Oct 29
If you are a disciple of Jesus, then certainly you would want to know the meaning of “take up his cross.” Why? Because these words “said Jesus unto his disciples.”What does it mean, then, to take up your cross? A glimpse of history during the life and times of Jesus will cast some light on …
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Oct 22
It is erroneously advanced by some who are pro-instrument that the Greek word for “making melody” in Ephesians 5:19, inherently means to play an instrument. In other words, they say that psallo is defined as, “to touch the chords of a musical instrument.”Reply. While it is true that many lexicons give psallo such a definition, …
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Oct 15
Hebrews 4:12 states quite simply, “The word of God is powerful”–and what a powerful statement that is! To help arrive at a proper comprehension of the power of God’s Word, one should seriously think about what is mentioned in the following: “The worlds were framed by the Word of God” (Heb. 11:3). If one has …
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Oct 08
Since we are to ask God to not lead us into temptation (Mat. 6:13), then it must be the case that God does lead us into temptation (otherwise, Jesus has instructed us to pray a meaningless prayer–which amounts to praying without faith). How then can it be said that God leads us into temptation when …
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Oct 01
In a thought-provoking article which appeared in Readers Digest a number of years ago, David Raphael Klein noted that the world has been looking for a substitute for God for a long time. He wrote: “Somewhere along the way, Western man began to lose his belief in God as a personal force, as the decider …
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