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Kirk Cameron is wrong about Conditional Immortality.

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Kirk Cameron is a brother most of us can respect. He is a Christian television and film actor who has maintained his Christian integrity and testimony. He has been an effective evangelist and spokesperson for the gospel for nearly a generation. Recently on his podcast DANGEROUS CONVERSATION's  podcast he was interviewed by his son, James, who raised concerns about  the eternal destiny of the wicked. The younger Cameron proposed that many unbelievers are troubled by the notion of eternal conscious punishment , and that he thinks the doctrine of a eternal conscious punishment is an obstacle to evangelism.   Many unbeliever's and sceptics object to the idea of eternal torment. They question "why would a loving God send someone he created to hell?" James Cameron finds it difficult to answer someone who raises this objection to the gospel because eternal punishment seems tyrannical to him. His interview with his father focused on whether the common notion of hell, being ...
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In View of The Recent Shootings Catholic Statement Highlights a Dilemma;

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The Thanksgiving Eve shooting of two National Guardspeople by an Afghan refugee recently granted asylum once again creates a dilemma for some of us who wonder how the church is to respond compassionately to immigrants.    The US Catholic Bishops have issued " A Special Message " in response to the deployment of guardsmen affirming the governments right to control it's borders but reminding Christian people of our need to be winsome and compassionate toward immigrants.   What difference does a statement of the Catholic bishopric make to Protestant evangelicals? The Catholic Church is the largest religious body that names Jesus Christ as its founder and for most of church history it was the only formal Christian body. Protestants have a long historic connection to Catholicism; we were birthed from it; we share much doctrine and polity in common with it. Unlike most of evangelicalism the Catholic church believes it has a responsibility to address public policy issues. Many ...
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An historical perspective on the Epstein Files and the Russia Hoax

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It appears evident now that President Trump does not want the Epstein files released. This is the first time he has reneged on a campaign promise in his political career. Why would he do that? I think some reflection on history may give us some perspective on the Epstein files controversy. On October 10 1973 Vice President Spiro T Agnew resign his office after being indicted on bribery and corruption charges related to construction contracts he had been involved in while governor of Maryland. He later plead "nolo contendre" to charges of failing to report income on his taxes. This came at a particular bad time for then President Richard Nixon who was embroiled adverse publicity surrounding a break into the DNC headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington by some of his campaign operatives. While under grand jury investigation and with the specter of impeachment in the air Nixon sought to replace Agnew with a likeminded Republican so that if he did leave office he w...
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Is the Evangelical Free Church Either?

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Many people have never heard of the Evangelical Free Church of America but since WW2 it has been one of the most influential evangelical denominations Known for large churches that are faithful the Bible and welcoming to Christians of diverse theological, cultural, potical and ethnic persuasion it has been a bulwark for the gospel around the world. The Church was known for expositional bible teaching that avoided typical denominational controversy like means and modes of baptism, communion, division over gifts and political divisions. The seminary affiliated with the EFCA was Trinity Evancal Divinity School, which was part of the larger Trinity International University. Altough the denominiation did not technically own the school. The school adopted the denominations statement of faith; it's Board of Education was selected by the denomination, as were faculty appointments and tenure. The school served the broad evangelical community around the world.That school sent men and wome...
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