Well, are we? I have to wonder. Would Christians kill the numbers of babies we kill each year? Would Christians glorify the criminal and “free sex” the way we do on television and in the movies? Would Christians spend more each week on snack food than they give to the Lord? Would we glorify “alternate [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2008 by doc
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Every child in Sunday school knows the story of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:2-16). They have heard how God approved of Abel’s offering of the first-born of his flock, but God did not approve of Cain’s offering of the best of his crops. If they both offered the best they had, was God fair to [...]
Posted on September 13th, 2008 by trp
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To some, to obey is a relative thing. If my son is told to wash the car, he might get the body, but not the windows or tires. True, he washed most of the car, but did he wash all of the car?
We can see what God considers obedience in I Samuel, Chapter 14. Here, [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2008 by trp
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Adam is said to have been “the first man” (I Corinthians 15:45), in which case none preceded him. Obviously, he could not have been the first man if the earth was populated with human beings–men and women– before the creation described in Genesis 2:7.
Then why was he told to “replenish” the earth? This is an [...]
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by doc
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