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Evangelistic Atheists

June 11, 2007

Recently, George Barna has conducted a survey and published results that reveals an emerging movement of atheists and agnostics who are intentionally and aggressively making a united effort to belittle people of faith, and discredit their personal beliefs in God. For the study, atheists were defined as people who have determined there is no God [...]

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Leadership

May 2, 2007

I have a friend who inserts quotes at the bottom of his emails. This quote was on an email I received from him this morning. I have read it before, but it was striking to me in a new way today.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the [...]

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Who Is Really Suffering on the Day of Silence?

April 18, 2007

Today is the “Day of Silence.” This nationwide event sponsored by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network), is student-led in high schools and colleges, and is aimed at protesting the oppression of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. According the the website, “more than 64% of LGBT students report verbal, sexual or physical harassment [...]

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Thoughts on Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef

December 10, 2006

A 22-year old Rockford Illinois man, a convert to Islam, named Derrick (Talib Abu Salam Ibn) Shareef, was arrested last Friday, December 8, 2006, when he took actions to carry out plans to explode hand grenades in the Cherry Vale shopping center at the height of the holiday shopping season. According to surveillance affidavit reports, [...]

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Holy Warriors

July 20, 2006

I’ve finished reading a book that I picked up in Oxford at the RZIM Summer School. It was written by Frog and Amy Orr-Ewing about the modern situation and what is happening with the Islamic worldview.
I found it to be an easy read, and challenging to my thinking. Frog and Amy seem to be [...]

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Zactrust Summer School – Oxford, England – Day 4

July 5, 2006

9:30 PM
It is raining. It sounds wonderful and peaceful outside my window. I just returned from hearing L.T. Jeyachandran speak in the Oxford Museum Lecture Hall (see photo) on “With All Year Heart – Service.”
Near the beginning of his talk, he noted the famous book by Rick Warren entitled, “The Purpose-Driven Life.” An Asian friend [...]

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Zactrust Summer School – Oxford, England – Day 3

July 4, 2006

Happy 4th! Our English hosts greeted us today with a gift of a very nice official Oxford University key ring and fob.
Observation: Our food and service here at Keble College has been very good. I was not expecting it to be this good based upon my past experience in Oxford in 1980, and my exposure [...]

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