Great Expectations

The coming millennium is a strange mix of the Beginning and the End. It proffers scientific breakthroughs, communication at lightning speed, perhaps greater length of life–mixed blessings at best. We sympathize with T. S. Eliot: “Man is advancing progressively backwards.” Here are some trends to watch for in this downward spiral. Globalism/Tribalism: The internet, media […]

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The Age of Ages

As the present millennium winds to a close and a new millennium looms before us, many are speculating concerning what we should expect in this new age. Newsweek magazine recently disclosed that there are 239 different web sites on the Internet exploring the uncertainty of the coming millennium. Philosophers, scientists, sociologists, and religious leaders are […]

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Long Range Weather Predictions

Someone has maliciously said that it would be about as worthwhile if the weatherman theorized the stock market trends, and the financial guru tried predicting the weather. Of course we will not attempt either. What then? Many Bible students find it preposterous to suppose that the third millennium since Christ, will pass without Christ. This […]

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I Don’t Care for Daisies, Either

Last month we considered Calvinism’s view of salvation, forming the acrostic T-U-L-I-P. But someone has observed that Arminians have a flower, too–the daisy: “He loves me; He loves me not….” This refers to the question in the fifth Arminian point which wondered about the possibility of true believers losing their salvation. More of that later. […]

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In Praise of Learning

Some evangelical believers regard formal learning with suspicion and doubt. Part of this may be a fear of the unknown. To the person with no education after high school, university training may seem quite foreboding. To many, a man with a PhD may be very intimidating. Consequently, some delight in demeaning education–especially theological education with […]

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John Foxe

John Foxe (1516-1587), born in Lincolnshire, England, was an English church historian whose massive and unanswerable work, The Acts and Monuments, nerved all of England against the Church of Rome. John entered his training at Brazenose College, Oxford when just sixteen–in the same year that Henry VIII’s Church of England made its breach with Rome. […]

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