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Soul-stirring music
Have you ever experienced this? You're in church, singing with the congregation, and suddenly a line from the text becomes highlighted in your mind. You're arrested by its truth. The music flows on while your heart is stirred up toward God. You feel a lump in your throat and your eyes well up. You may not be a heart-on-sleeve kind of person (I'm not), but if worshiping God is a heart response to truth, then
On inspiration and apologetics… and an ulcerous moon
Letter from Fritz... today. Most encouraging. Lead him on, Lord. Inspiration From Gaussen's work Theopneustia [the Greek word which the King James Version translates "is given by inspiration of God"] I have been stimulated to define my view and reasons for inspiration of the Scriptures. Here are jottings: Gaussen defends the Old Testament as inspired first (wholly on New Testament grounds), because he then strengthens his New Testament argument for inspiration by saying that if
The fantasy myth
By Donna Lynn Hess. Is fantasy a bane or blessing for our children? With the rise of the New Age movement, this question is one of increasing concern to Christian parents. However, before we can judge the value of fantasy, we must first understand its definition and purpose. In a broad sense, fantasy can be defined as a genre, or type, of literature in which one or more of the following characteristics exist: the setting
Is God on my side?
The Battle of Jericho is one of the Bible's most unusual war stories, where Jesus in pre-incarnate form appears, sword in hand, before the battle, and the Israelites simply march repeatedly around the city for seven days. The city walls collapse after the blast of trumpets and a shout, and God finally judges the wicked inhabitants who had locked themselves in, while showing mercy to a prostitute who trusted in Him. Consider how the gospel