Craig Portwood's Blog – April 2010 Archive (11)

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It has been reported that assaults upon Iranian Christians has increased in recent weeks. Most recently, Iranian police who identified themselves as agents of Iran’s “Ministry of Information,” staged an undercover raid upon a house church run by Pastor Bahnam Irani. Read More>>

In January 2003, the Rev. Franklin Graham was invited by the Pentagon Chaplain’s Office to give a sermon during a multidenominational religious gathering. In 2010, he was “disinvited” to speak at the Pentagon on National Prayer Day because of his comments which are not supportive of Islamic teachings and practice. Read… Continue

“Do you believe in spirits?” Ask any professing belief in Christ this question and they will return with an unqualified “yes.” Ask them to describe the spirits or their world and the conversation quickly deteriorates. Most Christians, like their unbelieving counterparts, give little if any thought to such things, relegating them to some ethereal realm, outside of human awareness or comprehension. Yet, if we as believers are indeed spiritual, should we not have a greater understanding of such… Continue

The Bible tells us of a time when Christians will be persecuted en masse for their refusal to recant their faith in Christ. Despite the protestations of millions of misguided believers that they will be raptured away from trouble before tribulation comes, the mainstream media is already taking the steps necessary to demonize those who believe the fundamental precepts taught in the Bible.… Continue

They are perhaps the most powerful weapons of the New World Order. Small and virtually powerless on their own, their use as a bargaining chip is almost certain to trigger the most basic instinct to protect them at any cost. Read More>>

The very notion strikes the majority of humankind to be paranoid fantasy. That such was predicted in the Bible moves the faithless to denounce believers as superstitious fools. When the major media reports that the technology is already in place and being readied for use, the masses react with characteristic indifference. Read More>>

Atheism is the belief that there is nothing in existence that can be called God. This author has pondered the arguments of Atheists and their inclusion in the Religion and Spirituality section of this publication with some amusement. By and large, their arguments are antithetic. Read More>>

We have heard it before. Christian fundamentalism is dangerous. The Atheists publish anti-Christian diatribes declaring us to be a danger to society. The Saudi government says it.One need not preach violence to be branded dangerous if one is vociferous in defense of the truth. Read More>>

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