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Jesus and Jacob

This is the fifth of my Christmas devotionals focused on the pre-incarnate appearances of Christ in the Old Testament.  Previous devotionals focus on Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Joshua.   Jesus and Jacob When we think of Jesus appearing in the…

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Scandal Rocks Ref21 Book List!

December 19, 2014 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Although originally unavailable for comment, Bruce Baugus (pictured here), editor of China’s Reforming Churches, explained in an exclusive interview with Ref21 News that he was “honored” to be included on Mark Jones’s highly anticipated year-end…

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The Accident of Two Legs

We come now to the last of our Ten Tenets. The Ten Tenets are these: The faith that we are defending must begin with, and necessarily include, the Triune God — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — who, as God,…

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The Accident of Two Legs

We come now to the last of our Ten Tenets. The Ten Tenets are these: The faith that we are defending must begin with, and necessarily include, the Triune God — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — who, as God,…

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2014: The Year of Atheist Spirituality?

Several years ago, while on vacation, I bought a quirky little book by the French philosopher André Comte-Sponville entitled The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality. Though I knew no work quite like it, the idea the author developed, that atheists…

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Interstellar

At the end of one of Christopher Nolan’s most memorable films, The Prestige, one of the duelling magicians, Robert Angier, lies dying, and reproaches his rival, “You never understood why we did this. The audience knows the truth: the world…

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Jesus and Joshua

Most Christian children know how “Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho… And the walls came tumbling down!”  And it’s true!  Joshua did lead Israel in obeying God’s commands so that when the priests blew the trumpets and the…