Thinking with the Mind of Christ
He has a mind, just like you do, and he thinks with that mind and brain using synapses and neural pathways just like you do.
John MacArthur: A Sermon Review
Does John MacArthur teach Lordship Salvation? We go to the horse's mouth to find out in this sermon review. A special edition of Radical Grace Radio
The Doomsday Clock
Will there be a Seven Year Tribulation? Will the church escape the wrath that is to be poured out on the ungodly? Listen to this edition of Radical Grace Radio.
Showing posts with label Atheism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atheism. Show all posts
Ebola and End Times Porn
4:00 AM
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You will know them by their trees
10:00 AM
Matthew
Episode 369
Waiting for Persecution, or Something Like It
10:00 AM
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Dawkins Going to Church?
Chinese Christians being persecuted
Boy Scouts of America enrollment down six percent
National Organization for Marriage violated campaign finance laws
Clock is Ticking on Sudanese Christian Woman set to die by hanging for apostacy
The Gospel: A Weed that Keeps Growing Back
12:00 PM
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Also, why is that when it comes to personal responsibility, even we Christians will want to maintain the Status Quo rather than take on institutionalized sin? All this and more on RGR.
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Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Calif.) walked out of the National Day of Prayer event at the U.S. Capitol
A film about the bestselling 2008 book The Shack will reportedly be directed by Forest Whitaker
Chinese Mega-Church demolished in spite of congregation's efforts to stop it
Bishop refuses to allow Georgians to bring Guns to Church
Girls still missing in Nigeria, Boka Haram intends to sell them as slaves
Arrogance and Adoption
12:00 PM
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.Fears of Spiders in Gas Tanks Spark Mazda 6 Recall.
More Christians are Now Sharing Health Care Costs and signing up for "Faith Based Alternatives".
Adoptions to Americans in Crimea Have been Blocked by Russia.
New York City Can Block Religious Services in Public Schools
People reading the sixth chapter of Genesis online has risen about 300 percent in the US and 245 percent globally.
Bill Marallo joins us to talk about why people want to adopt children, and why someone would want to adopt an older child over a baby.
Jesus Never Lies
12:00 PM
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.Christian News Roll
Carroll County, Md. commissioner Robin Bartlett Frazier opened Thursday's budget meeting with a prayer referring to Jesus Christ, a defiance of a federal judge's order.
An American couple living in Qatar has been convicted of the death of the girl they adopted from Ghana. The couple are accused of starving the girl to death in order to harvest her organs.
According to Variety, it's Smooth Sailing for the Noah movie, which looks to be poised to take in well over 40 million dollars this opening weekend.
In the case of Hobby Lobby Vs. Sebelius, a divided Supreme Court seemed sympathetic Tuesday to the Religious views of business owners, according to a report in the Washington Post.
Christianity today reports that Only two days after announcing it would hire Christians in same-sex marriages, World Vision U.S. has reversed its ground-breaking decision after weathering intense criticism from evangelical leaders.
Jesus IS Muslim Billboards
Why Luther is Not Quite Protestant
Wood, Hay, Stubble, and Fire.
12:00 PM
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.Show Notes:
1. The mystery diner who's been leaving large tips in the name of Jesus is rumored to be former PayPal Vice-President Jack Selby. According to San Francisco Chronicle, the tipper has left some $130,000 in gratuities in more than a dozen cities in the United States and Mexico during the last six months.
2. Faith Consumers' Don't Want Biblical Movies Not Based on Bible". According to a report in the Christian Post, a new survey of "faith-driven consumers" finds that 98 percent would not be "satisfied with a biblically themed movie – designed to appeal to you – which replaces the Bible's core message with one created by Hollywood." This news is said to be bad news for Paramount Pictures, which is set to release the Movie "Noah", starring Jennifer Connelly and Russell Crowe on March 28th. The project has been scrutinized by Christians for over two years ever since an early draft of the screenplay was leaked online. Heads at Paramount are said to be in full Damage Control mode, since the movie has cost over 125 million dollars to produce.
3. Pastor Jamie Coots, snake handler and co-star of the popular reality television show "Snake Salvation" died Febuary 18th after being bitten by a snake during a Saturday night church service. He was 42. The pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name in Middlesboro, Ky was bitten at the church and had passed out, but when emergency workers arrived his family is said to have refused medical care. Pastor Coots, along with long time friend and John Wayne “Punkin” Brown, first came to national fame after being profiled in the book "Salvation on Sand Mountain".
4. An 84 year old nun who broke into a Nuclear facility in July of 2012 has been sentenced to 3 years in prison. Sister Megan Rice and two others were convicted last may of breaking into the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge and could have received up to 20 years a piece for the crime. “Please have no leniency on me," Rice told the federal Judge in the case, "To remain in prison for the rest of my life would be the greatest honor you could give me.”
5. Four South Korean Christians on a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land were killed in a suicide bombing. 14 others were injured. According to a report on thespec.com, the group from a Presbyterian Church south of Seoul, were touring biblical sites in commemoration of the church's 60th anniversary when a bomber pushed through into the bus and detonated explosives, killing the driver and three others. The group was to have visited Egypt, Israel, and Turkey over a 12 day period.
6. North Korea has arrested another Christian Missionary. The New York Times reports that Australian John Short, 75, was arrested in PyongYang on Sunday the 18th after he entered the country from China with religious materials that had been translated into Korean. The arrest of Mr. Short comes a little more than a year since Kenneth Bae was arrested under similar circumstances. He was sentenced to 15 years hard labor for "hostile acts" against the nation. This was Short's second trip to North Korea
7. Pastors in central Kenya marched on the governors office of Nyeri county to protest a Finance Bill that would charge preachers for speaking outside of their churches. Christianity today reports that hundreds of pastors representing 1200 churches in the county attempted to contront governor Nderitu Gachagua because of provision in the bill that would have charged pastors 10,000 Kenyan shillings ($117) per day to preach in a stadium, 8000 KES ($93) outside a stadium and 5000 KES ($58) in rural areas. Nyeri county is not the first to consider such measures. A proposed law in Nairobi County would charge churches up to 50,000 KES (580) per day for use of public parks in Kenya's Capital.
8. 2 Million U.S. Scientists Identify As Evangelical!! According to an article in Christianity today, Sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund reported that a study of Scientists found that 17 percent identified as evangelicals. Ecklund authored the book 'Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Believe' in 2010 said that the both her book and this new study by a pervasive assumption that science if the enemy of religion. Interesting factoids from the study include that evangelical scientists are more likely to attend church and read religious texts, in other words... Read their Bibles.
9. And in a follow up story from last week, Pastor turned Atheist Justin Vollmar has been described by his former church as a "vengeful, pathological liar" for statements Vollmar made in a CNN article this past Monday. Christian Post reports that Terry Michael (boo kholes)Buchholz, senior pastor of the Hampshire View Baptist Deaf Church in Silver Springs, Md., can prove that Vollmer's claims that he was made to work 60 hours per week for "little pay" while the senior pastor was paid $80,000 per year, are untrue. Vollmer also said that the way he was treated at the church is what began his fall into unbelief. He said in the article, ""I resigned my position and was shunned by the church. My faith in God was severely shaken. I started to have doubts about the Bible's claims. I questioned whether God's love, which is supposed to reside inside Christians, was real."
4. An 84 year old nun who broke into a Nuclear facility in July of 2012 has been sentenced to 3 years in prison. Sister Megan Rice and two others were convicted last may of breaking into the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge and could have received up to 20 years a piece for the crime. “Please have no leniency on me," Rice told the federal Judge in the case, "To remain in prison for the rest of my life would be the greatest honor you could give me.”
5. Four South Korean Christians on a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land were killed in a suicide bombing. 14 others were injured. According to a report on thespec.com, the group from a Presbyterian Church south of Seoul, were touring biblical sites in commemoration of the church's 60th anniversary when a bomber pushed through into the bus and detonated explosives, killing the driver and three others. The group was to have visited Egypt, Israel, and Turkey over a 12 day period.
6. North Korea has arrested another Christian Missionary. The New York Times reports that Australian John Short, 75, was arrested in PyongYang on Sunday the 18th after he entered the country from China with religious materials that had been translated into Korean. The arrest of Mr. Short comes a little more than a year since Kenneth Bae was arrested under similar circumstances. He was sentenced to 15 years hard labor for "hostile acts" against the nation. This was Short's second trip to North Korea
7. Pastors in central Kenya marched on the governors office of Nyeri county to protest a Finance Bill that would charge preachers for speaking outside of their churches. Christianity today reports that hundreds of pastors representing 1200 churches in the county attempted to contront governor Nderitu Gachagua because of provision in the bill that would have charged pastors 10,000 Kenyan shillings ($117) per day to preach in a stadium, 8000 KES ($93) outside a stadium and 5000 KES ($58) in rural areas. Nyeri county is not the first to consider such measures. A proposed law in Nairobi County would charge churches up to 50,000 KES (580) per day for use of public parks in Kenya's Capital.
8. 2 Million U.S. Scientists Identify As Evangelical!! According to an article in Christianity today, Sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund reported that a study of Scientists found that 17 percent identified as evangelicals. Ecklund authored the book 'Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Believe' in 2010 said that the both her book and this new study by a pervasive assumption that science if the enemy of religion. Interesting factoids from the study include that evangelical scientists are more likely to attend church and read religious texts, in other words... Read their Bibles.
9. And in a follow up story from last week, Pastor turned Atheist Justin Vollmar has been described by his former church as a "vengeful, pathological liar" for statements Vollmar made in a CNN article this past Monday. Christian Post reports that Terry Michael (boo kholes)Buchholz, senior pastor of the Hampshire View Baptist Deaf Church in Silver Springs, Md., can prove that Vollmer's claims that he was made to work 60 hours per week for "little pay" while the senior pastor was paid $80,000 per year, are untrue. Vollmer also said that the way he was treated at the church is what began his fall into unbelief. He said in the article, ""I resigned my position and was shunned by the church. My faith in God was severely shaken. I started to have doubts about the Bible's claims. I questioned whether God's love, which is supposed to reside inside Christians, was real."
Atheist Pastors... No really, they exist.
12:00 PM
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"Where Did I Go Wrong With My Witness?"
7:07 AM
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On Christian Evangelism and Perserverance.
So the person you're witnessing to doesn't believe in God or Hell. What do you do? You could try to make him feel guilty under the law, but he doesn't believe in any of that. Now what? On Radical Grace Radio we talk about what you could do besides just give up.
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Improving your Christian Hate Life Part 3
8:18 AM
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The Unrecognizable Church
We've had two other programs devoted to this topic already... Now we feel compelled to offer a third one after Christians have attacked a young atheist for winning a court case to remove (of all things) a prayer banner. The prayer itself asks for grace to be kind and be a good sport and be honorable... too bad the Christians attacking this girl couldn't see that.
Click here to witness the Hate.
Also, we discovered something interesting about people these days. The word "church" does not, in people's minds, automatically mean it's about Christian anything. In the minds of many people, Church could be Muslim or Christian, or any given sect of any religion. Strange, of course, since the word used to be exclusively Christian.
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We've had two other programs devoted to this topic already... Now we feel compelled to offer a third one after Christians have attacked a young atheist for winning a court case to remove (of all things) a prayer banner. The prayer itself asks for grace to be kind and be a good sport and be honorable... too bad the Christians attacking this girl couldn't see that.
Click here to witness the Hate.
Also, we discovered something interesting about people these days. The word "church" does not, in people's minds, automatically mean it's about Christian anything. In the minds of many people, Church could be Muslim or Christian, or any given sect of any religion. Strange, of course, since the word used to be exclusively Christian.
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That Woman Stole My Blessing!
1:38 AM
Matthew
Pigsicles!
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio we analyze an incident that occurred in Dearborne Mich, where a group of Christians were stoned by Muslims... or so the story goes. But more importantly we examine a situation where a Synagogue leader named Jairus has a problem: His daughter is dying and Jesus is standing around listening to a long drawn out story about blood and doctors.
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