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The Common Origin of Mankind
(This is a copy of my letter to the editor in the Winston-Salem Journal.) I read with interest the article by Faye Flam (Winston-Salem Journal October 6, 2016) entitled: “Why…
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HOW DO I ANSWER?
It is fortunate that we live in a community in which much of the citizenry holds to the basic tenets of Christianity. But at the same time we often hear…
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GENDER IDENTITY and REALITY
Who would have thought a few years ago that there would ever be a controversy over gender identity? But here we are. Jesus had something to say on the…
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Sudan Preachers Persecuted
Last December, two evangelical preachers from the Church of Christ in Sudan were taken from their churches and thrown into jail. Last month, Abdulraheem Kodi and Kuwa Shamal Abu Zumam…
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MELCHIZEDEK – King of Salem
We first meet Melchizedek in Genesis chapter fourteen. Abraham met and gave tithes to him as he returned from a victorious battle. The whole incident is covered in just three…
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The Founder of Christianity
Jesus Christ is the founder of Christianity as everyone knows. Well, not quite everyone. Recently a religious writer in the Winston-Salem Journal wrote: “I believe the founder of Christianity was…
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CHRISTIAN LOVE
Love is basic to Christianity. In the New Testament love is often put in the superlative position. Love for God and love for neighbor are made the first and second…
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THE NATIONAL SINS
Paul in his letter to Titus whom he had left in the island of Crete, wrote, “One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, ‘The Cretians are always…
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UNMISTAKEN IDENTITY
By Neal Pollard They both had a mole next to one eye and a scar on the left wrist. They lived 54 miles apart, one in Brookville and…
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Laws of Nature
Yes, I believe in the “laws of nature.”But there is more to it than that. There is a power beyond the natural law. There is God; there is Christ; there…