You might be able to find someone who is as friendly as Mike Tillery, but you cannot find one who is friendlier. Mike was a friend’s friend. If you are unable to claim him as your friend, it is simply because you had not met him. Actually, I think it is fair to say that …

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The fact that a man named Jesus who lived nearly 2000 years ago in the land just east of the Mediterranean Sea cannot be successfully denied. The question that effects each human being is: Was he merely another human being, or was He (as is commonly claimed) the Son of God? If he was but …

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What grade would you be in if you went through public school at the same rate you went through Bible School? In public school, you stayed for an average of 7 hours a day. Yet, in allowing for lunch, recess and class breaks, actual class time comes to about 5 1/2 hours. Multiply this by …

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Have you ever wondered how you would re-live your life if you could do it over? If so, then you may have thought about the changes you would make; the different roads you would take; the decisions decided otherwise. I remember my uncle (at the time, a very successful furniture salesman) saying upon one occasion, …

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“A leader in the church says….”(But see: Galatians 2:11-14)“I do not see any harm in it.”(Proverbs 16:25)“Look at the results!”(1 Samuel 15:20-23; Romans 3:8)“Civil law allows it.”(Acts 4:19; 5:29)“I think…”(2 Kings 5:1-11)“I feel…”(Genesis 37:28-35)“Everybody else does it.”(1 Samuel 8:4-8)“Other Christians do it.”(Galatians 2:11-14; 5:4)“Other congregations do it.”(Revelation 2 & 3)“Just be religious”(Matthew 7:21-23; Acts 10:1-3 …

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“It is what I like to do.”(But see: 2 Timothy 4:3-4)“A well known man said…”(2 Thessalonians 3:3-8)“An angel whispered to me…”(Galatians 1:8-9)“It says in my church creed book…”(Matthew 15:9; Revelation 22:18-19)“We have been doing it for a long time.”(Joshua 5:2-9)“The Bible nowhere says, ‘Don’t do it.’”(Colossians 3:17; 2 John 9; Hebrews 1:13)“Just be sincere in …

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When a husband has the love of which God would have him to have for his wife, then we will have husbands like: JACOB – who will really love his wife (Genesis 29:20).ELKANAH – who will go to worship with his wife (1 Samuel 1:3).MANOAH – who will pray with and for his wife (Judges …

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