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Last week I told you about the tragic deaths of Chad, Andrea, and Merry Freeman, and I wrote what I prayed was a message of hope to their children – a message that they could carry with them through this incredible season of sorrow. But a strange thing occurred to me this past Wednesday night…
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Chad Freeman hired me on at Bosch 9 years ago. I worked for him first as an engineer and later as a neighboring department’s group leader supporting his.  During those 9 years, I never heard him speak negatively of anyone. He always chose to see the good in people – never the bad. He was…
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The ubiquity of human suffering seems to directly contradict the Christian belief in an all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-loving God.  Trying to find a “reason” for our pain is an affront to our human conscience. We appear left with only 2 options: A) God is not truly loving or B) God is not all-powerful. And of course, if…
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Atheists often speak in scientific terms to support their view of God’s non-existence. They’ll say things like, “I do not see any evidence that God exists, so I reject your hypothesis.”  This idea that God’s existence is a scientific hypothesis that can be tested and either confirmed or rejected is incompatible with the definition of…
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That’s right. The spiritually lost won’t be found with high theology or doctrine.  Want proof? I recently posted a Sunday school lesson written by Dr. Sam Wood. The lesson promoted a preterist interpretation of Revelation. It explained that the esoteric language of Revelation was written in response to the events of 1st century Jerusalem by…
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Lost Everyone knows what it’s like to be lost. Like a child separated from its mother, you’re unsure of which way to go. You search for something familiar, something that can help you find your way back…. Something that can help you find your way home. In early 1941 — the high-water mark of the…
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Millennials Haven’t Developed “Personal Faith” American Millennials are leaving the Christian faith in droves. According to a new Pew Research poll, 40% now identify as “no religion”. And, believe it or not, this is actually MUCH better than the decline seen in most European countries. But why? Why have so many of us abandoned the…
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Introduction This week’s Wednesday blog post comes by way of an email from Dr. Sam Wood. A retired physician, Dr. Wood currently serves as a Sunday School teacher at Bethany United Methodist Church. Dr. Wood sent this email to his class in response to multiple inquiries as to his opinion on whether COVID-19 was a…
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“Eisegesis vs exegesis” is the most important conversation that no one in the Church is having. Peruse a Christian message board. You will quickly find that there are seemingly endless differences in the interpretation of scriptures. How can we determine the theological importance of the Bible if we can’t settle on what it actually means?…
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Bio Dr. William Lane Craig is the founder and creative voice behind ReasonableFaith.org — one of the web’s most influential Christian apologetics websites. The mission of which is “to provide in the public arena an intelligent, articulate, and uncompromising yet gracious Christian perspective on the most important issues concerning the truth of the Christian faith today”.[1]  This…
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