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Dear Friend, The Florida Department of Education has drafted and is now proposing new state educational standards for teaching evolution as fact as opposed to theory. Our own Taylor County School Superintendent and School Board have publicly asked concerned citizens who oppose this to make their opinions known. Attached to this post are letters to each member of the State Board of

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Dear Friend, The Florida Department of Education has drafted and is now proposing new state educational standards for teaching evolution as fact as opposed to theory. Our own Taylor County School Superintendent and School Board have publicly asked concerned citizens who oppose this to make their opinions known. Attached to this email are letters to each member of the State Board of

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Joe Job title: Company: Joe Corley Books Address: 116 Armory Drive Lewisburg, TN 37091 Business: (931) 359-3451 Home: Mobile: Business Fax: E-mail: E-mail 2: cached Monday, May 28, 2007

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I am not a Calvinist, but below is a list of sources on both sides of the the issue. Check back often as this post will be updated periodically. Sources Against Calvinism Picking the Brighter Tulip By Alger FitchPublished 1997 College Press Publishing Company, Incorporated Google Books Amazon Sources in Favor of Calvinism Christian Christianity Church of Christ Church of Christ

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With a little help from my friend Jeff Himmel, I can share with you some online resources for search Greek text: http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/ is an English translation of the LXX, but without the Greek text. http://septuagint.org/LXX/ has the Greek text, but no English translation. http://studylight.org will let you search the LXX; results display in English with a transliterated Greek text.

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NPR's Morning Edition had an interesting story (audio, page) this morning on the plight of the Palestinian refugees. Thousands of Palestinian leave a refugee camp in northern Lebanon that has been the scene of three days of fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants. The camp is one of a dozen created in Lebanon after Israel was created in 1948. Christian Christianity Church of

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Why is covetousness the Tenth Commandment (Exodus 20:17)? Covetousness is not listed last because it is somehow the least of sins (James 2:8-11), but because it is "a root of all kinds of evil" (1 Timothy 6:10), covetousness causes people to violate each of the other nine commandments. The sermon outline is available in two formats: Powerpoint (*.PPT) and webpage archive (*.MHT). In the slide

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eBible's eBibleicious javacrcipt should allow viewers to read a Bible verse on Bibleweb.com simply by passing their mouse over the scripture reference.For example: Genesis 1:1, John 1:1. eBible Bible Software Christian Christianity Church of Christ Church of Christ

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From Maps of War.com: How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted. Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds? Ready, Set, Go! Buddhism Christian

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BibleMap.org has created a free Bible Atlas utilizing Google Maps. So far, BibleMap.org has over 500 location from the Old and New Testaments. BibleMap.org Bible Maps Bible Places Bible Software Google Maps Christian Christianity Church of Christ Church of Christ

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OpenBible.Info has geocoded, "The location of every identifiable place mentioned in the Bible" in a way that allows users to view the locations via satellite images using Google Earth (a free program from Google). The web site has compiled the locations into KML and KMZ files that users may download for free and use with Google Earth for viewing on their home computer. A module has even been

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Check out this recent post from Wayne Jackson at Christian Courier entitled "The Jewish Talmud and the Death of Christ." I recommend that you read the entire article, only a portion of which is quoted from below:There is an interesting passage in the Jewish Talmud that mentions the death of Christ. Though written from a negative vantage point, it nonetheless constitutes a marvelous confirmation

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From MSNBC: ISTANBUL, Turkey - Assailants tied up three people at a publishing house that distributes Bibles in Turkey and then slit their throats Wednesday, adding to a string of attacks apparently targeting the country’s tiny Christian minority. * * * The publishing house had been targeted previously in protests by nationalists who accused it of proselytizing in this overwhelmingly Muslim but

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In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court upheld a federal law banning partial birth abortions. You can read more about the decision at CNN and MSNBC, or you can read the actual decision, Gonzales, Attorney General v. Carhart, Nos. 05-380 and 05-1382 (U.S. April 18, 2007). The justices voting in favor of the ban included Kennedy, Scalia and Thomas, and President Bush's two recent

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My Palm Treo 680 is indispensable for my work and personal life. It is my phone, calendar, address book, to do list, and notebook. It has other bells and whistles as well, all of which I also use, but where the Bible is concerned, my favorite resources are: Olive Tree Bible Software (http://www.olivetree.com/). Using Olive Tree's software, I currently have the following -- Bible translations on

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According to the April 2007 rankings of CBA (formerly known as the Christian Booksellers Association), the New King James Version of the Bible is the current best-selling translation in the United States. The top ten are as follows:1 New King James Version 2 King James Version 3 New International Version 4 New Living Translation 5 English Standard Version 6 The Message 7 New American Standard

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The CBA (Christian Booksellers Association) January 2007 Bible sales rankings:King James VersionNew International VersionNew Century VersionNew King James VersionNew Living TranslationEnglish Standard VersionHolman Christian Standard BibleNew American Standard Bible updateThe Message Eugene PetersonReina Valera 1960 (Spanish) Christian Booksellers Association Bible Translations NKJVChristian

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Let's resolve to spend more time with God's word this year.Daily Reading Schedules.These schedules are not designed for reading the entire Bible in a year: Harmony of the Gospels, Wisdom Literature and Select Readings.Five Day Reading Schedules for the entire Bible in a year. Crossway's One-Year Bible Reading Plans:Daily Reading Bible. (RSS.) This plan follows the one found in the ESV Daily

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Last year, the elders at Spring Warrior asked me to prepare a daily Bible reading schedule for the members that did not require the members to read the entire Bible through in a year. I prepared three such schedules: one of the Harmony of the Gospels, one of Wisdom Literature, and one of select readings. Please feel free to use, share, or edit them to your edification. If you want a daily Bible

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Florida College's annual lectures are February 5-8, 2007, at its campus in Temple Terrace, Florida. This year's theme is "Back to the Beginning: Studies in Acts." A link to the lecture program is found here. Audio tapes and books of the lectures may be purcahsed from the Florida College Bookstore.

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Jeff Himmel had the following in this week's bulletin at Spring Warrior: More than 150 years ago, French statesman Alexis de Tocqueville came to America looking for the secret of its greatness. He wrote: I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers — and it was not there … in her fertile fields and boundless forests — and it was not there … in

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Spring Warrior's adult and high school classes are studying Lesson 14, "Eternal Punishment," in Book VIII, "Origin, Mission, and Destiny of Man," in Joe Corley's Bible Basics series. In the lesson, the question of annihiliation comes up. Below is some information on annihilation from the Bible Study Tools at Crosswalk.com: Crosswalk.com: The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Number: 3617

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Jesus Would Evangelizeby Bill Blue People oftentimes place importance on a person’s final words. What can lessons can we learn from Jesus’ final instructions to the apostles before He ascended into heaven? JESUS EXPECTS US TO EVANGELIZE. The books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Acts all record that Jesus’ final instructions to the apostles included the commands to preach the gospel (Matt. 28:

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Cleanse The Temple of Modernism by Bill Blue Is Christ pleased with all the works and forms of worship performed in His name today? One Lino Lakes, Minnesota congregation has movie-theater style seats with cup holders (the cup holders are designed to hold the designer coffee that will be sold at the building). Another congregation in nearby Eden Prairie, Minnesota has swelled to such large

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On November 5, 2006, Time Magazine published a great article entitled God vs. Science, featuring a debate on the existence of God. The debate is between atheist Richard Dawkins, who has "the Charles Simonyi professorship for the public understanding of science at Oxford University", and Francis Collins, "Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute since 1993, [who heads] a

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