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I am going to list five questions that Protestants should consider when thinking about their faith and whether their churches reflect the truth. Without the Bible, how did the earliest Christians follow “Sola Scriptura?” Martin Luther understood Sola Scriptura (“Scripture alone”) to mean that the Bible is the only infallible authority for Christian doctrine and …
America was first occupied by people with pagan beliefs - in the gods of the sun, moon, etc. My husband and I both have native Americans in our lineage, which we love. But, like the ancient Canaanites, some of Native American ancestors believed they could sacrifice their children in bloody rituals to their gods for …
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Living in the United States, I assumed morally atrocious criminals all over the world would face the “death penalty” for their horrific crimes – no matter their country’s developed or developing status. But my attention to the matter grew after Pope Leo XIV condemned the death penalty via posts on X in October, 2026. He …
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Christianity originated during Jesus’ ministry on the earth, which began around 30 AD. Islam originated during Muhammad’s life around 622 A.D. Today, around 2.6 billion people consider themselves Christians, while 1.5 billion consider themselves Muslim. While these two religions share some of the history in the Old Testament, they share very little else in their …
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Walk through the forests in Berlin and you are very likely to encounter enthusiasts of the “free body culture” who populate its campgrounds free from the restrictions of any clothing. My brother told me about that. He has been living in Berlin since 2011. According to FKK-Karte.de and other German websites, you can find over …
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“‘Polycarp has confessed that he is a Christian.’ This proclamation having been made by the herald, the whole multitude both of the heathen and Jews, who dwelt at Smyrna, cried out with uncontrollable fury, and in a loud voice, ‘This is the teacher of Asia, the father of the Christians, and the overthrower of our …
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If history repeats itself, prepare to starve. Many of our young people have no clue about the demons at the gates of our Western societies. Many of our young people hold a favorable view of communism, which led to the untimely starvations of millions in the past century. Anyone who has lived under the monstrous …
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When I was in my twenties, I thought abortion was an acceptable form of birth control. I fell for the lie that the human within a mother’s womb was merely a clump of cells. When a friend asked me to drive her to an abortion clinic, I agreed. I drove her to a clinic in …
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In “The Gay Science,” Friedrich Nietzsche mused about a madman who provoked ridicule as he ran around a marketplace looking for God and declaring we killed him. “God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.” In Nietzsche’s world without God, Nietzsche claimed the impossibility of moral realism, which is an objective moral …
Many years ago on Twitter, I posted a tweet that said “Christianity cures depression.” I received quite a bit of backlash from people who either were depressed or knew depressed people. Many were atheists who had no desire to be Christians. Many wanted me to acknowledge the medical establishment and its “cures” for depression. According …
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