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What Is the Pope Up To?
'WorldWatch' by Richard T. RitenbaughWhat was Pope Benedict XVI up to when he spoke of the historic Islamic practice of conversion at the edge of a sword?
'Dangerous' Speakers of Truth
CGG Weekly by Richard T. RitenbaughWatchwords of our time are 'Islamic terrorism' and 'Muslim extremists,' and nearly every point of conflict on the planet involves Muslim aggression.
Peaceful Is as Peaceful Does
CGG Weekly by Richard T. RitenbaughThose of us in the West are beginning to learn more about the Muslim mind. This is the best we can do; we can never hope to understand it because it is alien.
Islam: Dark Beginnings
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeRelatively few in the Western world know the origin of Islam and the Koran, and fewer still understand the implications. What is the source of this spring?
The Fractured Middle East
'WorldWatch' by David C. GrabbeWesterners tend to put all Muslims in a box as a unified front. The reality, though, is that Islam is as fractured and sectarian as any other religion.

Azazel: Beginnings
Sermon by David C. GrabbeWhile there is a handful of common starting places for understanding the azazel, none of them has multiple witnesses of Scripture. We must begin elsewhere.
Divorce and Remarriage
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughAny given doctrine must be built layer by layer, combining and comparing scriptures rather than allowing a single scripture to determine the doctrine. When we understand that porneia includes all the hideous perverted sexual sins that go beyond ordinary adultery- including bestiality, pedophilia, homosexuality, incest, and every …