There is much diversity today concerning the Lord’s Supper, or Communion. Really, there should not be. The Bible teaching is plain. If three different groups practice taking the Lord’s Supper in three different ways, they cannot all be doing it correctly. Therefore, we need to carefully examine the Scriptures to see what God has told [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2010 by doc
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At this time of year, many are thinking of Jesus and His birth. It is fairly certain that He was NOT born on December 25, but can we determine the year in which He was born? We can! We can narrow it down to a two-year period. There are at least three ways that we [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2009 by doc
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Have you ever been called “narrow minded?” Well, I have, and it irritates me! Am I narrow minded because I believe that there is a God? Am I narrow minded because I believe Jesus Christ is God’s son? Am I narrow minded because I believe Jesus arose from the dead? [...]
Posted on November 7th, 2009 by doc
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Much of what encouragement I receive from the Bible comes in the New Testament. Since Paul wrote a great percentage of the New Testament books, he has been a great encouragement to me. I thought about how to share that encouragement with you, and decided to let Paul speak for himself. Not all of the [...]
Posted on October 5th, 2009 by doc
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Are there other writing about the Lord Jesus Christ which we do not have in our Bible? Are there other writings which contain things we ought to know?
Soon after the completion of he New Testament as we have it today was accepted, many writings appeared which purported to give additional information about the Lord. Many [...]
Posted on September 2nd, 2009 by doc
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Oh, yeah, this is going to be a sticky thing, isn’t it? Many today believe that this gift of the Holy Spirit still exists, and that they have been so gifted. At the risk (or perhaps the hope) of starting a debate, I want us to think about this…not in terms of what we feel, [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2009 by doc
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Perhaps the following is an insignificant, trifling dissection of the Bible. It certainly has nothing to do with salvation, nor really with much of anything. However, I found it interesting, and have heard questions about the material recently, so I thought to share it with you.
Old Testament
New Testament
Chapters
929
206
Verses
23,214
7,959
Words
532,439
181,253
Letters (English)
2,728,800
838,380
Facts Concerning the Old Testament
Middle book is [...]
Posted on July 24th, 2009 by doc
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Jesus, name above all names;
Beautiful Savior, glorious Lord.
Emmanuel, God is with us;
Blessed Redeemer, Living Word.
song “Jesus, Name Above All Names”, by Nadia Hearn
© Copyright 1974 by Scripture in Song
Such a simple song, yet such a great feeling of humble devotion. How do you feel when you say the name of Jesus? Humble? Reverent? Unworthy? Thankful? [...]
Posted on May 24th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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I am certain that you are interested in the Biblical answer to that question, or you probably would not be reading this article. This is the question asked of the Apostle Peter after the first Gospel sermon (Acts 2:37). Before we start the answer, let us look at a little background.
First of all, you have [...]
Posted on May 9th, 2009 by doc
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When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And [...]
Posted on May 3rd, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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