Go To Church Today to Edify The Church!

It’s the Lord’s Day!

Go to church today not merely as a spectator or to be edified (being edified is a good thing) but to edify others!

1 Corinthians 14 has many things in the chapter that is debated by Christians.  But there’s no debate about what 1 Corinthians 14:12 states:

So also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek to abound for the edification of the church.

Seek to abound in your spiritual gift and service to edify the church!

Don’t forget It’s okay to be tired after Church on Sunday!  It’s better to to serve the Lord spilling out all of your guts than to sit there do nothing and rust!

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Review: Batman: Blink

This is my fun read while on Vacation.  Because sometimes Pastors also need a break from heavy reading…

Dwayne McDuffie.  Batman: Blink. New York, NY: DC Comics, February 24th 2015. 168 pp.

4 out of 5

Purchase: Amazon

This volume is a reprint of some older Batman issues (the original work was not in 2015).  This book collecting Legends of the Dark Knight issues 156-158 and Action Comics 847 and presents two story concerning a blind character name Lee Hyland.  Originally I wasn’t going to read this book since it looks like “90s stuff” but it turned out to be better than I anticipated.

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Apologetics Sunday School Class by Keith Rice

I have known of this individual Keith Rice for some time now, probably for nearly 15 years.  He use to run a blog on a website that once existed called Xanga.  In what follows below is his audio recording and when available the power point presentation and handouts of his lectures for his Sunday school on Presuppositional apologetics.  These were taught during the summer of 2018 at Woodland Christian Church.

Check it out below!

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Analysis of Rachel Held Evan’s Book “Inspired” Part 7: Chapter 5

This is part 7 of our critique of Rachel Held Evans’ book titled Inspired.  Here are the previous posts in this series:

Part 1 click here

Part 2 click here

Part 3 click here

Part 4 click here

Part 5 click here

Part 6 click here

In this post we will look at chapter 5 of the book.

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Review: 1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder

As I mentioned earlier I’m on vacation.  Here’s a work I finished!

Arthur Herman. 1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder.  New York, NY: Harper, November 28th 2017. 448 pp.

5 out of 5

Purchase: Amazon

This book is on both Woodrow Wilson and Vladimir Lenin.  At first one might think these men are diametrically different from one another but the author Arthur Herman successfully show reader how much the two of them are alike and how both men shaped what the twentieth century would be like.  A fascinating historical book even for those who know about both men since this work is still profitable for readers to see the comparison and contrast of the two men and also the timeline of both their lives.  I agree with the author’s thesis that these two men shaped much of the Twentieth Century.  I learned a lot from this book.

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Quick Devotional from Colossians 1:4 (Observation from the Greek)

This is from my daily Greek exercise of sight reading some few months ago, courtesy of Vincent S Artale Jr.

Our text is from the Greek translation of Colossians 1:4.  Here is my translation:

“ELABORATION 4 ἀκούσαντες τὴν πίστιν ὑμῶν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν
Hearing your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which

ἔχετε
you have

BULLET εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἁγίους”
for all the saints

Here are some observations:

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Review: Parents Rising by Arlene Pellicane

I’ve been on vacation this week with my family.  I’ll be posting more book reviews as a result of this break from ministry.

Arlene Pellicane. Parents Rising: 8 Strategies for Raising Kids Who Love God, Respect Authority, and Value What’s Right by Arlene Pellicane.  Chicago, IL: Moody Publishing, April 3rd, 2017. 176 pp.

4 out of 5

Purchase: Amazon

This is a Christian book on parenting.  The author is Arlene Pellicane who is a public speaker on Christian parenting and she is a frequent guest on various radio show interviews such as Fox & Friends, Focus on the Family, and The 700 Club.  I admit I’m frequently on guard with “pop Christian” self-help sort of books and resources and my guard was up reading this book.  Nevertheless I did find this book useful.

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Analysis of Rachel Held Evan’s Book “Inspired” Part 6: Chapter 4

This is part 6 of our critique of Rachel Held Evans’ book titled Inspired.  Here are the previous posts in this series:

Part 1 click here

Part 2 click here

Part 3 click here

Part 4 click here

Part 5 click here

In this post we will look at chapter 4 of the book.

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Bible Contradiction? How long did Jehoash reign?

For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: How long did Jehoash reign?

Here are the two answers which the skeptic believes indicate a Bible contradiction:

40 years

“In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba..” (2 Kings 12:1)

16 years

“In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.” (2 Kings 13:10)

(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)

Here’s a closer look at whether or not there is a contradiction:

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Veritas Domain Blog is 12 Years Old!

12 years ago three guys started this blog.  For some of the newer readers yes there’s actually two other guys besides myself who blog here.  Check out our About Us page though that needs to be updated.

I was a much younger man when we began this blog.  I think I’ve grown a bit since then.

This anniversary is also near our recent Blog Milestone of 1.4 Million Views.

I think it might be a good reminder for readers who are interested to know that later this Fall I’ll be looking for others who want to write guest post for this blog.  Check out Want to Write a Guest Posts for Our Blog for Fall 2018?

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Third Week of September 2018 Presuppositional Apologetics Round Up

Here are links related to Presuppositional apologetics gathered between September 15th-21st, 2018.

1.) Nietzsche’s Strong Atheism Refuted

2.) Want to Write a Guest Posts for Our Blog for Fall 2018?

3.) God’s Self-Revelation

4.) Answering Skeptics with Len Pettis

5.) GENERAL REVELATION (PT.2)

6.) Babylon Bee: Atheist Vows To Live Without Any Scientific Advancements Made By Christians, Dies

 

Missed the last round up?  Check out the re-blogged post from a friend or here or here

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How to Deal with Disappointments Biblically (Audio)

In life we will face many disappointments.  Yet how are Christians to deal with disappointment?

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Review: Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine

Joby Warrick. Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine.  New York, NY: Doubleday, October 10th 2017.  496 pp.

5 out of 5

Purchase: Amazon

This is not an easy book to read.  But it is important to read, know and understand Stalin’s Soviet policies against Ukraine.  Not just the man made famine that Stalin caused with his policies but also the various means of oppression that the Communists implemented against Ukraine.  The book was at many times shocking to read.  In an age where some think a government controlled economy is a good thing this was a jolting reminder that the government is not omniscient and statism hurts real people.  Just yesterday I was having a discussion with someone in a college campus and the student went on a tangent to talk about how being in the Soviet Union is better than being in America today.  I immediately thought of this book that I just finished and how frightening some of the ideologies and fake history being touted around today in universities.

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One Witty Ditty For Your Memory of Theology: The Great Commission

About to go evangelize.  If you read this, pray for us!

Here’s a witty ditty about witnessing and the Great Commission:

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Solar System First Grade Homeschool Lessons: Table of Contents

Last week we completed our twelve part Christian Home School Lesson Outlines Series for first graders on the Solar System!  It aims to fulfill the Science Content Standards from the California Department of Education.

Here’s the table of contents of this series:

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