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Dec 15
Receiving Back a Better You
The Bible bursts with passages verifying the truth: When we follow Jesus, He gives us back a better you. Here are few such passages in only the book of Proverbs. My son, hear the instruction of your father…for they will be a graceful ornament on your head, and chains about your neck. (1:8-9.) Whoever listens …
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Dec 10
“God moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform”
It was forty-eight years ago that I first heard of Jude chapter two. It was in a Bible class in the Linda church of Christ in Marysville, CA. The preacher/teacher was Clint Lovelady and someone had asked him where something was in the Bible. He answered, “It is in Jude chapter two.” Being a very …
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Dec 03
WHO IS YOUR GOD?
The title is challenging, if a person will take the time to think about it. Another question, which might help get to the point, “What is the philosophy by which you live?” To answer this question, it is necessary to understand the word philosophy as used in this article. The word philosophy means: the most …
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Nov 26
What Can We Know?
In the old Testament days, actually up to one-hundred years ago, the existence of God was not questioned. People in general believed in God or in gods, and it was the social outcast who disbelieved. A person may have been disobedient, but he still believed in a deity. However, the opposite seems to be the …
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Nov 19
Who Is A Christian?
In PURSUIT, a Christian is a follower of Christ. “Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me” (Matt. 16:24). Thus, our ultimate and primary ambition of life is to follow Jesus. In KNOWLEDGE, a Christian is a disciple …
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Nov 11
THE SECOND TEMPTATION
After Jesus was baptized in the Jordan, declared to be the Son of God, had the Holy Spirit descend upon Him, and was about to begin His public ministry, “Then was Jesus led up of the wilderness to be tempted of the devil” (Matt. 4:1). The time was Satan’s. He would give it his “best …
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Nov 05
Psallo
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 …
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Oct 29
“Redeem The Time”
God has given unto us the words of life—words that give us peace and happiness and a state of blessedness, and heaven in the hereafter. As a thirsty man desires water, so a lover of God yearns for His words. God, for our own good, wants His people to be a Bible reading people: “Give …
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Oct 21
Gambling/Lottery
Gambling is “the act of risking what is yours in order to get what belongs to another with nothing given in return.” Two men betting $10 on the outcome of a flipped coin illustrates what is meant by the word “gambling”–as does poker, slot-machines, horse-racing, lottery and hundreds of other activities (yes, even pitching pennies). …
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Oct 15
The Chain of Religious Authority
Today, man is confused as to what authority he should base his religious views. He asks, “Does the authority lie with the church?…the Pope?…councils of men?…conscience?…tradition? Jesus taught that everything men do in religion, they do either by the authority of God or by the authority of men (Matthew 21:23-25). Since the Bible is the …
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