tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200903282012-01-14T12:33:29.470-08:00ABR is a Christian apologetics ministry dedicated to equipping Christians with well-researched information on issues that seek to undermine or challenge the Christian faith. On this blog you'll find commentary on issues related to the truthfulness of Christianity by Charlie H. Campbell, the Director of Always Be Ready. Visit our main website at www.AlwaysBeReady.com.Charlie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041203601212520202noreply@blogger.comBlogger1881100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20090328.post-12000166196077956062011-09-02T11:07:00.000-07:002011-09-02T11:08:52.296-07:00

We receive lots of emails every week from people about cults, movements, teachers, religions, the Bible, but every fall as soon as colleges get started we see more than one question about the supposed contradiction in the early chapters of Genesis about creation. Sure enough two days ago, right on schedule, the question came again... "I was reading this text book for my mythology class and it

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I thought after his book 1994?, wherein Harold Camping prophesied that Jesus was coming back in 1994, that we had heard the last of Camping. Well, I was wrong. He’s back and He’s got a new date. According to Harold Camping of Family Radio Worldwide, and thousands of his followers, the Rapture of the church is going to occur on May 21, 2011, followed by God’s judgment on the world and then the

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I'm excited to announce the completion and arrival of a new DVD: "The Case for the Resurrection." In this 58 minute DVD I build a case for Jesus' resurrection and responds to numerous theories, questions and objections that atheists and critics have raised regarding the empty tomb. It's available in our online store here for $11.95.

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Robbed Hell - C.A.S.T. Pearls Presents from Canon Wired on Vimeo.

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Someone emailed me recently asking for help responding to a challenge an atheist had sent him. Here was the challenge:    Atheist:  "The New Testament is a carbon copy of the older and very large Mithra religion. The bible is a bastardized mixture of cherry picked stories from Judaism and Mithraism. Christianity is Mithraism wearing a new name. Try disproving both of those claims and then get

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Rob Bell, Author of the new book Love Wins. The doctrine of Hell as revealed in the Bible has long been under fire by people who toss aside Jesus' clear warnings about it, underestimate their own evil, and scoff at the holiness and justice of God. The latest scoffer is Rob Bell, the popular teacher featured in the NOOMA videos and author of Velvet Elvis. In Rob Bell's newest book, Love Wins,

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     The Bible tells us that God delivered the Israelites from their slavery in Egypt and led them into the land to the north that He had promised to Abraham four centuries earlier. Critics of the Bible have long voiced their skepticism regarding the Exodus account.     One of the objections critics raise has to do with the massive Egyptian military presence that was along the Mediterranean coast

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The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) was started by Ellen G. White in the United States in the nineteenth century and continues to this day. While holding to many Biblical teachings, the SDA Church has strayed from the Bible by insisting that: – Christ's atonement for sins was incomplete – Jesus Christ is Michael the Archangel – Christians must be baptized and observe a Saturday sabbath

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     The more scientists study the universe, the more they discover that conditions in the universe appear to have been extremely fine-tuned (designed) to permit life. Scientists call this apparent “fine-tuning” of the universe the “Anthropic Principle.”      The word anthropic comes from the Greek word anthropos which means “human” or “man.” So the term “Anthropic Principle” is just a

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What is the Rapture? Is it Biblical? Was it a late invention by the church? Is it true that it wasn't taught until the early 1800s? What about the verses that seem to point to a posttribulational Rapture? In a 75 minute presentation recorded before a live congregation in southern California, I answer these questions and others by building a strong Biblical case for a pretribulational

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Click here for a short preview of a coming documentary put out by the producers of The Bible vs. The Book of Mormon.

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Archaeology and extrabiblical historical sources have time and time again verified persons, places and events mentioned in the Bible. For example, take John the Baptist. Did you know that the Roman historian, Flavius Josephus, mentioned John in his Antiquities of the Jews? Did you know that the fortress where John was locked up and executed has been located and excavated by archaeologists? The

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A common question skeptics raise when I talk to them about evidence for the existence of God, has to do with the maker of God. The question usually goes something like this:“If the universe demands a creator, then why can’t we just say God must have a creator as well? In other words, Who made God?”I do find it interesting and a bit humorous, that it is usually atheists who bring up this question.

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More evidence that the world was once under water surfaced today in the news. Fox News reports that paleontologists believe they've identified the remains of an 88.7-million-year-old enormous shark they suspect terrorized sea animals --thanks to a jaw with hundreds of teeth. The clincher? It lived in Kansas. Click here for the rest of the story.

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I talked to a skeptic today in Orange County, California. He said that he had actually been going to church recently because--although he rejects the Bible--he really wants "the joy, hope, and excitement" that he sees in the lives of Christians. He was upset though that he had been to church a few times and the feelings were not happening.He thought people got this joy and hope just by going to

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The father of a teenage daughter emailed me a while back. He said: "Charlie...My oldest daughter is finishing her freshman year in high school. I want to prepare her for college. What 10-20 books do you recommend she read before she attends college so that she will be prepared to stand strong and defend her faith? I plan on her reading at least 5 books per summer and some more during the

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After a lengthy discussion with two Jehovah's Witnesses today, they went marching off and one said, "If you really think we're wrong, then you should be out there warning people about us." Exactly.Here are some of my warnings, and here, and here.

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Does God hate Haitians? Was the earthquake a judgment of God against their sin? Why does God allow these kinds of tragedies? These are questions that people are asking. Albert Mohler, a Christian author and apologist that I greatly respect, has written a concise article on the earthquake in Haiti and where God fits into the equation. Click here to read.

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I suppose you've heard the one about the atheist and the dust of the Earth. The atheist says to God, "I too can create a man." God says to atheist, "Try." The atheist takes a fistful of dust and begins to mold it. God says, "Disqualified. Get your own dust."

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I'm excited to announce that Harvest House Publishers has just released a revised, updated edition of my book, One Minute Answers to Skeptics: Concise Responses to the Top 40 Questions. I changed some of the questions and answers and made some slight improvements from beginning to end. While I'm not a fan of the new cover design (I prefer the original cover), I am excited about the fact that the

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UPDATE: AlwaysBeReady.com is back up on 1/9/10. Praise the Lord! ---------------Our website, AlwaysBeReady.com, was hacked today (1/1/2010) by someone who appears to be an angry Muslim. Before we were able to remove it, when you clicked on the site, what came up instead of our homepage was a picture of a man pointing a gun, some crude language, and some Islamic symbols. Some of the web

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Archaeologists said yesterday that they unearthed remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth that dates to Jesus' era, a simple structure of two rooms and a courtyard, said Yardenna Alexandre, excavations director at the Israel Antiquities Authority.Archaeologists are not claiming it is the house where Jesus lived, Alexandre said, but a young Jesus may have played around the house with cousins and

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I was talking to Dr. Norman Geisler a couple of weeks ago about his upcoming tour of Israel, this March 17-26, 2010. I was surprised to find out that they are keeping the tour size small–one bus full (about 50 persons)–and that there is still space!If you'd like to see the holy land up close with your own eyes, walk where Jesus walked, sail on the sea of Galilee, and have some amazing teaching

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Someone wrote us recently and was offended by one of our articles that warns people about hell ("I can't believe you think this! You're just trying to scare people. That's not very loving..."). The claim that speaking about hell is unloving reminded me of a scene along a beautiful river in Canada. Along the river there are signs warning boaters of what is going to happen if they continue down the

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Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6). I find it interesting that the word “Christianity” was not the title chosen by the disciples to describe the movement they were a part of. They did not even refer to themselves as Christians, at least initially. The title “Christian” was given to them by outsiders in the city of Antioch

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Whenever I give a presentation called, "An Examination of Apparent Contradictions in the Bible" inevitably, someone comes up to me afterward and says, "Well what about this one?" (Obviously in a 50 minute talk I can only cover so much ground. So there are always apparent contradictions in the Bible that I will not have time to cover.) One particular difficulty that seems to come up more than

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Was Jericho a real city or just a mythological place that the authors of the Bible invented? If the ruins of Jericho do exist, is there any evidence that the walls came down as recorded in the book of Joshua? The most famous excavation of this ancient site, carried out in the 1950's under the direction of Kathleen Kenyon, claims that there wasn't even a city at Jericho much less city walls at

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Could you use some help in being better prepared to share the gospel with people? If so, come join:- K.P. Yohannan (Gospel for Asia)- Ray Comfort (Way of the Master)- Sean McDowell (World View Ministries)- Danny Lehmann (Youth With a Mission) - Charlie Campbell (Always Be Ready Apologetics)at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, in Santa Ana, California, October 30-31, 2009, for a

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We are rejoicing at God's blessing on the completion of the Spanish translation of my book, One Minute Answers to Skeptics' Top Forty Questions. If you have Spanish speaking friends who would benefit from this easy-to-digest introduction to defending the faith, you can find copies of the book here in our online store. Paperback, 128 pages ($9.95). The English edition is available here.

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Yesterday a young man who had been raised in the Mormon religion came up to me at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in California. He was about 25 years old and was wearing a big smile and a "Not of This World" tee-shirt. He said that he wanted to let me know that someone from the church there had given him a copy of my CD entitled "Mormonism: Investigating the Life, Teachings, and Claims of Joseph

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The Book of Revelation speaks of a time when there will be a one world monetary system in place (see Revelation 13:16-18). It is interesting to watch the news and see that the world is not only warming up to the idea, but that leaders in countries like Russia and China are even proposing it. A few days ago Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for a supranational currency by pulling from his

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I'm doing some research on evolution for the Spanish edition of my book, One Minute Answers to Skeptics (due out later this year) and I came across an interesting quote by Charles Darwin. I found it in Antony Flew's book, There Is A God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind. Flew, who is the atheist referred to in the title, points out that even Charles Darwin believed in God’

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Would you like to learn how to contend for the faith and answer the difficult questions that nonbelievers ask? Then join Ron Rhodes, Greg Koukl, Don Stewart and me at Calvary Chapel Downey, in Downey, California, on Saturday, June 13 for the "Contending for the Faith Apologetics Conference."Here's the schedule: 7:00 - 8:00 - Registration (cost $5)

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I've been teaching quite a bit on the Emerging Church Movement over the past two years. If you're not up to speed on this dangerous movement that is taking place within the Christian community, I encourage you to listen to my presentation by clicking here.I continue to keep my eye on the movement and stay abreast of what the leaders of the movement are saying. Tonight I was reading a recent

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A correct interpretation of the Bible will always be consistent with the rest of the Scriptures. Therefore, it is essential for us as students of the Bible to interpret a passage in light of what the rest of the Scriptures say on the topic. There are Scriptures that are somewhat confusing. Peter himself tells us that (2 Ptr. 3:16)! When that is the case, rather than seeking to make an

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I had a pretty crazy experience a few nights ago as I was flying home from JFK (New York City) to LAX (Los Angeles). I had just had a wonderful weekend teaching at a Calvary Chapel in New Jersey. I was sitting near the back of a sold out Boeing 757, next to the window. The man next to me was an older orthodox Jew named Bob on his way home to California. I had a great conversation with him about

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One of the questions I often receive from people when I teach on evidence for the resurrection or apparent contradictions in the Bible concerns Jesus' statement regarding the number of days and nights He would spend in the grave. The question goes like this:“Jesus said He would spend three days and three nights in the grave (see Matthew 12:40) so how was that fulfilled if Jesus was crucified on

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If you are interested in learning more about "the seventy weeks of Daniel" prophecy (often called the 'backbone' of all Bible prophecy), we posted a prophecy timeline (click here) that I created for an eschatology class I taught a few years ago along with some of my commentary on Daniel chapter 9. I think you'll find it quite helpful as you study this important section of Scripture.NOTE: To print

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I was invited by Campus Crusade for Christ and the college pastor at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills to give a talk tonight at Cal Poly Pomona, in California. The Christian clubs on campus are putting on what is called "Gospel Awareness Week" this week and are having different speakers give talks on lots of different subjects with the hope that the Christians on campus will invite their non-believing

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I wrote about this some back in May of 2007 when the dig was in its early stages, but Fox News recently did a follow up story on the discovery of what is appearing to be the burial place of Herod mentioned in the New Testament. Click here to read the story.

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Today we totally revamped and lengthened our analysis and response to the online video Zeitgeist by addressing previously unadressed issues (Horus, the Zodiac, Astrology, etc.) and adding some images to make the page more interesting to look at. This is the NUMBER ONE visited page on our entire website month after month. This is very telling of how persuasive this dangerous video has been.

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In Romans 1:15, Paul wrote, "So, as much as is in me, I am ready [the NASB says “eager”] to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also." Paul’s readiness and eagerness to preach the gospel amazes me! He had at this point in his life already been...1. Stoned in Galatia (Acts 14:19)2. Imprisoned in Philippi (Acts 16:23-24)3. Smuggled out of Berea (Acts 17:4)4. Chased out of Thessalonica (Acts 17

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I like to read the Bible to my kids at the dining room table every night after dinner. When I'm done reading I like to ask them, "What lessons might we get out of what we just read?" I love to hear their thoughts and responses, which are often times amazing for their ages and sometimes quite humorous. Sometimes the lessons are obvious. Other times, we really have to think, "How might this apply

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Dr. Norman Geisler has recently put out a brief critique of the runaway best seller The Shack. As I've discovered in reading the book myself, there are numerous problems with the book doctrinally. Geisler breaks the problems down into fourteen categories:Problem One: A Rejection of Traditional ChristianityProblem Two: Experience Trumps RevelationProblem Three: The Rejection of Sola

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If you live in or near Santa Barbara, California, join me at a free "Contending for the Faith" Conference on Saturday, February 7th from 8AM -3PM. Click here for more details.

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Has a skeptic or nonbeliever ever told you something like: ~ "Jesus never said He was God." ~ "All religions are basically the same." ~ "The Bible has undergone corruption and cannot be trusted." ~ "The Bible is full of contradictions." ~ "Darwinism has disproved God's existence." Many Christians are left speechless at such words. This need not be the case. Rather than go into defensive mode (

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One of the questions I am often asked has to do with the death of loved ones. Here is a recent example from an email we received: Q. "I was wondering how I could find out the meaning of when the Rapture happens the dead in Christ shall rise. It is my understanding that when my son died as a Christian he immediately was in the presence of the Lord. But when I hear the other I am confused. Can you

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I've just finished a fascinating new book entitled There is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind by Antony Flew. If you have friend, a father, or perhaps a boss, who is a hardened atheist and you've tried sharing with them to no avail, then this new book is a great resource to put in their hand. Antony Flew, a former Oxford professor and long time champion of atheism,

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I was too busy earlier this year to get to the movie theater to watch Ben Stein's documentary, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, on the Intelligent Design movement. I finally watched it a few days ago on DVD and thought it was great.   If you'd like to buy a copy on DVD, you can buy it here. Was $27.00, Now only $9.95!

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If you live in southern California, mark your calendars for Saturday, January 17th. Dr. Norman Geisler, Ron Rhodes, Chuck Smith, Raul Ries and myself will be speaking at a free all day apologetics and Bible prophecy seminar, "The Challenge to the Church in the Last Days," at Calvary Chapel Golden Springs in Diamond Bar. As is typical with most Calvary Chapel, church-sponsored events, there is no

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At the top of the many people's list of questions about God is, “If God exists and is loving, why does He allow evil and suffering?” In this new 60 minute long DVD, I explore the problem of evil, demonstrate that there are some very good reasons why God allows evil, and reveal how the presence of evil in the world actually turns out to be strong evidence for God’s existence. If there's one issue

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Veritas Evangelical Seminary (VES) and the Calvary Chapel Bible College, is hosting their annual worldview conference on Saturday, March 7, 2009 in southern California. This year's theme is: THE BATTLE FOR THE BIBLE. Speakers include VES professors:  Norman Geisler (Reliability of the New Testament)   J. Randall Price (Dead Sea Scrolls and Reliability)   Ron Rhodes (End Times Prophecy and the

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If you live in California and need help explaining to someone why you're voting YES on proposition 8, there is a great 8 page article here by Christian apologist Dr. Frank Turek. One of the things I like about his article is that he shows how it is possible to make a reasonable argument to protect traditional marriage and oppose the legalization of homosexual marriage without appealing to the

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There is an amazing story on Fox News this evening about the conversion of Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas's leader, converting from Islam to Christianity. He says his conversion came about "after I studied Christianity — which I had a big misunderstanding about, because I studied about Christianity from Islam, which is, there is nothing true about Christianity when you study it from Islam

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I'll be teaching at an all day apologetics conference here in southern California, Saturday, August 23, 2008 at Calvary Chapel San Bernardino from 9:15AM to 4:00PM. The conference will be specifically geared for junior highers, high schoolers, and college students. Click here for a flier and more details.

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World Magazine a Christian news magazine that I think every Christian subscribe to, has an interesting update on "the Gospel of Judas." Do you remember hearing about this supposed gospel written by Judas? It had the mainstream media abuzz two years ago. We addressed it on the ABR website here, but here is what World reported in a recent edition of their magazine."Two years ago a buzz swept

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One of the criticisms that is commonly leveled against people of faith is that religion (and Christianity specifically) has caused most of the killing and bloodshed in the world. Have you heard that before? I'm sure most of you have. Is the claim true? What facts are there to back up this claim? Do you know how to respond to this claim? If you'd like help in responding to this assertion, Greg

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Christopher Laurie, son of Pastor Greg Laurie and Cathe Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, went home to be with the Lord this morning in a car accident in Riverside. A resident of Huntington Beach, California, Laurie, 33, served as the art director at Harvest Christian Fellowship for the past three years. In addition to his parents, Christopher is survived by his

Charlie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041203601212520202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20090328.post-41973882768938234742008-07-02T23:46:00.001-07:002011-08-18T16:19:09.499-07:00

I'm preparing to teach a study on hell in a few days. In my research I came across a quote on hell that I thought was stirring and worth sharing. Charles Spurgeon: "If sinners be dammed, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for." Be praying for your friends and families

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Christianity Today (a magazine that I've pretty much given up on because of its support of the Emerging Church Movement) has a worthwhile article on the resurgence in Christian apologetics. Click here to read.

Charlie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041203601212520202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20090328.post-35132066043633970942008-06-08T21:33:00.000-07:002011-08-18T16:23:41.450-07:00

Reading about death, cremation and burial is probably not on your list of things to consider right now (unless you know a loved one who is going home to be with the Lord soon, as was the case recently with my Grandma). But if you are weighing through this issue, there is a thought provoking, helpful, six page article on the topic here by Christian apologists Dr. Norman Geisler and Douglas Potter.

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Occasionally I am asked my opinion about the global warming fears that many have. First off I will say that I believe we should be excellent stewards with God's beautiful creation (Ps 24:1 says, "The earth is the LORD'S , and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it.") I think we should recycle, throw our trash in the trash can, not throw out our used oil down the local sewer, etc.

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I was at a youth pastor's conference in January. One of the workshops there was on the dangers of the Emerging Church (with an emphasis on the teachings of Rob Bell and Brian McLaren) by pastor and teacher Brian Brodersen (Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa). If you'd like to listen to Brian's message on the Emerging Church, click here.

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I am gearing up to teach on the Emerging Church at the Calvary Chapel Worldview Conference in southern California on March 8th (You're welcome to join us if you're able! Click here for info). One of the many books that I have read recently, in preparation for this topic, is Rob Bell's book Velvet Elvis. Whoa. I heard there was some questionable stuff in it, but I am absolutely blown away at how

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Over the past six months there has been one issue that I have been asked about more than any other, and that is the "emerging church." Well, mark your calendars for Saturday, March 8th. The Calvary Chapel Bible College in Murrieta, California is hosting their second annual worldview conference and is dedicating this year's conference to addressing the emergent church and exposing where the

Charlie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041203601212520202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20090328.post-45473056872445604942007-12-23T21:24:00.000-08:002011-08-18T20:48:11.593-07:00

There are some Christians and so-called Christians (the Jehovah's Witnesses in particular) who frown upon the whole idea of celebrating Jesus' birth. They often say, "You know, nowhere in the Bible are we told to celebrate Christmas and there is no record that the early church did so." I say phooey on that. I believe we do have Scriptural justification to celebrate Christ's birth. Look at Luke

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Worldnet Daily reports that, "Dr. Eilat Mazar, one of Israel's top archaeologists, ended her presentation Wednesday to the 13th Annual Conference of the Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies on "New Studies on Jerusalem," with a surprise announcement. She had discovered remnants of the fifth century B.C. wall built by Nehemiah, the account recorded in the Old Testament book of the same

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I taught at a church here in southern California recently. Afterwards, a few people were perusing the DVDs and books at our resource table. A lady told me, "I just bought a book at Costco to read on an upcoming vacation I'm taking. It's about Mary Magdalene and some of the gospels that the author said were lost. I read the back cover of the book when I got home and it said things about her that

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I taught a study on the Jehovah's Witnesses a few nights ago at Calvary Chapel in Escondido, California. A lady came up to me afterwards and said that she had been a Jehovah's Witness for twenty three years and that her parents had been full time "Pioneer" missionaries in Africa for twenty two years. She said that when they moved back to the United States they were treated like celebrities within

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Zeitgeist (a German phrase that means "the spirit of the age") is the name of an online video (first released in June 2007) that is making quite an impact on its viewers. In this video, Peter Joseph, the writer and director, seeks to persuade his viewers that the authors of the New Testament borrowed the idea of Jesus' virgin birth, December 25th birth date, twelve disciples, miracles,

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One of Christianity's leading defenders of the faith, Dr. Norman Geisler, has released a review of Hank Hanegraaff's problem-filled book, The Apocalypse Code. Click here to go to ABR's prophecy page and you'll see the link there in our list of articles. Geisler concludes his review with this sentence, "It is sad that a man who has fought so hard for so long against cults and aberrant teachings

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I have been talking with a Jehovah's Witness lady named Christie and a variety of people she brings along with her, now twice a week for the past few weeks. They don't know who I am. I am purposely keeping "a low profile" so that I can continue to dialog with them and ask them questions that I'm praying God will use to open their eyes.Well, as I was dwelling tonight on the spiritual battle I am

Charlie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041203601212520202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20090328.post-71258142899256170462007-05-08T23:23:00.000-07:002007-05-15T22:42:15.222-07:00

Archaeologists are hailing the possible discovery in Israel this week, of Herod's tomb. Click here to see the story on CNN.com (includes on-site video footage). Click here to read the story on the BBC. For those of you familiar with the New Testament, you know that Herod was the governor of Judea at the time that Jesus was born. He was the one who helped the Jews rebuild the temple in Jerusalem

Charlie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041203601212520202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20090328.post-72395213865320731122007-04-28T19:10:00.000-07:002007-04-28T19:14:29.967-07:00

A large scale replica of Noah's ark has been built in the Netherlands and CNN.com featured the story without any criticisms or jabs of the actual Biblical account of the Flood in Genesis 6-8. Click here to read the story.

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The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on partial birth abortion, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench. The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. Click here to read Foxnews.com story on this.

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Skeptics, and people of other religions have raised some challenging and valid questions concerning Jesus. Questions like... --Did Jesus really live? --How do we know? --Is there credible evidence for Jesus’ existence outside the pages of the New Testament? --If Jesus was God, why did He not just plainly say, “I am God”? --Did Jesus rise from dead? If so, what evidence is there? --Couldn't the

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Have you heard of the book, THE SECRET? If not, you will. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne, remains the number one selling book on the New York Times Best Seller list. Oprah Winfrey and Larry King have dedicated entire programs to it and millions of Americans are reading the book. Unfortunately there are numerous false teachings in the book and it is leading multitudes into a dangerous New Age

Charlie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041203601212520202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20090328.post-50861044519497167712007-04-03T21:46:00.000-07:002007-04-03T21:55:47.796-07:00

Click here to read Charles Colson's commentary about a recent TIME magazine article that discusses how popular Bible literacy classes have become on secular high school campuses and why almost no one is complaining about them. Interesting and exciting development.

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THE LOST TOMB OF JESUS, a two hour documentary that aired nation wide on the Discovery Channel, makes the startling claim that Jesus did not rise from the grave as the Bible says (e.g., Matthew 28:6) but that He died and was buried in a cave with His family, including His wife and child. The documentary, which claims to have DNA and statistical evidence in its favor, goes on to assert that the

Charlie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041203601212520202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20090328.post-11660859081491093352007-03-13T11:30:00.000-07:002007-03-13T11:36:27.643-07:00

A plethora of scholarly articles have been written debunking the discovery of the so-called "Lost Tomb of Jesus." Thankfully some of this research is making its way into the mainstream media. CNN.com posted an article this morning, "Scholar: Jesus Tomb Documentary Got It Wrong." Click here to read.If you are in the southern California area today, I will be teaching on this topic at 7:00 PM at

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Every year Satan seems to launch an attack on the resurrection in the months leading up to Easter. Last year it was the so-called Gospel of Judas. The year before that it was The Da Vinci Code. Before that it was the Jesus Seminar's findings, and so on. The latest attack is of course "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" and James Cameron's preposterous claim that Jesus' family tomb has been discovered in

Charlie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041203601212520202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20090328.post-26400655295010615782007-02-12T09:59:00.000-08:002007-02-12T10:04:39.860-08:00

A hundred more of the world's top scientists have signed a statement declaring that they are skeptical of the claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Click here to read the story.

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We're excited to announce the release of a brand new, updated edition of our Roman Catholicism DVD. Some of the questions that this DVD answers are:   Where, when, and how did the Roman Catholic Church come to be?  What do Catholics and Protestants agree upon?  What do we disagree upon? Why do we disagree?  Do Catholic teachings line up with the Bible?  Why are there different books (the

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I have a friend who graduated from med school a few years back. One night, while he was still in school, I was over at his house looking through one of his textbooks. The book was about 800 pages long and filled with hundreds of photographs of the inside of the human body. I was amazed. I mentioned to him that I would find it difficult to believe that any of the students, after seeing the inside

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World Net Daily reports today: Christian leaders from around the world are hailing the announcement of a source for stem cells – and their related medical research lines – without obtaining them from aborted babies or from lab-created-and-destroyed human embryos. The announcement in Nature Biotechnology said seven years of research by scientists from Wake Forest School of Medicine and Harvard

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It would be wise when witnessing to skeptics of Christianity to remember that it is not usually intellectual objections alone that keep a person from seriously considering the claims of Christ. Many times, a major reason for their resistance is that they are enjoying a sinful lifestyle that they know will have to change if they are to become Jesus' disciples. Jesus said, "The light has come

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In John 14:6, Jesus claimed to be the only way to a right relationship with God ("I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me"). Peter affirms the same thing in Acts 4:12 ("And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved"). The Bible's clear teaching regarding the

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Many atheists believe that the universe is uncaused and does not need a creator to explain its existence. They give their wholehearted approval to the words of Carl Sagan who said, "The cosmos is all there is, all there ever was, and all there ever will be." Despite the mounting evidence that the universe actually began to exist at a particular point in time, many atheists cling to the idea of an

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We're blessed to announce the expansion of Always Be Ready's online store. If you are you looking for theologically sound resources (DVDs, books or audio CDs) that will strengthen your faith or that you can give to unbelievers, we think you'll be excited about our growing list of resources. Some of the new resources we have added include: (1) The Case for a Creator DVD. In this 60 minute long

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I am reading a book right now about the history of the early Pilgrims and their arrival here to what is now the United States. After more than two months at sea, sometimes facing 50' or higher waves, the Pilgrims landed on the shores of Cape Cod. Upon arrival, they got off the Mayflower, got on their knees on the sand and thanked the God of heaven for their safe journey and then read the 100th

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The Christian Apologetics Program at BIOLA university is hosting a FREE event on Thursday evening, December 7 from 7:30 - 9:30pm. At this event, you'l witness the launch of a much anticipated new evangelistic/apologetic DVD based on Lee Strobel's best selling book. You'll also hear from scholars who are helping to win the debate over Darwinism in our time (William Lane Craig, Jonathan Wells,

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According to a new survey, nearly half of Americans are not sure God exists. The survey conducted by Harris Poll found that 42 percent of US adults are not "absolutely certain" there is a God compared to 34 percent who felt that way when asked the same question three years ago. Click here to read the whole story. If you want to be better prepared to share with people why it is reasonable to

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If you are dialoguing with Mormons and could use a boost in your witnessing efforts with them, make sure to check out this award-winning new documentary film that investigates the story behind a volume of Mormon scripture called The Book of Abraham. The story is that Mormon founder Joseph Smith translated it from an ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll he purchased from an antiquities

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Can a scientist believe in God? A Nobel-nominated chemistry professor says yes. Check out this great article.

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Asking Mormons loving, yet challenging questions is a great way to help them see that they have been deceived. There is a great list of questions to ask Mormons available by clicking here.

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If you would like to know more about the growing Intelligent Design movement, there is a short and helpful list of answers to the most common questions people have about it at the Access Research Network's site. Click here to read. I am also finding William Dembski's book The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design (2004), very, very good. He tackles the

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