Posts Tagged ‘ the bible ’

The Top Ten Most-Read VOR Articles of 2009

Dec 31st, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: News, The Kingdom of God

The Hollow Sound of Anti-Israel Protests
Apalling Grace: A Response to Mark Galli’s “The Scandal of the Public Evangelical”
What is the Difference Between Holiness and Legalism?
Cleanse Our Eyes: A Call to Consecration in the Area of Entertainment
Why Have Jewish People Been So Hated and Persecuted Through the Centuries? [...]



Happy Blasphemy Day!

Oct 3rd, 2009 | By Daniel Kolenda | Category: News, Philosophy & Science

A couple of days ago, atheists from around the country celebrated “Blasphemy Day”. As one website encouraged them to: “…admit to committing blasphemy against all gods. Religion is mythology. Gods are lies. Preachers are liars (yes, all of them), and anyone who believes in magic men in the sky are fools. Please take a moment [...]



Burning Hot People & Crooked Patterns

Sep 30th, 2009 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: The Kingdom of God

“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord….” -Rom. 12.10-11
From the nation of India decades ago, Amy Carmichael gives us this staggering story:
It was convention week in a hill station in India. The afternoon meeting was just [...]



Blind Faith and Mass Murder

Sep 19th, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: News, Philosophy & Science

On August 4th, 2009, George Sodini walked into a fitness center near Pittsburgh, PA and shot 12 people. Three women were killed, and Mr. Sodini himself committed suicide. The day before the murder-suicide, Mr. Sordoni wrote that he was going to “see God and Jesus” soon on his blog, saying:
Maybe soon, I will [...]



The Cruciality of Love: A Glimpse of Christ through R.C. Chapman

Sep 8th, 2009 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: The Kingdom of God

“If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have [...]



Can You Trust The Bible?

Aug 19th, 2009 | By Daniel Kolenda | Category: Scripture

Are you intimidated when so-called “Biblical Scholars” attack the trustworthiness of the Scriptures? To preach the Word of God with boldness requires confidence in its authority and it is upon this authority that our faith rests [...]



Affliction, Light & Consecration: Thoughts On True Interpretation

Aug 16th, 2009 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Scripture

“…. no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of the human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” -2 Pet. 1.20-21
Please hear this remarkable word from Nathaniel West:
In the hour of affliction we learn more of God’s word, [...]



Country a Mess? Blame the Church

Aug 11th, 2009 | By Frank Turek | Category: Culture

As our great country accelerates its slide into economic and moral Hell, be careful whom you blame. The present boldness of liberals and timidity of conservatives are only the secondary causes. Much of the blame can be placed at the foot of the church. [...]



Entering the World of Jeremiah

Nov 11th, 2008 | By Michael L. Brown | Category: Scripture

Excerpted from Michael L. Brown, “Jeremiah,” in the revised edition of the Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Tremper Longman and David Garland, editors (forthcoming, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009), used with permission, with thanks to Zondervan Publishers.
Entering the World of Jeremiah
According to Jewish tradition, after the fall of Jerusalem, Jeremiah chose to go into exile with his people, [...]



The Heart of Prophecy

Nov 11th, 2008 | By Andrew Yeoman | Category: Scripture

Firstly, I want to state that I am not a prophet, though I have prophesied by God’s grace. I come from a strong heritage of Welsh Apostolic / Pentecostal life, which had its roots in the Revival of 1904, and was the only movement to be directly born out of it. Because of God’s grace [...]