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Apr 2013 11
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by Timothy Jones

Culture: Why Does the IRS Still Get My Taxes Even When Jesus Has My Heart?

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Over the next several days, millions of Americans will endure the filing and, in some cases, the payment of taxes. Taxation has never been particularly popular among Americans, having once incited several dozen Bostonians to dress up as Mohawk braves
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Jan 2013 03
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Apologetics: Why the Acts of Paul and Gospel of Peter Aren’t On Your Schedule for Reading the Bible in a Year

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Perhaps you, like many others, are planning to read through the Bible this year. If you do, you’re likely to ask yourself at some point, “Weren’t there other Gospels and letters that didn’t make it into the Bible? Why am I rea
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Dec 2012 31
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Apologetics: Why Some Books Made It Into the New Testament and Others Didn’t

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Tomorrow, many of you will begin reading through the Bible in a year. Before you do, I want to plant a question in your mind: Why these books? Why spend the year reading through these ancient texts and not some other documents? What’s so import
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Sep 2012 20
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Apologetics: Why the Singleness of Jesus Makes the Best Sense of the Evidence

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“It is an embarrassing insight into human nature that the more fantastic the scenario, the more sensational is the promotion it receives and the more intense the faddish interest it attracts,” biblical scholar Raymond Brown wrote nearly t
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May 2012 14
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Why No Baptized Lions Or Talking Crosses Made It Into Your Bible

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From the first century forward, Christians viewed testimony that could be connected to eyewitnesses of Jesus as uniquely authoritative. The logic of this standard was simple: The people most likely to know the truth about Jesus were either eyewitness
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May 2012 10
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Who Decided Which Books Belong in My Bible?

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Suppose that you became a Christian in the second century A.D. You’ve heard the story of a divine being who died on a cross and rose from the dead. Through baptism, you’ve openly identified yourself with his followers. Now, you want to le
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Apr 2012 12
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Why Caesar Still Gets Your Taxes Even When Jesus Has Your Heart

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Last week, millions of Americans endured the filing and, in some cases, the payment of taxes. Taxation has never been particularly popular among Americans, having once incited several dozen Bostonians to dress up as Mohawk braves and toss tea into a
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