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Why Did God Order the Killing of the Canaanites? Four Main Reasons

Many cannot reconcile how a loving God could command the killing of the Canaanites in the Old Testament. I don’t like it any more than you do, but having just completed a course at Biola on why God allows evil, I understand it much better now. Here are four main reasons why this terrible event […]

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Why Isn’t Heaven Preached? NDEs & Fear

Science, not religion, has resurrected the afterlife. Advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation mean that many patients who have died are now revived, and some have intense stories to share about what happened to them while technically “dead.” In the past century, however, churches began steering away from the more traditional preaching of heaven perhaps due to […]

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Climb for a Cause: A Harrowing Mountain Hike for God

(Part One— This is part of a new series called “Thinking Divinely in Action”—people who live with their minds focused on God’s purposes. This series will feature stories of real people doing amazing things for the Kingdom of God on earth.)   Climb for a Cause In most challenges in life, it’s not all about […]

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Who (or what) is Making Your Choices? Letting Others Think For Us

We’re all tempted to have others think for us because there are so many decisions to make daily, and it gets exhausting! The internet has exacerbated the problem. Making choices now is a lot like a crapshoot—you roll the dice, and hope for the best! The world we’ve created for ourselves has become a bit […]

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“Going Out” or “Dating”– what that means for Teens today

Today’s culture for teens is a lot harder to navigate than when I was a teen. Our society has fully embraced sexually as something to explore during your teen years, and it makes it extremely difficult for parents, like me, who try and teach their children that sexual exploration should happen between a married couple […]

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