Standing up to those who oppose our beliefs can be daunting. There has only been a couple of times in my life where I’ve been faced with people who simply don’t believe in God and actually pose a real challenge in a discussion. When it comes to defending our faith we will spend the most […]
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Click Here for More Posts by Caleb Hegg About six months ago my (then) six-year-old and my four-year-old performed at a recital for the local YMCA ballet. We have been to this recital before, but this is the first time my children took part in it. The event takes place in the historic Pantages Theater
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A Brief Look at Revelation 4:5 by C.M. Hegg Download this Article in PDF by Clicking Here Apocalyptic literature is notoriously difficult to understand and interpret. There are far better minds than mine that have undertaken the task of exegeting books like Revelation and since my studies have focused more on Luke/Acts I have been
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Recently I presented some short teachings on the Five Sola’s at the congregation I attend. After I taught on the doctrine of Sola Scriptura my father mentioned to me that he had seen a recent article on this subject by a Messianic Jewish group named First Fruits of Zion (FFOZ). The author of this article
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I’ll be honest, two years ago my prayer life consisted of prayer over food and a nightly “thank you for my day” prayer that lasted all of five minutes. I would thank God and pray short little prayers throughout the day, but I didn’t have a dedicated time of prayer. My prayer life has certainly changed.
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(You can also download a PDF of this paper by Clicking Here) In this paper, I will seek to investigate the claim that the synoptic gospels were originally written in Hebrew. To do so I will first survey the language of the Jews in the first century, and then look at the mention of a
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This past Saturday morning, while flipping pancakes and sipping on a cup of coffee, I glanced out my kitchen window to find two well-dressed people headed for our front door. My wife happened to be walking past the open front door and greeted the couple in her naturally pleasant tone. “Good morning” the woman replied. “We’re from the Baptist Church right down the street…” My ears perked
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I walked past the chapel along the path into the wooded area. The sun broke through the trees as the brick buildings rose to meet me. The University of Puget Sound is absolutely beautiful and since school was out for the summer the campus was quiet and felt empty. I had just given an excuse
What Really Comes First? Several months ago I went to meet up with my friend at a local restaurant. As we sat at the table sounds of multiple conversations taking place at the same time was the backdrop to what seemed to be a more important conversation than I had anticipated. The man in front of
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Have you ever wondered, “is God listening?” In my last post, I talked about glorifying God. But how do we do this? One of the ways is by coming into the presence of the Lord on a daily basis in prayer. Prayer is one of the spiritual disciplines we so often neglect. In our modern
