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- marc ayers’ journey homeon Jul 22, 2014 in conversion stories actively teaching apologetics and philosophy in church Arius baptism Calvinist Catholic Christianity faith Fr Scott Houser His Body and Blood I was a fervent Reformed Presbyterian Israel Jesus Jesus founded a Church Marc Ayers Mary is the fulfillment type of the Ark of the Covenant pastor Scott Houser readings from Scripture Reformed Presbyterian Scripture sola scriptura son of David St Augustine the Anglican Church The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the Ark of the Covenant the Bible the Catholic Church the Christian faith the Church Fathers The Coming Home Network International the Council of Nicea the Didache the divinity of Christ the early Christians the early Church the Eucharist the Faith the history of the Church the Jehovah's Witnesses the New Testament canon the Nicene Creed the papacy the pillar and ground of truth the Presbyterian Church the Sacraments The Trinity the true son of David the Virgin Mary the writings of the Church Fathers Western civilization Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Marc Ayers My story starts in law school in 1995. At that time, I was a fervent Reformed Presbyterian (Calvinist), having spent time in seminary and still actively teaching apologetics and philosophy in the church. If someone had told me th...
- lukewarm faith might be worse for marriages than no faithon Jul 22, 2014 in marriage society Amber Lapp blue states Catholic Catholic couples Charles Stokes cohabitation conservative marriage norms conservative Protestant couples couples David Lapp divorce divorce statistics evangelical extramarital sex fewer couples in blue states are choosing to marry at all good marriages higher rates of divorce legal commitment Life Site News Love and Marriage in Middle America Project lower divorce rates marriage advice more likely to divorce National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health non-religious couples rates of divorce red states Religion religious affiliation religious attendance religious believers religious community religious observance social support The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie The Federalist theological reinforcement University of Texas US society working-class adults Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Life Site News A recent study out of the University of Texas claims that couples in religiously conservative “red states” are more likely to divorce than couples in culturally liberal “blue states.” The study’s authors specula...
- a line crossed in the middle easton Jul 22, 2014 in christian persecution contemporary affairs a Sunni Islamist group Assyrians Chaldean-rite Catholic Church Christians Christians in Mosul classical Islamic law Contemporary affairs current affairs declared a new caliphate Dhimma Iraq ISIS Islam Islamism Jews jizya marking the homes of Christians marks the end of a continuous Christian tradition in Mosul Mosul Muslim society Nineveh northern Iraq one of the most ancient Christian communities in the world Ottoman empire Psalm 7 Syria The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the Assyrian Church of the East the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria the Middle East the muslim community the Syriac Orthodox Church umma world affairs world news Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Mark Movsesian Say goodbye to one of the most ancient Christian communities in the world. Last week, members of ISIS—the “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria,” a Sunni Islamist group that recently has captured parts of Iraq and declared a...
- acs alumnus makes fun of muslims and islamon Jul 21, 2014 in contemporary affairs ACS alumnus makes fun of muslims and Islam alumnus Anglo Chinese School Anglo-Chinese School Barker Road Contemporary affairs cruel joke current affairs Franklin Wong Frankling Wong Hong Pong halal beer halal condoms halal pork halal virgins humour at the expense of others Islam make a police report muslims not funny at all Ramadan Religion sacrilegious Singapore singapore current affairs Singapore News spiteful joke The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie BlogFranklin Wong Hong Pong, an alumnus from Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road), posted the following on Facebook: (source) Apparently biological age did not mature this adolescent bird-brained buffoon from making as vi...
- what species rules earth?on Jul 21, 2014 in science "Adventures Among Ants" by Mark W. Moffett a highly evolved social structure ability to use tools apes Artificial intelligence bacteria Chimpanzees Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Denisovans gorillas Hive mind Homo floresiensis humans hyperintelligent species intelligent behavior Jan Zalasiewicz LiveScience.com machine intelligence Mark W. Moffett modern humans mutate faster Neanderthals other human species oversized rats pigs rats reproduce faster Robert J. Sternberg supercolony supersoldier ants The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the biggest threat to humans the Turing Test world domination World Wildlife Fund Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Live Science In the newly released film, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” humans and apes vie for dominance after a virus has made apes hyperintelligent while wiping out most humans. But though apes riding horses, reading and w...
- from nietzsche to richard dawkins: a conversation on modern atheismon Jul 21, 2014 in atheism Book Reviews "Atheists: The Origin of the Species" by Nick Spencer "God is not Great" by Christopher Hitchens "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris atheist thinkers atheists Brandon Ambrosino Christianity Christopher Hitchens continental philosophy critical acclaim critical of religion Daniel Dennett Darwinism faith fundamentalism God is dead human dignity Hume humility Julian Baggini liberalism modern atheists Nick Spencer Nietzsche Pew Research Center popular acclaim progress public debate Religion religious fanaticism religious people Richard Dawkins Ronald Dworkin Sam Harris scholarly acclaim science Scientific revolution secularization Slate Spinoza Stephen Law The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins the New Atheists the papacy The Satanic Verses Theos Vox Western liberalism WIN-Gallup Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Brandon Ambrosino The number of atheists in the US has been on a steady incline over the years, according to the Pew Research Center. In 2012, 2.4 percent of American adults said they were atheists, which was up from 1.6 perc...
- andrew lloyd webber opposes assisted dyingon Jul 18, 2014 in contemporary affairs death & dying Andrew Lloyd Webber assisted dying assisting suicide ComRes poll Contemporary affairs current affairs deep depression died of cancer in 2012 Dignitas Dr Karol Sikora euthanasia floodgates House of Commons Life Life Site News Lord Falconer palliative care Rev. Christopher Jones suffering The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the default option the priority of the preservation of life the value of life UK News world affairs world news Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Hilary White The House of Commons will hear over a hundred brief presentations Friday discussing the proposal from Lord Falconer, supported by the euthanasia lobby, to abolish the criminal offence of assisting suicide. One of the many prese...
- this shameful injusticeon Jul 18, 2014 in contemporary affairs Binyamin Netanyahu bombardment of the Gaza Strip collective punishment Contemporary affairs current affairs Fatah full-scale armed onslaught Gaza Hamas illegally occupied territory Israel Israel does not have a right of self-defence over territories it illegally occupies Israel's occupation of Palestine Israeli army Mahmoud Abbas more than 200 Palestinians have been killed Oren Shachor Palestinian civilians Palestinians The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the Gaza Strip The Guardian the Israeli government the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the Muslim Brotherhood the Palestinians of Gaza are an occupied people the third time in five years United Nations West Bank world affairs world news world's fourth largest military power Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Seumas Milne For the third time in five years, the world’s fourth largest military power has launched a full-scale armed onslaught on one of its most deprived and overcrowded territories. Since Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip beg...
- new film shows how to leave the gay life behindon Jul 18, 2014 in sexuality "Desire of the Everlasting Hills" Austin Ruse Crisis Magazine cruising for men Dan Mattson EWTN First Things frantic sex gay life I want a boyfriend LGBT LGBT movement Mother Angelica new film promiscuity same-sex attraction sexual appetite sexual sobriety suffering The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the Body and Blood of our Lord the Catholic Church the Christian Right the Courage apostolate the gay life the LGBT life the LGBT movement the meaning of suffering The New Homophiles Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Austin Ruse The modern day LGBT movement wants you to believe that the people featured in the new documentary “Desire of the Everlasting Hills” really don’t exist. They are figments of the fevered imaginations of the Christian right.
- how i found the catholic faith at southern baptist theological seminaryon Jul 18, 2014 in conversion stories "Born Fundamentalist Born Again Catholic" by David Currie Anthony Baratta apostolic authority authority baptism Catholic Catholicism church history communion deep in history evangelical Protestant evangelizing Catholics in Poland Holy Mother Church I hated the idea of becoming Catholic Jesus Christ Jonathan Edwards Martin Luther Protestant Protestantism Religion Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholicism sola scriptura Southern Baptist Theological Seminary St Paul The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the Catholic faith the early Church Fathers the Eucharist the fullness of the Catholic faith the majority of pre-Reformation church history was ignored the Reformation the Roman Catholic Church the sacramentals the Sacraments the silliness of the Catholic Church thinking about the faith young evangelicals Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Anthony Baratta It was the day after Ash Wednesday in 2012 when I called my mom from my dorm room at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and told her I thought I was going to become Catholic. “You’re not going to become Catholic, you...
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