It is not a difficult thing to show that the essential nature of man tends more to evil than to good…that is, it is easier for man to in than not to sin. However, that is not the question here. Let us examine a few definitions first. Hereditarily: by inheritance, by right of descent. (Webster) [...]
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by doc
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I do not believe that any one alive can truly say that he has never been criticized nor has he ever criticized anyone else. We have all heard of things complementary to ourselves, and they have warmed our hearts like a warm spring breeze. Likewise, we have heard things said about us that have frozen [...]
Posted on October 28th, 2010 by doc
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This was such an unreasoning remark that it floored me! I actually heard someone state that the Bible was old and dead, and that it was not of much use today. So sad. But it made me think. In I Peter 3:15, the Apostle Peter admonishes us to always, at all times and in all [...]
Posted on September 23rd, 2010 by doc
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In Hebrews 10:25, the writer warns us not to forsake our own assembling together as the custom of some is. The the writer continues to tell us why being in the assembly is vital: exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the day drawing nigh. Dear brother, do you know so [...]
Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by doc
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What does it mean to be vigilant? Does the Bible have any advice on vigilance? This is a subject we ought to look carefully upon, and meditate upon, because it will play a part in where we spend eternity. The American Standard version gives I Corinthians 16:13 as follows: Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2010 by doc
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I have heard recently that Satan does not exist, that a loving God would not allow an evil being to exist or to tempt man. Well, someone should have told both God and Jesus that Satan is just a myth, for there is plenty of evidence from them that Satan does exist and is, in [...]
Posted on June 17th, 2010 by doc
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When I wrote an earlier article about witches, one reader wrote that the subject brought to his mind the Witch of Endor. I have thought about that for some time, and now I want to relate what I have found about her. To familiarize yourself with the story, reread I Samuel 28:1-25. First of all, there [...]
Posted on November 17th, 2009 by doc
Filed under: Bible Characters, Old Testament, Spiritual Warfare | 1 Comment »
You don’t have to search very far to find some “doom & gloomer” tell you the church is dying. You also don’t have to go very far to see a church in which many of its young people “give their lives to Christ”, then a year or two after they leave home, most of those [...]
Posted on July 14th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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There you are, near the end of the worship service, when the congregation stands to sing the invitation song. Someone walks down the aisle to respond to the Gospel. What’s your response? I know we all respond differently, and no doubt we may even respond differently in this situation compared to how we responded the [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Do you believe in witches? Do they really exist? What does the Bible say? Well, first of all, as with any subject, we must begin with the premise that the Bible is truth. We must agree to abide by the plain teaching of the Bible. That having been said, what about witches? The Bible teaches [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2009 by doc
Filed under: Authority of Scripture, Bible study, satan, Spiritual Warfare | 1 Comment »
