Can you handle freedom?

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I hope everyone in the United States had a meaningful Independence Day, a day where freedom is the main theme. Let me ask you, though, can you handle freedom? Can humanity handle freedom? Recent events and trends suggest otherwise. What is the problem? For all the talk about freedom, what…

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Reaping the Whirlwind: Sanctuary for Syrian Refugees

To take in and offer sanctuary for Syrian refugees or not? Perhaps that is not even the right question. “If I gave you ten grapes and told you two were poisoned, would you eat any?” If your newsfeed is anything like mine, you’ve probably noticed that Facebook is swimming in…

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The Moral Slide: Is God Relevant In Today’s World?

[Originally published in February 2009] We’ve all seen the list. It usually comes as an email, but it has been promoted by a lot of people. Even Billy Graham and Dear Abbey have used the list. Like many urban legends, the list of the top school problems of the 1940s…

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Southern Baptists Concede Defeat in Sexual Revolution Battle

“Fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah” From Bible Pictures with Brief Descriptions by Charles Foster, 1897 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. ~ Ro 8:7 We are instructed numerous times in the NT to come…

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