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January 2013

Stopping the Violence

We all want to stop killings like those in Newtown, Columbine, Aurora and Virginia Tech. There is no shortage of ideas, such as more gun control and arming teachers. But little is said about the root causes. Why has there been such a sudden escalation in this kind of mass violence? Commentators on TV have …

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Biblical Deliverance Part II

Matt 4:24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. NKJV Yesterday I addressed the topic of biblical deliverance as found in Scripture, namely in the synoptic gospels.  Matthew, …

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Biblical Deliverance Part I

Matt 4:24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. NKJV Biblical deliverance is not hard to discern. The model is there in Scripture for all to read. Sadly, …

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Christ’s Temptation

Matthew 4:1 has profound significance for spiritual warfare: Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. This is the first mention of Satan in the New Testament. We’re introduced to the Evil One by Matthew’s account of Christ confronting the devil. And how did Matthew come …

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Yoga in Airports

As someone who travels a lot, usually 2-4 days a week in airports and on airplanes, I can testify to the stress of modern transportation. If the cramped seats don’t get you, the food they don’t serve will. Jet lag from pressurized cabins, smelly ill-kept bathrooms, junk food when you really want a salad, and …

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Christian Killer

He wanted to kill more, and he planned to go to a populated area so he could do just that. He had already brutally shot to death his mother, father, and three siblings ages 2, 5, and 9. But Sunday, January 20, 2013, before he could carry out his entire murderous scheme, 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego …

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Demons in Hongzas

Hongza in Chinese (Cantonese) it simply means haunted house. And in Hong Kong a house that is believed to have evil spirits, a hongza, is considered hard to sell. Enter Ng Goon Lau, a real estate agent with no fear of demonic dwellings. For more than a decade, Ng has braved supernatural residences to buy …

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Imperial Presidency

To anyone who saw the Presidential news conference on Monday this week, as I did, you may or may not agree with my assessment that it was the worst display of hubris I’ve ever seen publicly by any President of these United States. For some time I have watched an increasingly imperialistic attitude on behalf …

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Ingersoll’s Insight

He was a noted 19th century infidel, though raised in a devoutly Christian home. Robert Ingersoll, an illustrous GOP orator during civil war days, turned against religion because of the harshly bigoted treatment of his abolitionist father. He first rejected austere Calvinism (who can blame him), but then jettisoned Christianity in general and became known …

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