Jan 31
Do you remember the first time you heard the words, ”Judeo-Christian?” Do you remember ever not hearing the words, “Judeo-Christian?” If you are under thirty years of age, then you have heard these words all your life. On the other hand, if you are older than sixty, you might remember there was a time in …
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Jan 24
Jesus was a Hebrew, raised in the Jewish religion, and well versed in the Scriptures. He knew the following: “But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat” (Gen. 9:4). “Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of …
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Jan 10
Local congregations are made up of Christians! Christians are people who have obeyed the gospel of Christ! In simple terms, they are those who have obeyed the gospel of Christ, which means: that one has understood the gospel enough to believe it (Mark 16:16); has believed it enough to change his mind about the life …
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Jan 03
The New Year 2015 has arrived; it gives us the opportunity to look backward, or to look forward. As one who serves as an elder of this congregation, I prefer to look forward. Yet, the New Year does not stand alone disconnected from the year just past, no, it stands upon it. What we plan …
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