Don’t we all? Of course, there are jokes Christians would not repeat, aren’t there? There are crude jokes that we don’t even want to hear! And certain jokes are hurtful to some. We want to avoid those, also. But Matthew mentions “idle words (Matthew 12:36),” and Paul told the Ephesians to avoid “foolish talk (Ephesians [...]
Posted on September 30th, 2009 by doc
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25Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD made a decree and a law for them, and there he tested them. 26He said, “If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Matthew 6:1-4
Take heed that you do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them; else ye have no reward with your Father Who is in Heaven. When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogue and in the streets, that they may have the [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2009 by doc
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15Moses built an altar and called it The LORD is my Banner. 16He said, “For hands were lifted up to the throne of the LORD. The LORD will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.” Exodus 17:15-16
A banner in ancient battle held special significance. It was symbolic of the nation or of [...]
Posted on September 20th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Sometimes, we just need to be reminded of our value.
A well-known speaker started his seminar by holding up a $50.00 bill. In a room of 200 participants, he asked, “Who would like to have this $50.00 bill?” Hands went up immediately. He said, “I am going to give this $50.00 to one of you, but [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2009 by doc
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Good question. Many today either look at the Genesis flood as a purely local event, or they claim the Hebrews stole the idea from pagan writings. But what is the truth of the matter? Can we know?
Many “scholars” deny the universal flood because of the theory of uniformitarian geology. This theory says that all natural [...]
Posted on September 17th, 2009 by doc
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12The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 13“But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.’” (Exodus 31:12-13 NASV)
We are a people set apart [...]
Posted on September 13th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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13Consider the work of God;
For who can make straight what He has made crooked?
14In the day of prosperity be joyful,
But in the day of adversity consider:
Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other,
So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.
Ecclesiastes 7:13-14
I don’t have much to add to that; [...]
Posted on September 10th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Yeah, who did? I mean, the Bible is here. Somebody wrote it. But who? Well, let us first look at who did not write the Bible.
An atheist did not write the Bible. The very Scriptures themselves begin with the assumption that God exists. Look at Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning, GOD…” Since the atheist does [...]
Posted on September 9th, 2009 by doc
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Editor’s note: This post began as a comment to my post “Salvation is not initiated by human choice“, but the dreaded computer crash caused the comment to be lost, so Randy re-wrote it, and I present it here as a guest post, with his permission. -Bob Mathews
Predestination is one of those theological sticky words that [...]
Posted on September 6th, 2009 by Randy Consford
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