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Moral Duty without the Ten Commandments

By William Lane Craig

Yesterday

Dear Dr. Craig,

My question is on objective morality. I lead a Christian life group of 11th and 12th graders, where I often use apologetics to show them that belief in God, specifically Christianity, is not only the true religion, but also the best explanation for the origin of the ...

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Why Every Church Will Always Need a Women’s Ministry

By Nell Sunukjian

Mar. 6, 2014

I’ve read a few blogs recently that suggest the idea of a women's ministry in a church is somehow passé.

I beg to differ.

Instead, I want to say that every church will always need a women’s ministry. Let’s talk about why that is. In this ...

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Loving Commitment Creates Infectious Love

By Judy TenElshof

Mar. 5, 2014

There was a woman I know who fell in love and married a man from another culture, another religion, different ways very foreign to her known life.  Her husband’s father had died before she met him, so she entered this single parent family wholeheartedly and her mother-in-law taught her ...

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Does YHWH’s Election of Israel Result in the Rejection of the Nations? Part 1: The Amalekites and the Midianites

By Charlie Trimm

Mar. 4, 2014

Among the prominent themes within the Old Testament, YHWH’s election of Israel to be his special people is especially significant. However, the idea that YHWH chose one specific group to be his special people has offended many people in the modern world, for whom the ideals of equality and ...

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Symposium on Soulen’s The Divine Name(s)

By Fred Sanders

Mar. 3, 2014

The Winter 2014 issue of Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology features a 58-page symposium on Kendall Soulen‘s important 2011 book The Divine Name(s) and the Holy Trinity: Distinguishing the Voices. That seems like a lot of pages of commentary, but they are well deserved ...

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How Many Herods Are There in the Bible?

By Kenneth Berding

Mar. 3, 2014

In my last post (What Does The Fox Say? Who is the Fox Anyway?) I wrote about Herod Antipas. As I was writing, I realized that a lot of people get confused about who “Herod” is in the Bible. This isn’t surprising since there are actually six different (!) “Herods ...

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