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Good Sense, Bad Sense, And No Sense At All
Not to oversimplify the topic, but I believe faith can be boiled down into two categories: (1) Faith that responds and (2) faith that doesn’t. There are surely other concepts of faith, but they all fall into one of these two categories. We will consider only one other, and it is an extension of faith…
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Pondering Ephesians 3
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles—if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read, you…
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A Good Brother’s Good Question
I was recently having a conversation with a good brother about life and faith. He has only been a Christian for a few years, and it seems that the subject of service is still daunting to him. Those who honestly approach the Book to learn and grow still struggle to figure things out. Perhaps, it…
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Two things our young people need to know
(Some thoughts after reading an excellent article by Mark Robert in Feb. 2023 issue of Truth Magazine) Are you encouraging your young people to ask you questions? If they aren’t asking you, they are asking their friends, or Google… I can promise you that isn’t what we want! Develop a culture, and individually an attitude,…
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Tests of True Christianity
In our culture, it has become popular to include everyone no matter their particular religious convictions. We welcome the idea that says, “You believe what you want to believe and I’ll believe what I want to believe and we can work and worship together anyway…” John would have much to say about such misguided inclusiveness. …
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Prophecies Worth Remembering
II Pet. 1:19-21 reads: “And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture becomes…
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The Month of Love?
February is the month designated for love. It is everywhere leading up to the great holiday of Valentine’s Day. Forget the commercialization of the date, and give some consideration to the need our culture has for this topic… The statistics are terrifying. Forbes published some updates in August of 2023 with a view to 2024.…
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The First Time
I still remember the first time. I was a little excited, and a lot afraid. The first time for what? This was the first time I asked someone to study the Bible with me, and they agreed. This was a great moment in my life, although I didn’t know that then. I wish I could…
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