Archive for August 24, 2021
Today is the Birthday of the Man Who Abolished the Slave Trade
By Bill King Today is the birthday of William Wilberforce. Abraham Lincoln once said Wilberforce’s name is one that every schoolboy should know. Yet I suspect it is a name that many of you will not recognize. Wilberforce was a member of the British Parliament for nearly three decades in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. Over his…
Read MoreWould Christians Be Justified in Using Fake Vaccine Passports?
His name is Doug Wilson and he is the author of the “Blog and Mablog” web site that is occasionally controversial, always insightful, sometimes outrageous, other times wry, and in this particular case, highly relevant. A philosopher of a reformed/evangelical bent who worked with atheist Christopher Hitchens in a televised series of debates on the…
Read MoreHILLFAITH STUDIES: Jesus’ Seventh Great ‘I AM’ Claim – ‘The True Vine’
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser … I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” – John 15:1,5 One of the most familiar maxims about living and…
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