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• SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION FOR THE FIRST LIFE ON EARTH

  By disciplerami on July 28, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Here is a compelling explanation that diamonds played a part in the building of life on earth. “When primitive molecules landed on the surface of these hydrogenated diamonds in the atmosphere of early Earth, a few billion years ago, the… Read More ›

• INDIA

  By disciplerami on July 24, 2008 • ( 0 )

  I love this photo. My wife looked at it and said, “Who needs a mini-van?” It reminds me of my visit to Chennai, India. I was amazed to see the women riding “side saddle” on the scooters and motorcycles. My… Read More ›

• THE WORLD RAGES ON

  By disciplerami on July 24, 2008 • ( 0 )

  “Why do the nations rage against you.” – Psalm2:1 Barnes Notes says the word gives, “the image of amob, or of a tumultuous unregulated assemblage, would probably conveythe idea of the psalmist.” After the Christians in the New Testamentsuffered persecution… Read More ›

• A NATION THAT PROSPERS

  By disciplerami on July 22, 2008 • ( 2 )

  Some people think prosperity is a matter of chance or luck. But can an unrighteous, evil nation flourish? It is doubtful that anything but poverty and corruption can follow an evil nation. A nation that does not respect each man’s… Read More ›

• CHURCH AND POLITICS

  By disciplerami on July 18, 2008 • ( 0 )

  “The Internal Revenue Service says the United Church of Christ did not violate rules when it hosted Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at its convention in Hartford last year.” more… I suppose therefore it also would not violate IRS rules… Read More ›

• FINDING MEANING IN WORTHLESS THINGS

  By disciplerami on July 17, 2008 • ( 3 )

  CBCNews reports on a German church that is taking 639 years to “perform” a musical piece that originally took only 22 minutes. The title of the piece is “As Slow as Possible” and the church decided that 22 minutes was… Read More ›

• AUDACITY OF SODOM

  By disciplerami on July 8, 2008 • ( 0 )

  On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. By fiat, four Judges redefined marriage. When two angels, appearing as men, came to Sodom to see the carnal condition of the city, Moses wrote that… Read More ›

• IS IT LEGALISM OR IS IT NOT?

  By disciplerami on June 28, 2008 • ( 8 )

  Writing on the subject of modest dress, Bill Mosely, a Baptist, writes here the following: Legalism is generally cried out when this subject is approached. However, strict adherence to the law is not an undesirable quality. Law is an established… Read More ›

• THE GOSPEL OF "GOING GREEN"

  By disciplerami on June 25, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Paul wrote, “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!” – Galatians 1:8. It’s pretty risky business to be changing… Read More ›

• BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WANT – AMNON AND TAMAR

  By disciplerami on June 23, 2008 • ( 0 )

  In 2 Samuel is the account of Amnon, the firstborn of King David, who lusted for Tamar, his half-sister. It says, “Amnon was so frustrated because of his sister Tamar, that his frustration made made him ill,…” (2 Sam. 13:2)…. Read More ›