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Paul Dean
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Gnosticism in the Church: Alive in Subtle Forms
There is seemingly no end to what may be characterized as experience oriented religion as opposed to an embracing of revealed truth as given to us...
January 04, 2006
New Year's Resolution: Redeem the Time
It is not often that we get time back. That is why the Scriptures tell us to redeem the time.
January 03, 2006
Christian Colleges Rebound: Sign of the Times
"Rachel Friesen was on track to graduate debt-free from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs when she made a leap in 2004 that would...
January 02, 2006
Trends Reshaping the American Church, Part III
Four key factors are reshaping the American church according to the Barna Group..."The slow demise of the African-American church community was a...
December 29, 2005
Trends Reshaping the American Church, Part II
According to the Barna group, four key factors are reshaping the American church...The first factor is the neglect of three critical dynamics in...
December 28, 2005
Trends Reshaping the American Church, Part I
"Ignoring reporters' questions about church growth figures by stating, 'church attendance is grossly overrated as a measure of anything that is...
December 27, 2005
Hope for Christmas, Part III
Philip Davies, a lawmaker in England is "annoyed that some town councils have insisted on renaming Christmas lights 'winter lights.'" "...one of...
December 23, 2005
Hope at Christmas, Part II
While it really does not bother me that a particular business shuns Christmas decorations...it indeed should bother all of us when town councils...
December 22, 2005
Hope at Christmas, Part I
Increasingly these days, an ecumenical wind is blowing. At Christmas time especially, we are hearing well-wishes like Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza,...
December 21, 2005
Banning or Celebrating Christmas? Part II
What should we think about churches closing on Christmas because it falls on the Lord's Day? Tom Ascol cuts to the heart of the conundrum: "Ah, but...
December 13, 2005
Church on Christmas? Sorry, We're Closed!
"There is an old carol that has a line that goes, 'And all the bells on earth shall ring, on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day, and all the bells on...
December 12, 2005
Christmas and God's Redemptive Plan
What is Christmas all about? Why do we celebrate this holiday? Indeed it is a holiday, a holy day, for that is what the word means. It is a holy...
December 08, 2005
Truth or Trash: The Fool's Calendar, Erotica from Church
If doubts remain as to whether or not worldliness has invaded much of the church and what the bottom of such a slippery slope looks like, then...
December 06, 2005
Immigration and Illegals, III
An important issue for the American people, and indeed for the Christian interested in biblical response, is that of immigration. In part one of...
December 05, 2005
Immigration and Nationalism, II
The issue of immigration is much in the news these days. Questions are raised and must be wrestled with rather than answered in either a glib or...
December 02, 2005
Immigration and Public Policy, I
Immigration is a topic of discussion these days as the number of illegal immigrants into this county increases at an almost exponential rate. With...
December 01, 2005
Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation: Part II
From the President of the United States (George Washington): "WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God,...
November 25, 2005
The Thanksgiving Holiday Marginalized: Part I
November 24, 2005
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