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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

VASKO KOHLMAYER: CAN ONLY CHRISTIANS GO TO HEAVEN?  BILLY GRAHAM’S VIEW

Note:  This article was originally posted at this website. LONDON, June 11, 2013 – Some years ago Billy Graham made a statement that set off a firestorm in the Christian…...

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

VASKO KOHLMAYER: CAN ONLY CHRISTIANS GO TO HEAVEN, PART II

LONDON, March 16, 2013 – In an earlier piece I observed that the Bible apparently shows it is possible for non-Christians to enter heaven. In response some readers pointed to…...

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

VASKO KOHLMAYER: CAN ONLY CHRISTIANS GO TO HEAVEN?

LONDON, February 26, 2013 – The other day I had a poignant exchange with a friend who is an evangelical Christian. The discussion turned emotional after I suggested that it…...

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

VASKO KOHLMAYER: HOW TO KNOW GOD

The rest is silence. − Hamlet, act 5, scene LONDON, January 28, 2013 ― “God doesn't exist,” we hear it often said. If he did, the argument goes, we would be…...

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

VASKO KOHLMAYER: CHRISTIAN MILITARISM IS A BETRAYAL OF CHRIST

His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6 LONDON, January 9, 2013 – “God is Pro-War,” declared Jerry Falwell in the…...

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: WHO CREATED GOD?

MONACO, July 21, 2012 — The other day a reader asked an interesting question: “I believe in God, but what is your answer to those who ask, “If you believe…...

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER:

MOSCOW, June 23, 2012 — At our inmost core we are eternal beings. This eternal essence has been recognized under different names in different places and times. It has been…...

VASKO KOHLMAYER: EURO COLLAPSE AND LAME KING DOLLAR

MOSCOW, June 18, 2012 – The other day I received an e-mail that contained an interesting question: Question: What do you think about the coming Greece pull out from the…...

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: BEYOND THE TEMPORAL- GOD AND PURE EXISTENCE

LONDON, May 29, 2012 − On more than one occasion this column provided a platform for spirited debate between the two sides of the spiritual divide. But regardless of the…...

Saturday, April 21, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE POINT TO GOD’S EXISTENCE

O man, because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.− S.R. MOSCOW, April 21, 2012 ─ My recent exchange with…...

Saturday, March 24, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: PLANET OF APES - ARE WE JUST HIGHER ANIMALS?

MOSCOW, March 24, 2012 – My last piece – which called into question Richard Dawkins' self-description as an African ape – drew extensive response, a great deal of which was…...

Saturday, March 17, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: IS RICHARD DAWKINS AN APE?

MOSCOW, March 17, 2012—In an interview with a black African bishop, the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins identified himself as an African ape. “I am an ape. I am an…...

Saturday, March 10, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: DAWKINS’ CONUNDRUM - HOW CAN SOMETHING COME FROM NOTHING?:

MOSCOW, March 10, 2012 ― A number of readers reacted strongly to a recent piece in which I called into question Richard Dawkins' claim that “life started from nothing.” Among…...

Saturday, March 03, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: ATHEIST AND SCIENTIST RICHARD DAWKINS’ ARGUES CAN SOMETHING COME FROM NOTHING?

MOSCOW, March 3, 2012 ― Last week a fascinating debate took place at Oxford University on the subject of religion. It showcased two articulate protagonists – Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan…...

Sunday, February 26, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: TOLSTOY’S PAIN - WHY ATHEISM LEADS TO DESPAIR

LONDON, February 25, 2012 — In his book The Gospel in Brief, Leo Tolstoy wrote about a personal crisis he underwent around the age of fifty. It was a crisis…...

Sunday, February 19, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: DOES HELL EXIST?

LONDON, February 18, 2012 — "There is no hell” wrote one reader in a comment to my recent article. Skeptics and unbelievers often make this claim. It is, however, not…...

Monday, January 30, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?

MOSCOW, January 28, 2012 – The word "gospel" is frequently used in the English language. We have all heard it many times, but not many of us know what it…...

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: IS TIM TEBOW A HYPOCRITE?

MOSCOW But as so often happens, the quoted scripture is taken out of context and misapplied. In the Gospel of Matthew – where this verse is to be found –…...

Monday, January 09, 2012

VASKO KOHLMAYER: THE MEANING OF CHRIST’S LIFE

PRESOV, Slovakia, January 6, 2011 – A reader posted the following questions under my Christmas column which talked about the birth of Jesus: "What was the point of his life?…...

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

VASKO KOHLMAYER: CAN WE BELIEVE IN A GOD WHO KILLED HIS OWN SON?

MOSCOW, December 13, 2011 — A cousin asked for help recently. She wanted to know how to answer a friend who says he could never believe in a God who…...

Thursday, December 08, 2011

VASKO KOHLMAYER: INVITATION TO SKEPTICS - HOW TO KNOW GOD

MOSCOW, November 26, 2011 — In the last few weeks this column presented logical argument for the existence of God. This drew a reaction that was remarkable both for its…...

Monday, November 21, 2011

VASKO KOHLMAYER: ATHEISM - WHY IT IS LOGICALLY INCOHERNT

MOSCOW, November 19, 2011— Judging by the comments this column has received, most of those who subscribe to the atheistic worldview think of themselves as rational and logical thinkers. But…...

Monday, November 07, 2011

VASKO KOHLMAYER: ATHEIST - THERE IS NO SUCH THING

MOSCOW, November 5, 2011 − I recently wrote that the Big Bang theory points toward God. Since experience, science, and common sense tell us things do not just pop into existence,…...

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

VASKO KOHLMAYER: INFLATION OR DEFLATION: WHAT KIND OF DEPRESSION LAYS AHEAD?

MOSCOW, August 30, 2011 – Most sober economists agree on one thing: The United States is headed for a depression. Those who hold this view divide into two camps. The…...

Thursday, August 18, 2011

VASKO KOHLMAYER: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE GLOBAL MONEY STANDARD FALLS APART?

WASHINGTON, August 18, 2011 — We are living through an historic time: What is unfolding before our eyes is nothing less than the unravelling of the present world order. The immediate…...

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