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Category Archives: News
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Move along, folks! No pro-homosexual, anti-Christian agenda among the public school systems in this country! Nope, nothing to see here! A social studies teacher in Florida is suspended for writing, on his own Facebook page, on his own time, his … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged anti-Christian, Chad Farnan, Darwinism, Evolution, homosexual agenda, James Corbett, Jerry Buell, liberal hypcrisy, Mount Dora, public schools
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Falling off yet another slippery slope.
Those who warn others about impending issues, problems, doom, or calamities are often chided and ridiculed for being alarmists, and are often told that mentioning the “slippery slope” is nothing more than a scare tactic. It seems that to some, … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, News
Tagged Bible, Christianity, church, Evangelism, God, Jesus, News, Religion, Theology
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Edging closer to Revelation 13?
Revelation 13:16-18 And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Bible, God, Jesus, Mark of the Beast, News, Religion, Theology
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How sick is this?!?!
For the latest tactic to further advance the homosexual agenda, go here.
The results of a liberal upbringing
As I read this news story, I felt anger and pity. Children are a gift and need to be nurtured, disciplined and loved. Turning them loose is not the way we should ‘train up a child’. Read the story here.
Posted in News
Tagged child, News, raising up Godly children, the importance of Godly living
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A shocking realization if a Mormon becomes president of the United States.
“Will you love your brothers or sisters likewise, when they have committed a sin that cannot be atoned for without the shedding of their blood? Will you love that man or woman well enough to shed their blood?” – Brigham … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism, News
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Archeology, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, Carthage Jail, Christian debate, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Debate, debate with a mormon, Debates, Evangelism, false prophet, false prophets, False Teacher, False Teachers, God, Gospel, heresy, Hyrum Smith, Jesus, Jon Hunstman, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., Latter-day Saints, LDS, Mitt Rpmney, Mormon, Mormon debate, Mormon Doctrine, Mormonism, News, Politics, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology
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Campus Crusade for Christ to remove offensive word from organization’s name
Considering the fact that Campus Crusade for Christ was the organization that gave us the “4 Spiritual Laws” that began with “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life” I shouldn’t really be too surprised about what … Continue reading
Posted in Evangelism, News
Tagged Bill Bright, Campus Crusade for Christ, Cru, relevance
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A Clearer Understanding of What Albert Mohler Believes About Homosexuality
Back several weeks ago there were some serious concerns in conservative circles regarding comments that Albert Mohler made to the Southern Baptist Convention conference in regard to homosexuality. Mohler’s comments left room for serious doubt in how he viewed homosexuality. … Continue reading
The Homosexual Agenda Marches On
There are numerous reasons to homeschool your children; I have yet another. The push to accept and tolerate what God calls an abomination is advancing like a fast spreading cancer; Fox News has the story here
The Invention of Adolescence.
An interesting article on the invention of adolescence by Otto Scott. Adolescence is now accepted by most Americans as a strange and difficult period marked by wild swings of mood, outbursts of temper, rudeness, rebelliousness, and personality changes — all … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Encouragement, Home School, News, Parenting
Tagged Bible, Christianity, church, Faith, God, Parenting, Religion, Theology, Youth Ministry
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Watch “Divided” for free.
For those who read my recommendation of the documentary Divided but have not purchased the DVD yet, you can now watch it online for free. But hurry, it is only available for free till September.
Posted in News, Parenting, Recommended Films
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Divided, Faith, Film Recommendation, Film Review, God, Jesus, Leclerc Brothers, Parenting, Paul Washer, Recommended Films, Religion, Reviews, Theology, Youth Group, Youth Ministry
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Al Mohler’s remarks concerning homophobia
As I read this piece, I disagreed with some of Dr. Mohler’s views, like saying we don’t choose our temptations but we choose on whether to act on those temptations. I would recommend he listen to John MacArthur’s ‘sins of … Continue reading
Anti-theists all aflutter over a street sign.
No one can trample on the memories of fallen firefighters and spit in the face of their families quite like the anti-theists. Now, I know that not all atheists are angry and walk around with a chip on their shoulder … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged 9/11, Anti-theism, Apologetics, Atheism, Bible, Blog, Blogging, Faith, Foxnews, God, New York, New York City, News, Religion, September 11, Theism, Theology
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Beyond Belief? Good Grief!
ABC news has an upcoming series that goes where any true believer dare not go. Here is more… ABC News’ 13-week primetime summer series, “Nightline Prime” premieres Wednesday, June 22 with a five-part investigation into the realm of the extra-sensory, … Continue reading
Mother charged with a felony for spanking her child.
Unbelievable news coming out of Texas. “You don’t spank children today,” said Judge Jose Longoria. “In the old days, maybe we got spanked, but there was a different quarrel. You don’t spank children.” Rosalina Gonzales had pleaded guilty to a … Continue reading
Posted in News, Parenting
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Blogging, Christianity, church, Faith, Father's Day, God, Gospel, Jesus, News, Religion, Sermon, Theology
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Sermon of the week: “The Grim Reality of the Last Days” by John MacArthur.
Your sermon of the week is The Grim Reality of the Last Days by John MacArthur. This is not a topic Joel Osteen would dare touch, and it’s definitely not a message for the faint-hearted. Mike Ratliff had this to … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, News
Tagged 12th imam, amillennialist, Apologetics, atonement, Bible, Blogging, Christianity, church, Faith, God, Gospel, Imam, Islam, Jesus, John MacArthur, Mahdi, Muslim, News, postmillennialist, Premillennialist, Quran, Religion, Sermon, Sermons, Theology
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Clergy in heartland embraces homosexuality and says it is not a sin
As Satan continues to build his counterfeit church, his foundation is deception and lies. Here is yet another lie from the pit of hell… Recently Joni Stacy, PFLAG Regional Director for the Central Region, forwarded a newsletter including the formation … Continue reading
Dalai Lama the Marxist?
According to a reliable source, the Dalai Lama is claiming to be a Marxist. The reliable source is the Dalai Lama himself. Read the USA Today article here.
Is marriage necessary?
As we continue the immoral downward spiral, I found some good points in this article on the defense of marriage… The typical American household has changed – and not for the better. A new analysis of U.S. Census numbers for … Continue reading
How “socialized” government school kids “interact” on the bus.
It’s pretty bad when a local news station has to get involved in a matter like this because the school won’t help to put a stop to the violence perpetrated against a four-year-old girl. You can see the video and … Continue reading
Posted in Home School, News, Parenting
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Blogging, Christian Persecution, Christianity, Christmas, church, Communism, Education, God, Gospel, Government Education, home education, Home School, Home Schooling, Homeschool, Homeschooling, Jesus, Liberal, liberals, News, Parenting, Parents, Persecution, Politics, Public Education, public school, Religion, School, Socialism, Theology, Wisconsin
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Well . . . is he or isn’t he?
Is Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney pro-life or pro-abortion? I often hear that Christians are willing to vote for him because he “shares their values,” and being pro-life is one of those values often cited. But is he really? In … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism, News
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Archeology, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, Carthage Jail, Christian debate, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Debate, debate with a mormon, Debates, Democrat, Evangelism, false prophet, false prophets, False Teacher, False Teachers, forgiveness, God, Gospel, heresy, Hyrum Smith, Jesus, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., Latter-day Saints, LDS, Mitt Romney, Mormon, Mormon debate, Mormon Doctrine, Mormonism, News, Politics, Religion, Republican, Salt Lake City, Spencer Kimball, Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness, Theology, Utah
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Should a Christian vote for Mitt Romney?
I recently read a piece entitled A Vote For Romney is a Vote for the LDS Church written by Warren C. Smith (not to be confused with the Warren Smith who exposed Rick Warren’s New Age agenda and ties to … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism, News
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Archeology, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, Carthage Jail, Christian debate, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Debate, debate with a mormon, Debates, Democrat, Evangelism, false prophet, false prophets, False Teacher, False Teachers, forgiveness, God, Gospel, heresy, Hyrum Smith, Jesus, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., Latter-day Saints, LDS, Mitt Romney, Mormon, Mormon debate, Mormon Doctrine, Mormonism, News, Politics, Religion, Republican, Salt Lake City, Spencer Kimball, Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness, Theology, Utah
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Are Americans Getting Comfortable With Immorality?
Interesting article by the Christian Post on the state of America’s morality. Here’s a sample from the article: “You would never know by watching American television that 61 percent of Americans say religion is very important in their lives.” For … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Apologetics, Blog, Blogging, Christianity, Faith, Family, God, Gospel, Jesus, Marriage, Morality, News, Parenting, Religion, Revelation, Theology
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Married couples are now in the minority of households.
From the Associated Press: “The data supports that, as the Census Bureau reported last year that opposite-sex unmarried couples living together jumped 13 percent from 2009 to 7.5 million. . . . And attitudes on marriage are changing, too. About … Continue reading
Posted in News, Parenting
Tagged Apologetics, Associated Press, Blog, Blogging, Christianity, Cohabitating, cohabitation, Faith, Family, God, Gospel, Jesus, Marriage, News, Parenting, Religion, Revelation, Sermon, Sermons, Theology
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What receiving the Bible in your native tongue for the first time looks like.
Rejoice with me and be greatly encouraged (and deeply convicted) by watching this video of the Kimyal tribe receiving the New Testament in their language for the first time on March 16, 2010. Quote from the video: “We [in the … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, Missions & Martyrs, News
Tagged Africa, Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Christianity, church, God, Gospel, heresy, Humor, indigenous missions, Indonesia, Jesus, Kimyal, Kimyal Tribe, Liberia, Missions, Missions in West Africa, Mozambique, News, Religion, Theology
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Pay no attention the the government education professionals behind the curatin.
Here is a quote from a great article by Bruce Shortt writing for WorldNet Daily: “Of course, evidence of catastrophic educational failure is always dismissed by highly trained education professionals by alternately screeching ‘socio-economic status’ and ‘demographics.’ These phrases are … Continue reading
Posted in Home School, News, Parenting
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Blogging, Christian Persecution, Christianity, Christmas, church, Communism, Education, God, Gospel, Government Education, home education, Home School, Home Schooling, Homeschool, Homeschooling, Jesus, Liberal, liberals, News, Parenting, Parents, Persecution, Politics, Public Education, public school, Religion, School, Socialism, Theology, West Virginia
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May 21, 2011 . . . much to do about nothing.
Since Harold Camping is once again predicting Judgment Day to arrive on a specific day (a day that even the Son does not know), I figured I’d turn on Family Radio this past Monday to see how those expecting the … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, News
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Awake!, Bible, Blog, Blogging, Calvary Chapel, Chuck Smith, church, Faith, Faith Bible, Family Radio, God, Harold Camping, heresy, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, News, Religion, Theology, watchtower, Watchtower Organization
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Lying: When being yourself just isn’t good enough.
It is not uncommon to hear about a pastor (i.e. hireling) lying about one thing or another: Lying about personally seeing the dead raised (usually in some foreign country where verification is not possible), lying about their “relationship” with their … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, News
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, christian, Christianity, church, God, heresy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jim Moats, Navy SEAL, News, Theology
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Samaritan Ministries endorsement.
I wanted to share with the readers of DefCon how thoroughly thrilled my wife and I are about Samaritan Ministries. As an alternative to the high cost of secular insurance companies (many of which fund practices opposed to Christianity), Samaritan … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, News
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, christian, Christianity, church, Doug Phillips, Encouragement, Endorsement, Faith, God, Insurance, Jesus, Jesus Christ, News, Religion, Samaritan Ministries, Samaritan Ministries International, Share, Theology, Voddie Baucham
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