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Dealing with Darwinism

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Written by Pastor Scott Stiegemeyer

August 28th, 2009 at 10:01 pm

Contending for the Faith

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April 1st, 2009 at 3:53 pm

Bill Maher’s “Religulous,” Simply Ridiculous

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According to Dr. Craig Hazen of Biola University, Bill Maher’s new film, Religulous, most of which is devoted to mocking Christianity, is built upon shaky intellectual foundations.  You can read Hazen’s full review here.  I haven’t seen the film yet myself. Dr. Hazen, the head of the Christian Apologetics program at Biola, points out that Maher [...]

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October 17th, 2008 at 5:33 am

Is the Bible Reliable?

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Haven’t you heard this before from non-religious people? “Oh, the Bible has been copied and translated so many times in the past 2ooo years, no one can really know what the original manuscripts said.” What is frustrating is that this critique is made so often and is simply accepted as common knowledge when the science [...]

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January 21st, 2008 at 6:56 pm

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Vatican Blasts "Golden Compass" as Godless and Hopeless

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That is the headline from Reuters earlier this week. Calling for a boycott of the recent film based on the controversial trilogy, His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman, the Vatican statement elaborates: “when man tries to eliminate God from his horizon, everything is reduced, made sad, cold and inhumane”. Also according to Reuters, [...]

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December 21st, 2007 at 5:53 pm

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Apologetics Site

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A man named Scott Diekmann contacted me today to inform me of his group’s website called Sound Witness. I haven’t had the chance to look at their material yet, so please don’t assume I agree with every jot and tittle. However, just from my quick glance, it looks to me like these guys [...]

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June 22nd, 2007 at 2:05 am

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