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How Johnny Hart Taught Millions about Easter in the Sunday Funny Papers

How Johnny Hart Taught Millions about Easter in the Sunday Funny Papers

On Holy Saturday 2007, cartoonist Johnny Hart died of a stroke while working at his drawing table. Hart was the award-winning creator of the popular comic strips “The Wizard of Id” and “B.C.” which, at one time, reached 100 million readers worldwide every day. In a 1999 BreakPoint commentary, Chuck Colson identified Hart as “the most widely read Christian of our time,” with “more readers than C.S. Lewis, Frank Peretti, and Billy Graham combined.”

The Story of St. Patrick

The Story of St. Patrick

Of the thousands of green-clad parade-goers, marchers, and partiers today, few know about Patrick, the man for whom today’s holiday is named. Fewer still know of the man beyond the legend, who supposedly drove the snakes out of Ireland and certainly possessed an indomitable faith in Jesus Christ.

In 2006, Chuck Colson told St. Patrick’s story in a Breakpoint commentary. Here is Chuck Colson:

Theologian Claims Noah's Flood Was Regional, Not Global

Theologian Claims Noah's Flood Was Regional, Not Global

In an interview with CBN News, Gavin Ortlund, president of Truth Unites, explained he first made the claim on his Youtube channel, where he contended that the Genesis 6 narrative is “about a regional event that was in a huge area of the Earth, but not all over the globe.”

Your Christian Faith Is Personal, but It's Not Private

Your Christian Faith Is Personal, but It's Not Private

While Christianity is personal, it is not private. It makes claims about all of reality, most notably that Christ is Lord of all. Christianity cannot be reduced to some therapeutic or pragmatic formula. It is to be lived, publicly.

How Should Christians Respond to an Ever-Changing World?

How Should Christians Respond to an Ever-Changing World?

Is there any place for the biblical, Christian worldview in this changing world?  Do Christians have anything to say in response to the myriad challenges they face today to their faith and values?

Prepare the Millstones

Prepare the Millstones
According to a study carried out by Edinburgh University’s Childlight unit, a research center that investigates the risk of sexual exploitation of children and young people, and the University of New South Wales, Australia, one in 10 British men have carried out sexual offenses against children. This was the number who admitted as much in a survey; one can only imagine the number who denied doing so but lied.

What's Up with Heaven?

What's Up with Heaven?

What can we expect to encounter in Heaven? What will we find? In a word, everything! Everything that is most precious and dear to you and me, everything that is important to Christ-followers, is currently in heaven. Everything we need or desire will be found in heaven once we pass through its magnificent gates, either by death or by being caught up with Christ at the Rapture.

Weather or Not

Weather or Not
It’s not exactly groundbreaking, but it does support conventional wisdom. A study of U.S. churchgoers examined reasons some give for skipping church services. Whether or not they attend is based on… well, whether there’s weather or not.
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