The E in EQUIP represents the word essentials. CRI is committed to the maxim “In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, and in all things charity.”
The Q in EQUIP represents the word questions. In addition to focusing on essentials, CRI answers people’s questions regarding cults, culture, and Christianity.
The U in EQUIP represents the word user-friendly. As much as possible, CRI is committed to taking complex issues and making them understandable and accessible to the lay Christian.
The I in EQUIP represents the word integrity. Recall Paul’s admonition: “Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers” (1 Timothy 4:16).
The P in EQUIP represents the word para-church. CRI is deeply committed to the local church as the God-ordained vehicle for equipping, evangelism, and education.
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Notes
1 See Paul L. Maier, The Flames of Rome (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1981), 432-34. For ancient sources, see Tacitus, Annals, xv, 38ff; Suetonius, The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Nero, xxxviii; Cassius Dio, Roman History, lxii, 16-18; Pliny, Natural History, xvii, 5; Seneca, Octavia, 831ff.
2 Tacitus, Annals, xv, 44, translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, eBooks@Adelaide, 2009, online at http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/tacitus/t1a/book15.html (accessed February 17, 2012). See also Suetonius, The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Nero, xvi.
3 See Maier, The Flames of Rome, especially pp. 317-331, 435-437.
4 Tacitus, Annals, xv, 44, translated by Church and Brodribb.
5 Tim LaHaye, introduction: “Has Jesus Already Come?” in Tim LaHaye and Thomas Ice, eds., The End Times Controversy (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2003), 13.
6 Maier, The Flames of Rome, 433-434.
7 Tacitus, Histories 1:2-3, translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, eBooks@Adelaide, 2009, online at http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/tacitus/t1h/book1.html (accessed February 17, 2012).
8 Josephus, The Jewish War, Paul L. Maier, translator and editor, Josephus: The Essential Works (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1988), 369.
9 Ibid, 371.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid, 372.
12 Ibid, 376.
13 Josephus, The War of the Jews VII, 1, 1, translated by William Whiston, online at http://www.ccel.org/ccel/josephus/works/files/war-7.htm (accessed February 17, 2012).
14 Afterword adapted from Hank Hanegraaff, The Apocalypse Code: Find Out What the Bible Really Says about the End Times . . . and Why It Matters Today (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007).
15 For further study, see Hank Hanegraaff, The Apocalypse Code: Find Out What the Bible Really Says about the End Times . . . and Why It Matters Today (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007).
16 Josephus, The Jewish War, VII, V, 5-6, translated by G. A. Williamson (New York: Dorset, 1959), 385-386, cited online at http://www.bible andscience.com/archaeology/ark.htm (accessed February 17, 2012).
17 Josephus, The Jewish War, V, V, 5, translated by Williamson, 304.
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