The First Baptist Church of Perryville sends two teams a year to minister in very poor areas of West Africa. Our teams pray for needs. With chronological Bible storying they explain biblical truth using a method to which primary oral learners are accustomed. It is always a joy for them to be useful in also meeting basic survival needs.

The Qur’an, The Old Testament, and Violence: Part 1 In his 2003 book, Is Religion Killing Us?: Violence in the Bible and the Quran,1 Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer takes a popular, moral-equivalence approach to the two texts, arguing that “holy” violence is common in both. But this argument is essentially lazy, as it ignores a clear trajectory from non-violence to greater and greater Allah-sanctioned violence in the Qur’an, in contrast with a more measured and decreasing use of violence in the Old Testament.

Surveys Say: Evolutionists Are in the Minority—Thomas Woodward (1950 – ) N.B. Tom was a classmate of mine at Dallas Theological Seminary. J.G. In Doubts about Darwin, Professor Thomas Woodward charted the history of the Intelligent Design movement from Michael Denton to William Dembski.1 He explained the arguments and influence of men willing to challenge the Darwinian worldview at the risk of becoming laughing-stocks in their respective fields. The following quotation sheds some light on a sub-plot in the Intelligent Design movement: The academy—committed to a naturalistic and Darwinian worldview—has failed to persuade society that Darwin was right.

The Context of Forgiveness: Grace in Amish Country BreakPoint by Chuck Colson With the massacre at Virginia Tech and the chilling execution-style murder of four Delaware State students, it is not surprising that many Americans have almost forgotten an equally horrifying event that took place one year ago yesterday.

Pastor Robert Scripture Reference: John 10:7

Note: This commentary was delivered by PFM President Mark Earley. If you find yourself longing for someone to talk to, a true friend to whom you can bare your soul, you are not alone. Recently, a Duke University researcher concluded that 25 percent of Americans have no one with whom they can have a meaningful conversation. And 50 percent of folks have two or less people of that sort in their lives. The statistics also indicate that the confidante network of the average American is shrinking.