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The Best Defense (10/01/08 - 2 Comments)
The best defense is a good offense. You’ve probably heard that phrase before. As far as I can tell, it was coined by the Prussian military historian, theorist and tactician Carl von Clausewitz (a name I’m quite sure I haven’t written since military history classes way back in my college days). Since then it has been applied to all kinds of situations far beyond the military. It has also been turned around so occasionally you...

Is Scripture Study Required of Christians? (09/19/07 - 22 Comments)
Yesterday I received a question from a reader of this site. The question was simple: "Is Scripture study required of Christians? Is it actually discussed in the Bible?" As I wrote an answer I felt that it might be valuable to think it through carefully and even to share the answer. I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of Scripture is far less than encyclopedic. However, I am quite sure that if you...

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