Anything Theistic About Theistic Evolution?

February 20, 2017September 25, 2019 bigspringschurchcreation, day-age theory, evolution, gap theory, Genesis 1, theistic evolution

January 29, 2017 • KSYC 103.9FM Yreka, CA The debate about creation vs. evolution has raged since Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. Because of the popularity of the evolution theory, today many evangelicals propose a mixture of the Biblical creation account and evolution, saying that God used the process of evolution to create human beings. The Bible says that God created the universe out of nothing, and man and woman out of the dust of the earth. All of these God made in six days of…

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Christians: Stay Away from Halloween and Commemorate Reformation Day

October 30, 2016September 25, 2019 bigspringschurchAll Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, Druids, Halloween, martyrs, Romans 1, Samhain

October 30, 2016 (KSYC) • Download this post (PDF) “After one’s own birthday, the two major Satanic holidays are Walpurgisnacht (May 1st) and Halloween.” Anton LaVey, The Satanic Bible, 1969. Anton Lavey was the founder of the Church of Satan. [footnote]Anton LaVey, The Satanic Bible, 1969. Anton Lavey was the founder of the Church of Satan.[/footnote] That’s what Satan would say to many people, including evangelicals, on October 31. He would be extremely pleased with the celebrations all over the world on that evening. Why would Satan be delighted? Because it…

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Do We All Worship the Same God?

October 29, 2016September 25, 2019 bigspringschurchBuddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism

October 9, 2016 (KSYC Broadcast) * Download this post (PDF) In December 2015, a professor at Wheaton College in Chicago, a prestigious Christian university, explained why she wore the Muslim hijab, “I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book. And as Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God.” In recent years, she was not the only Christian teacher who has said the same thing. She mentioned Pope Francis. Mother Theresa, who was recently canonized by the Roman…

A Father’s Day Message

June 23, 2016September 25, 2019 bigspringschurchchildren, discipline, Hebrews 12, Proverbs 13

Proverbs 13:24; Hebrews 12:5-11 June 19, 2016 (KSYC) * Download this article (PDF) “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives” (Heb 12:5b–6). Today is Father’s Day in honor of our fathers. Just a few weeks ago, a popular swimmer of Stanford University in Palo Alto was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman, unconscious and helpless woman. He was sentenced to a paltry 6 months…

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Glory to Man, Glory to God

January 28, 2015January 28, 2015 bigspringschurchActs 2, Babylon, Bethlehem, Christmas, Luke 2, Pentecost, shepherds, speaking in tongues, tower of Babel

Genesis 11:1-9 (text); Luke 2:8-14; Acts 2:1-11; Revelation 7:9-12 December 14, 2014 (KSYC) • Download this article In 1889, the race to build the tallest building in the modern world began when the 896-foot tall Eiffel Tower in Paris was built. In 1931, Empire State Building in New York became the tallest building in the world at 1,250 feet. But in 1967, the Ostankino Tower in Moscow towered over it at 1,762 feet. In 2007, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, literally went over the top at…

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Jesus on the Mount of Temptation

January 26, 2015January 26, 2015 bigspringschurchDeuteronomy, Matthew 4, temptation of Christ

Deuteronomy 6:10-19; Matthew 4:8-10 (text) January 11, 2014 • KSYC 103.9FM (Yreka) • Download this article (PDF) The temptation of Jesus is a good example of how a Christian is able to avoid sin. The Holy Spirit led him up to the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. God never tempts anyone to sin (Jas 1:13). But he tested his Son so he would fulfill all that the Law and the Prophets prophesied about him, and to be able to be like us in every respect. He was fully…

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Which Mountain is Your Refuge?

January 26, 2015 bigspringschurchMount Zion, mountain, Psalm 11

Psalm 11:1-7 (text) • January 25, 2015 • KSYC103.9FM (Yreka) In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, “Flee like a bird to your mountain, for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart; if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD’s throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man. The LORD…

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The Stray Sheep in the Mountains

January 20, 2015January 20, 2015 bigspringschurchGood Shepherd, lost sheep, Matthew 18, wolf in sheep's clothing

Text: Matthew 18:10–14 January 18, 2015 • KSYC 103.9FM (Yreka) • Download this article (PDF) If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little…

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Mount Carmel and Israel’s Apostasy

January 20, 2015 bigspringschurch1 Kings 18, Elijah, KSYC 103.9FM, Mount Carmel

1 Kings 18:20-46; Revelation 2:18-29 January 4, 2014 • KSYC 103.9FM (Yreka) • Download this article Today we continue with our study of Biblical mountains. We have looked at the mountains of Eden, Moriah, and Sinai. Now we look at the familiar story of Elijah’s contest with the prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel. Mention the name Elijah in evangelical circles, and images of fire from heaven at Mount Carmel instantly come to mind. Mount Carmel is a mountain by the seacoast overlooking the modern day city of Haifa in…

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The Shepherd-King from Bethlehem

December 21, 2014December 21, 2014 bigspringschurchBethlehem, Christmas, Good Shepherd, Isaiah 40, Matthew 2, Micah, prophecy, Psalm 23

Micah 5:2-5 (text); Psalm 23:1-6; Matthew 2:1-11 December 21, 2014 KSYC (Yreka, CA) • Download this meditation (PDF) “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days… And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD” (Micah 5:2-4). This Sunday before Christmas we will focus on the little town of Bethlehem and the wise…