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Bible Truth or Tradition: What does the Bible say about immortality?

In previous articles, it has been confirmed that the Platonic doctrine of an inherently immortal soul is not taught in the Bible. “The soul that sins, it shall die.” According to the Bible, there is one who alone is immortal and cannot die. “For I lift up my hand to heaven and swear, As I live forever,” Deuteronomy‬ ‭32‬:‭40‬. God speaking in first person singular. One person who lives forever. In ordinary grammar, a first person personal pronoun means one person, right? “….he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of Lords, who ...

She followed America’s immigration process, then ICE took her anyway

Armelle Bondonga Bradshaw was nervous walking into her final green card interview, but her husband Terrance assured her that it was all going to be fine. They had done everything the U.S. government had asked of them: completed the required medical and financial assessments, gathered their ...

A recipe for ‘Stone Soup’ and history’s warnings about the economy

The traditional folk tale goes like this: Mid-afternoon one day, a young man showed up at an elderly lady’s house and, when she answered the door, he asked, “Do you have any food? I am hungry and haven’t eaten.” When she replied she did not, he then asked if she had a stone, so he ...

FUTURES FILES

Cotton Collapses A slight improvement in the crop condition report and already sky-high prices triggered a near six cent plunge in December cotton. By Thursday evening, futures were trading at 86.45 cents per pound, a daily change down about 2.79%. On-going drought in much of the cotton growing region and higher crude oil prices should have helped hold prices higher but former cotton bulls ran for the doors, taking profits and then trying to escape near-panic selling. Higher oil prices create higher costs for polyester which is now a major component of US clothing, so the war and higher ...

ASK AUGUSTINE

Don't you think that postmodernism and atheist’s like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and others have shown that a belief in God and in sin have become intellectually indefensible for thinking people in the academic world? On the contrary, postmodernism and such atheistic arguments have strengthened my faith and I assume I am a thinking person. I maintain that Christianity is so intellectually tenable in any objective academic arena, that I say - bring your arguments on! Unfortunately postmodernism supports the false idea that each of us is the arbiter of truth ...

What is anosognosia?

Do you know someone with a serious mental illness who you think is always in denial? While denial does definitely exist, someone with Anosognosia isn’t simply in denial or being stubborn. Their brain can’t process the fact that their thoughts and moods don’t reflect reality. Experts think Anosognosia results from damage to an area of the brain involved in self-reflection. Everyone, regardless of their health status, is constantly updating their mental image of themselves. Whenever you gain new information about yourself—say, after you get a haircut or ace a presentation—it ...