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Month: September 2005

  • A Tough Time to Marry

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    John Mark Reynolds, 2005. I want to clarify that when I worry about the birth rate in the nation I am not suggesting that the fault is all in this generation.  Sometimes those of us who worry about this kind of thing sound like selfish Scrooges wishing for no more Tiny Tims. Our culture makes it…

  • Definition Part 3: Disjectamembra

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    See the other posts in this series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. George Muller (1805-1898) was a 19th-century pastor famous for trusting God to meet his daily needs, even when his daily needs grew to include caring for thousand of orphans. His life story has been told many times, but the classic version, approved…

  • Definition Part 2: Disjectamembra

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    See the other posts in this series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. For penetrating insight into the character of Old Testament revelation, there are few scholars of the caliber of Alfred Edersheim (1825-1889). Edersheim was a Viennese-born Jew who converted to Christianity under the ministry of Scottish Presbyterian missionaries, and he turned that unique…

  • Definition: Disjectamembra

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    See the other posts in this series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. The Roman poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65-8 BC) once said that a true poem would still be poetical even if you rearranged all the words in it. Or perhaps what he said was that a good poet would still be poetical…

  • Church Rides at Disneyland

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    John Mark Reynolds, 2005. Disneyland Rides by Religious Tradition In order to lighten the national mood, or do my part in it, I have decided to do some research on which Disneyland rides should be favored by various Christian religious groups. Following hours of field study and reading, the following list is correct to the…

  • God in a Natural Disaster

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    John Mark Reynolds, 2005. Is a Natural Disaster a Sign of God’s Judgment? This Sunday should the pastors of America thunder out a call for repentance based on the hurricane? If a television evangelist says that the hurricane is “God’s judgment” on somebody, is automatically he wrong to do so? What does a great natural…