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I do my best to stay informed on any variety of issues. Politics, social trends, and of course, religion. I want to know what the devil is doing. Not just with individual lives, but across the entire cultural spectrum. That’s why occasionally I read contrary opinions, like Salon, a liberal web news site widely respected …

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I wasn’t aware of it, even though I have two teens in my household; but, due to our Christian values, they obviously wouldn’t be affected by the trend in question. It took a news article in a national newspaper to alert me to a growing product line of female, teenage apparel – lingerie. And not …

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I suppose it had to happen sooner or later. American entrepreneurial enthusiasm knows no bounds, especially if a buck can be made. The newest development on the web is so-called “real-world-sex.” Not porn by some film factory in Hollywood, churning out XXX-rated features. These are video clips of real people having real sex, who for …

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Remember the Edsel? I do, and that gives away at least my approximate age. You youngsters listen up, because even though you weren’t around when this amazing car was first marketed, there’s a lesson here for everyone. Introduced in the late 1950s, this uniquely designed car flopped. Its distinctive oval grill wasn’t enough to attract …

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There has to be a heading for stuff like this, something like, “You’ve got to be kidding but unfortunately not.” At the top of this category should be the new trend of churches–some of them evangelical–who encourage alcohol parties as a way of Christian fellowship. It’s no secret that many of the clergy and laity …

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This is the third part of a blog series on the demonic of the Gadarenes, the best-known instance of exorcism in Scripture. The evening before on the Sea of Galilee a storm had nearly sunk the boat of Jesus and the disciples. Jesus “rebuked” the wind and “said” to the waves, “Quiet. Be still!” and …

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Matt 8:28-29 When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the …

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Matt 8:28-29 When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the …

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They brought to Him a man, mute and demon-possessed. And when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, “It was never seen like this in Israel!” Matt 9:32-33 NKJV In Matthew’s previous chapter, Jesus had just opened the eyes of two blind men. They cried out to Christ, and …

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I write this blog Thursday evening. By morning the police may or may not have caught the L.A. cop killer who has already taken three lives. With a hit list and a host of grievances, suspect Chris Dorner, a former cop himself, has threatened to kill until his demands are met, and the police department …

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