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What an extraordinary book Matthew is! It is the first of the Gospels, the longest, the most Jewish, the most evangelistic, and, in many ways, the most compelling. For the first three or four centuries, it was the most highly regarded and most often quoted Gospel of the four. To some people, now as well…

“Every culture and every age necessarily displays some tolerance and some intolerance. No culture can be tolerant of everything or intolerant of everything: it is simply not possible. A culture that tolerates, say, genocide (e.g., the Nazis) will not tolerate, say, the Jews it wants to kill or homosexual practice. A culture that tolerates just…

G.K. Chesterton is considered one of the best writers of the 20th century. “He said something about everything and he said it better than anybody else.” He was very good at expressing himself, but more importantly, he had something very good to express. Born in London, G.K. Chesterton was educated at St. Paul’s, but never…

Jack Phillips (pictured here with Pastor Hair) was recently in Arizona to speak at the CAP banquet in Phoenix. Jack Phillips is a Colorado cake artist who opened his bakery more than 20 years ago not only to provide for his family and his employees, but also to serve his community, share his artistic talents,…

Daniel encountered great evil in his day. He was a man “against the flow.” Looking at the life and times of Daniel in the biblical account we have seen a man who unwaveringly held to the truth of God while at the same time being saturated in the culture and politics of his day. After…

The Trinity – God, although one, nevertheless exists in three persons, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The word Trinity is not in the Bible. It comes from the Latin word trinitas, which means “threeness.” But even though the word is not in the Bible, the trinitarian idea is there,…