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Does your red-letter Bible misquote Christ?

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

A long-standing feature request from users of SwordSearcher is “words of Christ in red.” One of the things I’m working on for the next release is adding red-letter data to the KJV module so that users can (optionally) have the Lord’s words colored differently than regular text.
One difficulty with this is that the various red-letter Bibles [...]

Christians, the Bible, and Guns: is Self-Defense Vengeance?

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

We’ve all heard the cries of hypocrisy: You can’t be Christian and against gun control; you can’t be pro-life and pro-gun ownership; vengeance is God’s, so why do you need a gun?, etc.
Let us examine, in particular, the charge that being prepared for self-defense is vengeance.

Bible Codes: Are Scripture-based word find puzzles real?

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

There seems to be no end to the clamouring for “hidden evidence” of the varacity of the Bible. So-called Bible Codes are one manifestation of the human interest in the “hidden” and “secret.” There is an endless supply of modern-day, self-proclaimed prophets who claim to have unlocked secrets in the Bible with the application of mathematical [...]

Daily Bible and Prayer 2.1 released

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Daily Bible and Prayer 2.1 released.
This is a maintenance release and free to registered users of 2.0.

Sir Robert Anderson: An interesting theologian

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Intersting Guy of the Day: Sir Robert Anderson. Sir Robert had quite a sharp wit, as anyone who has read his theological writings knows. He spent his life fighting criminal activity and was at Scottland Yard, but also fought against critics of the authority of Scripture as well, defending the authenticity of the Book of [...]

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