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Friday, March 31, 2006

Testing Darwin's Teachers

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The LA Times has an article online today about students in Kansas who enjoy asking sophisticated (sometimes), challenging questions of thei...
Monday, March 13, 2006

Ancient City Found at 'Kana of the Galilee'

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The Jerusalem Post reports today the discovery of an ancient city found, which may be connected to Jesus' first miracle. Click here for...
Friday, March 10, 2006

New Photo Resparks Interest in Looking for Noah's Ark

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A new, high-resolution digital image of what has become known as the "Ararat Anomaly" is reigniting interest in the hunt for Noah...
Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Darwin Smacked in New U.S. Poll: 69% of Americans want alternate theories in classroom

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Worldnetdaily.com reports today that a new poll shows 69 percent of Americans believe public school teachers should present both the eviden...
Monday, February 27, 2006

Dr. Henry Morris Home With the Lord

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The Institute for Creation Research said, "After a series of minor strokes in recent weeks, Dr. Henry Morris, founder and president of...
Wednesday, February 22, 2006

The Victory of Reason

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Charles Colson's writes today, "At the heart of the furor over Danish cartoons depicting Muhammad are the different values and idea...
Monday, February 20, 2006

500 Doctoral Scientists Skeptical of Darwin

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Worldnetdaily.com reports today that more than 500 scientists with doctoral degrees have signed a statement expressing skepticism about Darw...
Friday, February 10, 2006

Goliath's Name Discovered in Ancient City of Gath

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There was recently an interesting discovery made in Israel. Reuters reports, "An Israeli researcher said he has made a Goliath of a fin...
Friday, February 03, 2006

Is Reincarnation Compatible With the Bible?

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There are many Biblical problems with believing in reincarnation. First, Second Corinthians 5:8 says, "We are confident, I say, and w...
Wednesday, February 01, 2006

The Privileged Planet: Our Special Place in the Universe

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I came across this short write up today by Charles Colson called, "The Privileged Planet: Our Special Place in the Universe" (Nov....
Monday, January 30, 2006

What About Those Who Have Never Heard of Jesus: Will They Be Condemned to Hell?

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This is a common question that unbelievers have. The Bible says that God is loving (Psalm 103:8, 1 John 4:10) and that He is not willing tha...
Sunday, January 29, 2006

Interview with Charlie Campbell on CSN

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Tune in Sunday, January 29 at 2:30PM (Pacific Time) and 5:30PM (Eastern time) to CSN online to hear a half hour program regarding the new b...
Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Should the Apocrypha be in the Bible?

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Evangelicals believe that the Bible is made up of sixty six books. (If you want to read about how the church discovered the Books that God d...
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Museum in Florida Displaying Pieces of the Dead Sea Scrolls and 1611 Version of the King James Bible

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If you live in or near St. Petersburg, Florida, this will be of special interest to you. CNN reports today that, "The Bible's evol...

An Argument for God's Existence From Desire

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Here is an interesting, thought provoking argument for God's existence: 1. Every natural, innate desire in us corresponds to some real...
Monday, January 23, 2006

The Fanciful, Deceptive Imagination of Dan Brown

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In his popular, yet highly inaccurate novel, The Da Vinci Code , Dan Brown asserts (through a character named Lee Teabing) that the the deit...
Friday, January 20, 2006

Is There a Contradiction in the Accounts of the Women at Jesus' Tomb?

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Someone emailed me yesterday who was troubled by the apparent contradiction in the Gospels regarding the women at Jesus' tomb on the mor...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Mormon Mind Control

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I talked with a woman named Jennifer today who was baptized last week into the Mormon Church. I got to dialog with her about some of the dif...

Was There Really A Flood as Genesis Says?

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Click here to read great answers to skeptics' questions regarding the Flood and Noah's ark talked about in Genesis 7.
Sunday, January 15, 2006

Need Help Understanding the Problems With Calvinism?

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Click here to listen to an hour long teaching by Dr. Norman Geisler entitled, "WHY I'M NOT A FIVE POINT CALVINIST." You will ...

The Statement That There Are No Absolute Truths Is Self Defeating

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A popular saying or belief amongst skeptics of the Christian faith is, "All truth is relative." With this statement many skeptics...

Actor Stephen Baldwin Standing Up Against Pornography

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Actor and Christian, Stephen Baldwin is on a crusade against pornography. Click here to read today's article at WorldNetDaily.com. If y...
Saturday, January 14, 2006

Debating the Age of the Earth

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There are of course a few different views regarding the age of the universe. I personally don't think it is all that necessary that Chri...

Maybe My Kindergarten Teacher Was Right After All

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Ron Carlson, a Christian apologist and author, said, "In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy ta...
Friday, January 13, 2006

Was Jesus' Resurrection an Idea Stolen from Pagan Religions?

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More and more lately I am bumping into comments online from skeptics of the Bible who are saying that the authors of the New Testament stole...
Thursday, January 12, 2006

C. S. Lewis on Hell

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C. S. Lewis said, "I believe that the damned are, in one sense, successful rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on the ...
Monday, January 09, 2006

Philosophical Evidence That The Universe Cannot be Eternal, and Therefore Uncaused.

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Imagine with me for a couple of minutes that you are holding a copy of THE DA VINCI CODE in your hands which you have been reading. Suppose ...
Saturday, January 07, 2006

A New NBC Show Starring Jesus?

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Did anybody watch the premiere of the new NBC television show last night, THE BOOK OF DANIEL? If you did, what did you think about it? Is th...
Friday, January 06, 2006

I Don't Have Enough Faith to be An Atheist

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It seems absurd to the highest degree to think that nothing can do something, let alone create, but that is exactly what atheism requires no...
Thursday, January 05, 2006

New Book Now Available Through Amazon

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You can support the ministry of Always Be Ready and be equipped to respond to skeptics' top forty questions about Christianity at the sa...
Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Philosophical Evidence for God's Existence

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Philosophically, it seems very reasonable to me that a Creator of the universe must exist. Here's why. 1. Something exists. 2. Nothing d...
Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Put the Burden of Proof Back on the Skeptic

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Has a skeptic or unbeliever ever told you something like: - "Jesus never said He was God." - "All religions are basically t...
Monday, January 02, 2006

Judge Orders Priest to Prove Christ Existed

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The TIMES ONLINE reported today that an Italian judge has ordered a priest to stand trial and prove that Jesus ever even existed. This rais...

Two Mormon Missionaries Shot While Witnessing

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CHESAPEAKE - A 21-year-old Mormon missionary died Monday night after he and his partner were shot while going door-to-door in the Deep Cree...

Artifacts With Links to Bible Unearthed

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The Washington Times reports today that, "Israeli archaeologists, screening tons of rubble scooped out of this ancient city's sacr...
Saturday, December 31, 2005

A Word For Defenders of the Faith by C. S. Lewis

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“To be ignorant and simple now—not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground—would be to throw down our weapons and to betray our u...
Friday, December 30, 2005

What Did Jesus Teach About the Bible?

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Jesus affirmed that the Bible was: 1. Without Error (John 17:17) 2. Historically Reliable (Matthew 12:40, 24:37-39) Jesus affirmed as hi...

Anyone Can Say They Are God

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Anyone can say they are God, but Jesus did more than claim to be God, He backed up His claims. He proved that He was the Son of God ( equal ...
Thursday, December 29, 2005

The Existence of Evil and Suffering Actually Turns Out to be a Strong Evidence for God's Existence

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The very thing that the skeptic says disproves the existence of God (the existence of evil and suffering in the world) is actually a strong ...

THE DA VINCI CODE: Examined and Refuted

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The Da Vinci Code is adversely affecting the way millions of people around the world view the Gospel, the church, Jesus and the Bible. Writ...

Charles Spurgeon on the Book of Mormon

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“One of the most modern pretenders to inspiration is the Book of Mormon. I could not blame you should you laugh outright while I read aloud ...

National Geographic Society Comments on the Book of Mormon

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“Archaeologists and other scholars have long probed the hemisphere’s past, and the Society does not know of anything found so far that has s...

The Amazing Influence of that Babe in the Manger

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“This Jesus of Nazareth, without money and arms, conquered more millions than Alexander, Caesar, Mohammed, and Napoleon; without science and...

Do You Need Help Sharing the Truth With Someone Involved in Scientology?

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John Weldon, a Christian apologist and author, has written a good article on Scientology. He examines the origin of the religion and how the...

So Much for Free Speech in North Dakota: Students Forbidden From Debating Intelligent Design

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So much for free speech in North Dakota. Science Daily reports that, "Students in North Dakota debating programs have been banned from ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

20 Reasons To Believe That Jesus is God

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There are a variety of different beliefs amongst the different religions as to who Jesus was and is. Some say He was an enlightened man. Oth...

Do You Love the Truth?

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Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) said in his day, "Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the...

New DVD: The Bible vs. Book of Mormon

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Living Hope Ministries in Utah has just produced and released an amazing new DVD entitled THE BIBLE vs. THE BOOK OF MORMON. Comparing side b...

Darwinism: "Masquerading As Science"

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Dr. Jonathan Wells, who earned two doctorates, one in molecular and cell biology from U.C. Berkeley and another from Yale recently said, ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2005

How NOT to Witness to a Jehovah's Witness

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Many Christians aren't sure how to go about witnessing to Jehovah's Witnesses on their doorstep. Here is an example of how NOT to do...

Are You a College Student with Liberal Professors? Sean Hannity Wants to Help You

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Sean Hannity (a conservative Christian talkshow host for Foxnews) wants to help expose liberal propaganda and intimidation by university pro...
Monday, December 26, 2005

How Americans View Muslims Post 9-11

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"Just before the September 11 attacks, a Gallup survey showed that 45 percent of Americans had favorable views toward Muslim-Americans....

Do You Have Kids? Help Them Know Why They Believe What They Believe

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"Studies have shown that when students lack good defenses, their faith erodes. And two-thirds will forsake Christianity by their senior...
Sunday, December 25, 2005

Seventy Percent of Americans Believe Jesus is the Son of God

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THE WASHINGTON TIMES reports today that, "Traditional religion is still the bedrock of America, with "very large majorities" ...
Saturday, December 24, 2005

Famous Atheist Abandons Atheism for Belief in Intelligent Designer

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This is no longer news to some of you, but worthy of posting here for those of you who haven't yet heard. Antony Flew, a world-renowned ...
Friday, December 23, 2005

Scientists Who Are Critical of Darwinian Evolution

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Did you know that some of the brightest scientists in the world, from some of the most prestigious institutions in the world (including Camb...

Easy Way to Inoculate Your Neighbors Against Cults

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Have Mormon missionaries or Jehovah's Witnesses been through your neighborhood? Here is a great and easy way to warn your neighbors abou...
Thursday, December 22, 2005

New Discovery in Megiddo Mentions Jesus

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We know from the New Testament accounts and extrabiblical sources (e.g., Flavius Josephus, Suetonius, Cornelius Tacitus, the Jewish Talmud...

Is it Reasonable to Believe that God Exists?

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What evidence is there that the God exists? Well, for starters, we might point to the very existence of the universe itself. Let’s think abo...

New Apologetics Book Now Available

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My new book is done: One Minute Answers to Skeptics' Top Forty Questions. Here's what a few of the endorsers had to say: "I ho...

Preterism: A Review of Hank Hanegraaff's THE LAST DISCIPLE by Dr. Norman Geisler

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Dr. Norman Geisler, President of Southern Evangelical Seminary and author of more than sixty books, tackles and refutes many of the problems...

Did Jesus Ever Exist?

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For a great examination of the extrabiblical, historical evidence for Jesus' existence pick up a copy of THE HISTORICAL JESUS: ANCIENT E...

Dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Someone emailed us today and asked how we know that the Dead Sea Scrolls actually date back to the time before Christ. That is a great quest...
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Charlie Campbell is a pastor (Calvary Chapel Association), author, and founder of the ABR Apologetics Ministry (AlwaysBeReady.com). Since founding ABR in 2005, he has spoken at hundreds of churches on a wide variety of topics related to the defense of the Christian faith. Prior to ABR, Charlie was an instructor at Calvary Chapel Bible College in Murrieta, CA, and the Director of The School of Ministry at Calvary Vista, his home church, where he taught courses on apologetics, world religions and cults, systematic theology, eschatology, church history, hermeneutics, and evangelism (1997–2005). His books and ministry have been commended by Norman Geisler, Charles Colson, Chuck Smith, Jack Hibbs, Ed Hindson, Nancy DeMoss, and others. He resides in sunny San Diego, California, with his wife Anastasia and their five kids.
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