Dead Sea Scrolls To Be Digitized and Placed Online
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 by Ty Wallace posted in Bible & Scripture | Comments OffIsrael Antiquities Authority, the keeper of the Dead Sea scrolls, has announced that they have begun a two-year process to digitally photograph every fragment of the more than 2,000-year-old ancient text and then make them available for all to see online. Although it is pretty basic knowledge that the scrolls exist, they have only been photographed once in the 1950s and actually seen by a handful of scholars. Now, thanks to the effort to place them ...
What Would You Do If You Won $3 Million in a Lottery?
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 by Ty Wallace posted in Finances | 1 Comment »It's a question we have all pondered one time or another - what would we do if we won a lottery of a million plus dollars? For a New York man, the answer was easy. He turned his winnings - all 3 million dollars, over to his church. Pastor Bertrand Crabbe of the True North Community Church of Port Jefferson said the donor, who asked to remain anonymous, said, "This was why God put the ticket ...
What Worship Is “Not”
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 by Ty Wallace posted in Funny Stuff | 1 Comment »Christian worship is not about us... it is about God. It always has been. However, we live in an age where self worship abounds. And although it might not be quite as extreme as depicted in the video below, we're pretty close. Enjoy!
Our “Strong” 90′s Economy
Monday, August 25th, 2008 by Dan Carrington posted in Finances, Political Issues | Comments OffWhile reading through some blogs regarding the current election year and the campaigns that will soon get underway after the DNC and RNC, I read something about how strong our economy was in the 90's. The statement was made, apparently, in an attempt to give credit to the Clinton administration for being in the Whitehouse during such strong economic times as if they had anything to do with it. Of course, the other implication is that ...
California Court Orders Doctors To Treat Gays Despite Religious Convictions
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 by Ty Wallace posted in Political Issues | 2 Comments »You could say that California is "going to the gays." First the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing homosexuals to marry each other, making California the second state to approve such an action. Now the same court has now ruled that doctors may not refuse treatment of homosexual patients based on their religious beliefs. The case involved a woman who was refused fertility treatment by a San Diego clinic because she is a lesbian. ...
Chinese Officials Confiscate Bibles From American Christians
Monday, August 18th, 2008 by Ty Wallace posted in World News | 2 Comments »A group of American Christians is refusing to leave an airport in China after China officials confiscated more than 300 Bibles from their luggage. Pat Klein, the leader of the Christian group, said they will not leave an airport in the southwestern city of Kunming until they get their Bibles back. "I heard that there's freedom of religion in China, so why is there a problem for us to bring Bibles?" said Klein, whose Sheridan, Wyoming-based ...
Why The ‘I Was Born Gay’ Argument Is So Wrong
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 by Ty Wallace posted in Sin | 17 Comments »One of the core doctrines of pro-gay orthodoxy is that homosexuals are born gay. In other words, God made them that way so "gay must be okay." Even though science has failed to affirm or deny this, the vast majority of gays and their supporters are convinced of it. An article I recently read entitled "Five Logical Errors of Born Gay Ideology" got me thinking more about this. While I'm not going to comment on ...
“Make Me a Christian” Reality TV Series Challenges Unbelievers to Become Christians
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 by Ty Wallace posted in Christian Living | 25 Comments »There is a new television series airing in the United Kingdom this month that aims to challenge non-believers to become Christians through a number of Bible studies and mentoring from an ecumenical team of church leaders. Thirteen people in all will volunteer to give up their normal lives and attempt to live like Christians. The "Make Me a Christian" cast includes an atheist, an unmarried couple with a child on the way, a lap-dancing manager, middle-class ...
No Other Book as “Unique” as The Bible
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 by Ty Wallace posted in Bible & Scripture | 32 Comments »The Holy Bible - God's Word. There is no other book like it on the face of the Earth, both now or throughout history. It is unique in its continuity, its translations, its circulation, its survival throughout the ages, its teachings and its influence. Here are some interesting facts that prove without a shadow of a doubt that the Bible is unique from all other books ever written.
