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Dehumanization: The Humanistic Agenda

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Dehumanization: The Humanistic Agenda, P. Andrew Sandlin

Humanism has been around since Genesis 3. It is the belief that there is no God or, better yet, that man himself is a god. The temptation of the serpent to Eve was simple: If you establish your own moral standards, and act on them, you can be as God (Gen. 3:5). The history of depraved man is the history of an unending quest for an ever more consistent humanism. From the ancient world empires - Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Rome - to the Italian Renaissance to the European Enlightenment to Romanticism and finally to today’s “postmodernism,” man’s root sin is humanism - the desire to be his own god.

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Sunday, April 9th, 2006
How Do You Look At Evidence
John N. Clayton

I thought that our daughter Wendy was the master of negative body language. When Wendy did not like something, even as a small child, she would stand with her hand on her hip, look at us, and roll her eyes in a way that left absolutely nothing to the imagination.

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Sunday, April 9th, 2006
Stages In An Apologetic Confrontation
Dr. Johnson C. Philip & Dr. Saneesh Cherian

The word “confrontation” upsets many, including Christians, today because activities like taking a stand, showing the difference, separation, etc. are anathema to the present generation steeped in Moral Relativism. However, the Scripture commands God’s children to discriminate between good and evil, and to confront and oppose evil. Thus the Christian Apologist should be ready for confrontation, but in the spirit of meekness and humility. With that in mind, the Apologist should take the following steps:

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Sunday, April 9th, 2006
How To Use Apologetics
Dr. Johnson C. Philip & Dr. Saneesh Cherian

Christian Apologetics is a powerful system of communication. This power is enhanced when a person becomes acquainted with the Tools of Apologetics. However, the mere possession of tools does not make him powerful. On the contrary a tool in the hands of an unskilled person would only make it destructive. Witness the proverbial Monkey With A Razor In His Hand.

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