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Expelled movie opens April 18th

By oneaustin • Apr 14th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Movies, News

Get ready for the controversial movie that explores the oppression of thought regarding intelligent design in the science community.  The movie opens this weekend and there is sure to be much talk about it.  You can find the closest showing here.  Get more info on the movie here and here.



An Unloving God Sends People to Hell?

By rick.davila • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: Articles

An Unloving God Sends People to Hell?
Category: Religion and Philosophy
Many critics of the Christian faith like to point out that a truly loving God would not send innocent people to Hell. This would include children. The critics like to point out that the Christian deity is a God that deals out […]



Why do Critis Focus on Imperfect Christians?

By rick.davila • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: Articles

Many people accuse Christians of being hypocrites. Is this a fair accusation? This article is a reply to someone claiming that Christians are hypocrites.  They claim that hypocrites shouldn’t go to church.  Here is my reply, enjoy.
Church is a good place for hypocrites, as well as liars and thieves. It is there they will be […]



The Gospel , Annoying Salesmen, and the UPS Driver

By rick.davila • Dec 20th, 2007 • Category: Articles, Churches

During the week I travel from church to church meeting all types of Christians.  The ministry I’m involved with seeks to assist churches via web services among other things..  During my visits to different churches I am greeted and treated in different ways.  I began to ponder what someone who is not a Christian that […]



A Good Semester Indeed

By oneaustin • Dec 18th, 2007 • Category: Articles

A science professor begins his school year with a lecture to the students, “Let me explain the problem science has with religion.” The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.
“You’re a Christian, aren’t you, son?”
“Yes sir,” the student says.
“So you believe […]



Are there 2 versions of the Bible today?

By admin • Dec 2nd, 2007 • Category: Articles

I have recently been doing some studying and research on why there is a difference between the KJV and NIV/NLT/NASB/ESV/TNIV/CEV. It seems in our world today there are 2 versions of the Bible the KJV and then all the others.
Upon posting my previous post “The Case of the Missing Bible Verses” I was able […]



Help Share Christ’s Love with People in the Middle East

By rick.davila • Nov 14th, 2007 • Category: Articles, News

Campus Crusade for Christ is sending Christ’s love to people in the Middle East.  Find out more and how you can help in the following article,
Here are a few examples of how these Bags of Blessing are an amazing “bridge” to share the Gospel:

“As the team were distributing Bags of Blessing in […]



Back To The Book

By oneaustin • Nov 6th, 2007 • Category: Articles

“A closed Bible is worthless, but an open one…Priceless” 
Has the Bible had a great influence on your life?—-How often do you read it?

In American homes the Bible has taken on the status of an icon with little practical value. When asked, “What book has most influenced your life?” in a recent Library of Congress survey, […]



Should Churches Be Marketing?

By oneaustin • Oct 4th, 2007 • Category: Articles

Could our churches attempts at marketing may be doing more harm than good? Was Jesus warning of this when he told a healed leper, “See that you say nothing to anyone…”(Mark 1:44)?
Today churches large and small (the small imitating the large) have unthinkingly adopted a marketing mentality that, it turns out, subverts rather […]