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Satan and Demons – Their Tactics
Posted March 12th, 2011 by Mike Hubbard

“Where God is on one side, you may be sure to find the devil on the other.” William Gurnall, 1655 This is the second post on the topic on the Biblical topic of  Satan and demons.  This post will look at the tactics and goals Satan uses against us.  In the last post we looked [...]

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Satan and Demons – Their Origins
Posted March 11th, 2011 by Mike Hubbard

“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.” — C. S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters After our message on the Gerasene Demoniac this past weekend, I [...]

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Explaining Hanukkah – and a funny video to go with it
Posted December 3rd, 2010 by Mike Hubbard

If you have Jewish friends you know that the festival of Hanukkah is currently being celebrated.  This morning I saw a funny video from some guys who call themselves the Maccabeats singing a song about the festival.  My guess is that most Christians don’t know much about the Festival of Lights or the Feast of [...]

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The Onion on the Depravity of Children
Posted November 20th, 2010 by Brandon Allen

A while back (and by a while, I mean nearly a year), I guy I follow on Twitter, Joshua Blankenship, posted this: “Leave it to The Onion to write a theologically astute article on the human condition” – 6:53 PM Dec 8th, 2009 If you’re unfamiliar with The Onion, it’s a satirical news site, and [...]

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Jesus, One man, two natures
Posted November 15th, 2010 by Mike Hubbard

Read the Gospels and you encounter Jesus.  On one had we discover a man who had very human emotions, experienced pain, was hungry and ate, and went through all that it meant to be human.  On the other hand, he taught with authority, could read the thoughts of people, healed the sick and raised the [...]

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