate from conversion that…

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