YOG: Longing for Unity
By Chaz Oswald, 22, USA YOG Closing Ceremony Amazing lights, dance choreography, music, and spectacular fireworks marked the grand finale of the first-ever Youth Olympic Games (YOG) held in Singapore. As customary traditions would have it, the Olympic flag was passed to the next host nation for the 2014 YOG summer games, China. The closing [...]
YOG: A Splash of Excitement
By Chaz Oswald, 22, USA Gold medalist Kaitlyn Jones of United States (centre), flanked by bronze medalist Barbora Zavadova of Czech Republic (left) and silver medalist Kristina Kochetkova of Russia (right) Photo: SPH-SYOGOC/Neville Hew Excitement and emotion flooded the face of 16-year-old Kaitlyn Jones as she clinched the first Youth Olympic gold medal of her [...]
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By Chaz Oswald, 22, Michigan Do you remember how it’s like when you’re the new guy? All the world’s a stage and all it’s players are somehow similar yet foreign. Well, on the first day of my semester, it was exactly like that. I got into class on that very day and looked around before [...]
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By Chaz Oswald, 22, Michigan In a previous article that I wrote, A Ready Defense, I made mention that I felt I wasn’t really prepared to provide justified explanations for my faith if ever I was put to the test. Since then, I have taken on the challenge to understand many of the questions typically [...]
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By Chaz Oswald, 21, Michigan Reading through the Old Testament can sometimes be challenging. It is especially so when God’s Law which is revealed in the Old Testament seems inapplicable or even outright insupportable to what we are taught in the New Testament. At first glance, we can mistakenly believe that the God of the [...]
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Is the Bible reliable and trustworthy?
By Chaz Oswald, 21, Michigan Before exploring this question, we should first tackle a prior question: What is the Bible? Well, the Bible is a compilation of 66 God-inspired and inerrant books written by roughly 40 different authors over 1600 years. Many of the authors had no communication or contact with each other, yet wrote [...]
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By Chaz Oswald, 21, Michigan A while back, I was listening to a radio broadcast by the Christian Apologist Ravi Zacharias. He shared about two homosexual women who had recently won a historic custody battle, against their previous husbands, for their children. These women claimed in a talk show that the Bible endorsed their lifestyle. [...]
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By Chaz Oswald, Michigan There are many hunted species in the state of Michigan. But the one that intrigues me the most is the black bear. It is a beautiful animal that any hunter, after a stealthy kill, would be proud to display in his home. One technique for catching such a bear is to [...]
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By Chaz Oswald, Michigan The Internet has been woven into the fabric of daily life. The modern man conducts a host of activities online—from information seeking to information sharing; from Internet gaming to online shopping; from making new friends to sharing of videos, photographs, and thoughts. The World Wide Web could be accessed virtually anywhere [...]
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By Chaz Oswald, 21 years old, Michigan Recently, you may have heard reports of the political crisis in Honduras—the removal of their former president and their ongoing constitutional crisis. But you may not have heard of their spiritual crisis. While the majority of the Honduran population associate themselves with the Roman Catholic Church; sadly, few [...]
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