Daily Archives: 1 July 2006

Faith: Nationalism, Patriotism, and the Christian

There is an ongoing debate in the confessional Christian blogsphere about the nature of the Christian with regard to patriotism and nationalism. This debate is wide and far ranging, yet in many cases, it fails to understand one of the most basic tenants of being a Christian American or an American at all. Continue reading

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Bible Study for the Day: 1 Samuel 4:1b-22

Israel faced a dark time. To them, it seemed like God had abandon them. They had taken the Ark of the Covenant into battle, but they were still defeated by the Philistines. Even worse, both Eli and his sons, the effective rulers of Israel, were also dead. Continue reading

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