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This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series The Church: What it Is, and What it Ain't

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series The Church: What it Is, and What it Ain’t “And the disciples came and said to Him, ‘Why do You speak to them in parables?’ Jesus answered them, ‘To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to [...]

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by Mark Twain It was a time of great and exalting excitement.  The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the [...]

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This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series The Church and Its Orthodoxy (Conformity) Toward War

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series The Church and Its Orthodoxy (Conformity) Toward WarIn my refutation of Dr. Robert L. Moyer’s pamphlet, “The Christian and War” we have finally come to his objective of answering these two questions: 1. Can a Man Scripturally Be a Conscientious Objector? and 2. Shall a [...]

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This entry is part 5 of 8 in the series The Church and Its Orthodoxy (Conformity) Toward War

This entry is part 5 of 8 in the series The Church and Its Orthodoxy (Conformity) Toward War As we have seen in the last article, the Book of Hebrews starts out with a definitive statement of the relationship and authority of Jesus regarding everything that was written, or said, before His arrival. But, the [...]

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This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series The Church and Its Orthodoxy (Conformity) Toward War

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series The Church and Its Orthodoxy (Conformity) Toward War It is a strange phenomenon how, over a period of time, things can become flip-flopped, and how once the flip occurs it takes on the appearance that it has always been that way. This is precisely the [...]

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  The 60’s era was a time when war and violence became personal. The images streaming in via television and magazine of cargo planes filled with body bags, F4 Phantom jets delivering payloads of napalm incinerating jungle and humans, B52 bombers converting landscape into moonscape, Cobra gunships pouring out lead like neon pencils delivering letters [...]

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This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Christianization of war and violence

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Christianization of war and violence  The Christians’ Justification and the Law of Nature Over the past 1700 years or so we have developed many justifications for violence, and have learned to tame our conscience when it speaks to the contrary. Among the many justifications for [...]

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This article by Tony Jones caught my attention because of the title. Why would someone write an article entitled Death to Homeschooling!? The article itself simply states the reason he doesn’t send his kid to public French immersion, charter school, or private school, or homeschool; but he doesn’t condemn any of the others, only homeschool. [...]

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This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Why We Need to Question The Roman Catholic Church

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Why We Need to Question The Roman Catholic ChurchDoctrines of Deception: Is Rome Teaching the Truth?   Keith Green, who was saved along with his wife Melody, during the Jesus Movement of the 70’s, did more than just write great songs, he wrote the “Catholic [...]

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What the common Protestant Christian and citizen of the United States is ignorant of, was a well known fact with many, during the nineteenth century. What was it that they, the common Christian, were ignorant of? Namely, the invasion of despotic Papal influence into the hard won civil liberties, which make up the foundation of [...]

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