What Can Johnny Appleseed Teach Us?: The Parable of the Soils from a Worldview Perspective – Part 1 – Tal Davis

For several years after my retirement from the North American Mission Board, along with my work with MarketFaith Ministries, I pastored a small church in Ellijay, Georgia. That area of northwest Georgia is well known for growing delicious apples. Before that time I did not know there are so many…
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But I’ve Always Been a Christian! – Tal Davis

The story is told of man who visited some old friends in a different city. That night, as he was sleeping, at about midnight, a train roared by very near to his friend’s house waking him up. The next morning he asked his host family if they heard the train?…
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Meet the New Pope- Same as the Old Pope

Unless you have been hiding in a cave in Antarctica for the past week, you already know that Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected on Wednesday, March 13th as the new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.  The new Pontiff has taken the name of Pope Francis…
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The Mormon Family Factor

A curious subplot to the coming Presidential election is what I call the Mormon Family Factor.  The positive conservative family values of that religion are well documented and are certainly a plus for Mitt Romney’s campaign among conservative Christians.  What is not well understood by most people is why the…
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Do Mormons Believe Salvation is Only Through Christ?

Recently a friend of mind wrote me this question:  Is there a group of Mormons that is evangelical, believing that Jesus Christ is only way of Salvation? Here’s how I answered. Good question. If you ask some Mormons if they believe salvation is only through Jesus Christ they would unequivocally…
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