I recently visited Athens Greece Walking round its Ancient Agora mdash the marketplace where philosophers taught and Athenians worshiped mdash I found altars to Apollo and Zeus all in the shadow of the Acropolis where a statue of the goddess Athena once stood We may not bow to Apollo or Zeus today but society is no less religious ldquo Everybody worships rdquo novelist David Foster Wallace said adding this warning ldquo If you worship money and things then you will never have enough Worship your body and beauty and you will always feel ugly Worship your intellect and you will [... more]

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Throughout history people have invented and named mythological gods But the God of the Bible was not invented by mankind And unlike Zeus or Thor he chose his own name [... more]

On today's episode of the Alex McFarland show Alex sits down with best-selling author and keynote speaker Eric Metaxas Eric talks about his journey back to believing in God after walking away from faith during his college years and he shares how to engage in conversation with non-believers Eric also tells listeners about his latest book Is Atheism Dead which is a witty response to a cover of TIME Magazine titled Is God Dead He gives listeners a sneak peak into the book which aims to answer some of the toughest questions humans have asked about God and Christianity Fish [... more]

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When he arrived in Rome his testimony was bigger than anything he could have ever imagined Learn how to see your detours and delays as God's turn-arounds To support this ministry financially visit https www oneplace com donate [... more]

Saul deceives David openly resents him and even uses his head for target practice So why does David continually give him the benefit of the doubt LINKS Visit our website https www wisdomonline org Make a donation https www wisdomonline org donate Free ebook https www wisdomonline org offer Free issue of our magazine https www wisdomonline org magazine [... more]

The incarnation of the Son of God is why we celebrate Christmas It is the miracle of redemption when the Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us Yet today not only is Christmas secularized snuffing out every reference to Jesus it is becoming demonized by a generation of scorners who have defiled Christmas into a Halloween theme They celebrate Krampus a two-horned half-goat god even changing the lyrics of holy carols into profane mockery To support this ministry financially visit https www oneplace com donate [... more]

Ancient Rome had its own version of ldquo the gospel rdquo mdash the good news According to the poet Virgil Zeus king of the gods had decreed for the Romans a kingdom without end or boundaries The gods had chosen Augustus as divine son and savior of the world by ushering in a golden age of peace and prosperity This however wasn rsquo t everyone rsquo s idea of good news For many it was an unwelcome reality enforced by the heavy hand of the emperor rsquo s army and executioners The glory of the empire was built on the [... more]

Something calamitous occurred between verses that turned the earth into a dark expanse covered with water without form and void What took place To support this ministry financially visit https www oneplace com donate [... more]

Pastor Rick teaches from the Book of st Thessalonians - [... more]

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Paul didn't walk into Athens with a picket sign He didn't walk from statue to statue proclaiming the idolatries of the Greek pantheon He didn't hide behind a corner and drop tracts into the purses of onrushing tourists He simply started discussions and reasoned with anyone who would listen Truly Acts provides a timeless model of evangelism that we today need to follow [... more]

Although knowledge and wisdom are both by-products of each other they aren't the same Knowledge has perceivable limits When Socrates made that timeless statement I know that I do not know he was implying that no man can know everything about everything And he was right But wisdom isn't like that It can't be measured by an IQ test or graded on some definitive scale So how can we measure wisdom in our lives How do we know when we've got it Stephen tells us in this message [... more]

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