An atheist whose material I have now refuted more than 50 times has contended that the notion of God receiving praise casts aspersions upon his nature. He argues that a “desire for adulation” is a ...

“The Lord said to Abram.… in you, all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Genesis 12:3). From the time of the patriarchs to prophetic visions of the future, God has repeatedly declared that ...

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