by Steve Risner
In my last post, we started a brief look at transition fossils—fondly called “missing links” because they are completely absent from the fossil record and would allegedly bridge the gaps between different known species. The trouble here is that the fossil record should...
by David Odegard
The serpent convinced Eve that disobedience to God was in her best interest. The snap of Eve biting into that apple, or whatever fruit it was, resounded throughout all the ages of mankind. The serpent then used her to tempt Adam to eat the forbidden fruit, too. Adam...
by Aaron Felty
This will be my final post on race in the series regarding our Christ-like responses to the “race” issue.
Here is a statement that parallels this conversation. The 2nd amendment gives all citizens of our country the right to bear arms. Many people argue that we need...
by Katie Erickson
Anyone who knows me that I am not a sports fan. I never have been, and I’m pretty sure I never will be. If I had to choose a favorite sport it would be baseball, simply because I know the most about it, having gone to numerous baseball games with my baseball-fan family...
by Logan Ames
In our present culture, there is a lot of attention, discussion, and even outrage toward people, programs, institutions, and belief systems that are deemed to be “oppressive” to certain groups of people. And depending on what particular issue is being addressed, we occasionally...
by Charlie Wolcott
No person in the Bible represents evil incarnate more so than Jezebel, the wife of Ahab. Her influence over Ahab was so strong that her name became synonymous with false teachings by the time of the writing of Revelation and the warning against the church of Thyatira....
by Steve Risner
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” -1 Thessalonians 5:18
“Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” -Psalm 106:1
We can tend to be prideful—people in general but men especially....
by David Odegard
On November 5, we had a brutal demonstration of human evil in a little Baptist church on the outskirts of San Antonio, TX. Devin Kelly entered the church intending to kill his ex-wife’s grandmother. In the course of events, he slaughtered a total of 26 people including...
by Aaron Felty
Let me explain how I see Israel as the 5th gospel. Recently my wife and I spent 2 weeks in Israel. A group of 45 of us embarked on a Biblical studies tour of the Holy Land. On our first day, the group was in the dining area of our hotel doing introductions. The leader...
by Katie Erickson
Last week I wrote on what the Bible says about sex before marriage, so that begs the question: what about sex after marriage?
Before answering this question, we first need to establish what marriage is. Marriage is between one man and one woman. It can’t be redefined...
by Logan Ames
Just over a week ago, our nation held its annual observance of Veterans’ Day. It appropriately falls just a few weeks before Thanksgiving and the beginning of our Christmas season, as it reminds us that we have much for which to be thankful in this country and much that...
by Charlie Wolcott
In this series about false teachings, there is one that opened the door for the Prosperity Gospel and the Emergent Church among many others: Old Earth Creation. Back in 2014, I wrote about three flavors of "OEC" here, here, and here, and those three are what I predominantly...
by Steve Risner
This week we will trot along as we look at attacks waged by evolutionists (theistic as well as atheistic) when they tell creationists they don't understand evolution. This is a very common tactic from proponents of evolution. They assume that someone must not understand...
