Category Archives: OPINION

It’s not the weather that has been the topic of conversation lately, but the much kidded about Mayan calendar.  While no one is seriously paying attention, it is discussed casually in connection with previous doomsday prophecies that some people say they don’t believe but take precautions anyway (by stocking up on supplies), “just in case”. […]

Doomsday 12/21/12? Not quite . . .

It’s not the weather that has been the topic of conversation lately, but the much kidded about Mayan calendar.  While no one is seriously paying attention, it is discussed casually in connection with previous doomsday prophecies that some people say they don’t believe but take precautions anyway (by stocking up on supplies), “just in case”. […]

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"Angry, vengeful God" of OT vs. "Merciful loving God" of NT

[This is from www.thereddoorcommunity.org, authored by Jeffrey Cranford thereddoorcommunity.org, linksplayers.com.  We will use this as a springboard for another series of articles by discussing its claims and the scriptural references used to back up the claims. It appears to be a systematic presentation citing many verses from both Testaments, so it is wise to check the CONTEXT of the […]

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Commentary on Tabor Video

We have stated in our “Further to our Statement of Faith” that one book that greatly influenced our thinking is James D. Tabor’s Restoring Abrahamic Faith.  From his own website, this is what is written about his lifelong professional involvement in biblical history/archeology: ———————————————————————————————————————- James Tabor (Ph.D. 1981, University of Chicago) is Chair of the […]

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WWJD? WWMD?

April 1st, April fools day to the irreligious, Palm Sunday to the Christian faithful. There they were . . . vendors selling their woven designs made of slender flexible shoots cut from palm or coconut branches.  It is the traditional commemoration of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem—Palm Sunday begins the week-long religious observance of Christianity’s Easter traditions.   Vendors […]

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