Honest Bible Interpretation: Assumptions, Humility, and Reality

It seems that there’s always some incident making me want to talk about honest Bible interpretation. Today it was a phone call  made to a call-in talk show. The hosts, conservatives like most talk radio hosts, had repeated a rumor I’ve heard that the lastest statistics say there’s been a 7-year cooling trend globally. Caveat: [...]

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Low-Carb Christianity: How to Continue to the End

Today, at the chiropractor’s office, I read that the problem with low-carb diets is that people can’t stick to them. I’d heard that before. People who go on the Atkins’ diet have been tested, and the results are amazing. Not only do they lose weight, but heart-attack indicators like triglycerides are lowered. On top of [...]

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GoodSearch: Would You Like to Help Contribute to Rose Creek Village Ministries . . . for Free?

Good Search GoodSearch is a Yahoo-powered search engine that donates 50% of its proceeds to charity. Better yet, it lets you choose the charity. Their 50% works out to approximately 1 penny per search conducted on their page. Think of it! You can contribute to the kingdom of God without spending a dime. Just do [...]

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Except a Man Be Born Again

Have you ever wondered if someone was really a Christian? You see regular signs that they’re not. Perhaps there’s a lack of interest in obeying Christ. Perhaps there’s situations where you wonder, “Can a Christian really be that mean on a regular basis?” I suspect we’ve all encountered people like that. The problem is that [...]

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Bible Preaching and Unity

I responded to an email asking about Bible preaching and why the preacher was lacking success, and worse, feeling unfulfilled. Here’s what I wrote: Small Things Our approach to changing things has been to start small. Jesus didn’t begin a political movement to change the cultural momentum in Israel. He didn’t even try to get [...]

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