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by John Bain, Nova Scotia   Mark 12:14 “Master, we know that Thou art true, and carest for no man.” Luke 10:40 “Lord, dost Thou not care that my sister left me to serve alone?” Mark 4:38 “Master, carest Thou not that we perish?” 1 Peter 5:7 “Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.”       There may be times when we come to a point in our lives when we doubt our Saviour’s care. While we understand that He has died for us and purchased us at a great price, yet circumstances can and do arise that make us question His love. We are not unique in this, for those who were closest to Him also had times when they doubted the love of their Saviour; however, we hope to show that their doubts were without foundation. There are three occasions where the Saviour’s care was brought into question, and we will examine each in the following order. First, in Mark 12 we have a statement of flattery, in ...

by Richard Ochs Lie #1: In order to believe the Bible one must commit intellectual suicide.       One of the myths of our modern educational system is that a truly intelligent person will not believe the Bible. Actually, just the opposite is true. A truly intelligent person cannot help but believe the Bible. The belief that God has revealed truth to men in His Word and especially in His Son Jesus Christ is the only thing that can make sense out of life.     Most of the early colleges and universities in America were founded upon this principle. Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, Princeton, and many other institutions of higher learning had the Bible at the center of their curriculum. Jesus Christ was considered to be the foundation of all knowledge. As the first code of Harvard laws stated in 1642, “…Let every Student be plainly instructed, and earnestly pressed to consider well, the maine end of his life and studies is to know God and Jesus Chris...

     "The hyper-emotional reactions to Donald Trump's election occasioned much commentary about the state of America's millennials. On college campuses across the country there were "cry-ins," group "primal screams," and designated "healing spaces."...      "Critics derided these displays as the childish outbursts of pampered 'snowflakes.'  But such traumatized responses to the outcome of an election reflect a much larger cultural shift that has happened over many decades: the change from a tragic view of human life to a therapeutic one. This shift has troubling implications for our political and economic order.      "Until the nineteenth century, the tragic understanding of existence was dominant. The ancient Greeks invented a literary genre to express this belief. Like the flawed heroes of Greek tragedy, humans are defined by the permanent, unchanging conditions of life. They are hostages to time, sickness, want a...