Biblical Excellence

Two great thought provoking articles by Bill Barnwell.

Does Anybody Care About the Christian Arabs?

The Troubling Worldview of the ‘Rapture-Ready’ Christian

This is a must read for anyone with an open mind. I find that Bill is very correct when he talks about the diversity of end times beliefs among Christians. We still have much to learn.
TO RAPTURE OR NOT TO RAPTURE

Another great article continuing the discussion of Universalism on planet preterist.

Ethics and Eschatology, Ethics and Universalism

God is sovereign and yet he gives us free will. This paradox has been pondered for many years. Christ died to atone for all our sins but we need to accept this gift, thats were we come in.
Recently I came across this this article on the topic from a preterist perspective and thought I would share it.

The Universal Atonement of Christ

After many questions were raised by the article they decided to dedicate the next podcast to the same topic.
Podcast

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Bill Barnwell, a pastor who regularly writes for LewRockwell, has responded to some of the criticism he received from a previous article about supporting our troops but not the war. Much of the christian main stream are in favor of the war but they do not hold strong Biblical positions why. As believers in Christ we are called to follow and imitate Jesus. Instead the believers of today follow political parties and resign themselves to the lesser to two evils when it comes to voting. This leads to accepting much corruption in our leaders and a disconnect dissolving the voters of any personal responsibility.

We love our God, our brothers and sisters in the military our church and our country but we can not be passive about evils we can prevent. Yes there is a separation between church and state for a reason; the church must rise up and call the state to account.

Even a non-believer can see that there are serious flaws in the so called “Science” of evolution. Fred Reed recently wrote “The Metaphysics of Evolution” for the LewRockwell site on the topic of evolution.

Remember that evolution is really a religion and not a science and it requires much more faith to believe that all this appeared here by chance than it does to believe in a creator.

Our designer and creator made our bodies to function in specific ways. Like any other finely tuned technological device, one must follow the provided instructions for care and use.

There are always natural consequences that occur when something is used in ways contrary to its original design. If a chisel is used as a screwdriver the chisel will be dulled and the user may be injured. If a car is driven too fast it will not be able to stop within the visibility provided by the headlights and it will hit any unexpected obstacle in it’s path.

God did not design the female body for elective abortions and there are serious consequences when man takes matters into his own hands.

Abortion and Breast Cancer

Laurence M. Vance, Makes a strong case that Christians should not support the states military endeavors. Even if you do not agree with this position you should take the time to read what he has written. I find it hard to believe that the same God who teaches us in the Bible to love our enemies would turn around and encourage us to kill them.

Just Say No