Year In Review, AD 2014
Kenneth Koole's 2014 year-in-review article defends the Christian understanding of history against secularization efforts, particularly the replacement of AD/BC with CE/BCE terminology. He situates current cultural opposition to Christian faith within a broader eschatological framework, discussing Christ's prophesied signs in creation, the church, society, and the rise of antichrist, while calling Christians to recognize these developments as marking the approach of Christ's return.
Year of our Lord, 2014. The important words in the above statement, of course, are the words "our Lord," historically represented by the letters AD (Anno Domini). I say 'historically,' because even that reference is under assault in our post-modern, increasingly anti-Christian age and society, as you know. Newly published books, when it comes to historical references, are in the process of replacing AD with CE (for Common Era) and BC with BCE (Before the Common Era), so that any suggestions...
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