I have heard many preachers affirm that anger is never an attribute of God; therefore, it is a sin for a man to become angry. I believe we need to rethink that. I do agree that anger is not a trait that men need to cultivate, but I do not agree that God has never [...]
Posted on September 30th, 2010 by doc
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Every job has its wages. The wages may not be monetary, but they do exist in some form. If you mow the yard and trim the shrubs, the wages are a nice-looking yard and a happy spouse. Sometimes the wages are just self-satisfaction. The wages of a faithful Christian is eternal life with God. But, the [...]
Posted on June 24th, 2010 by doc
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Aren’t they the same thing? Well, not really. According to Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, fornication is “illicit sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person,” and adultery is “voluntary sexual intercourse by a married man with someone other than his wife or by a married woman with someone other than her husband.” Looking at this [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2009 by doc
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Although they totally take Jefferson out of context, our government seems dedicated to “separation of church and state.” And maybe that’s a good thing, in some respects. However, if that is really their intent, I have to question some recent activity of the government. The First Amendment to the Constitution, in the Bill of Rights, [...]
Posted on June 18th, 2009 by doc
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Sin is always a great deceiver (Hebrews 3:13), and those who promote it are also deceivers (Romans 1:32). Sin always promises happiness but only provides temporary pleasure while doing damage to the soul and to society. Just as fornication damages the family and its consequences of children of unwed mothers, poverty and disease affects our [...]
Posted on April 28th, 2009 by trp
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Is there such a thing? Yes, there must be, for, in I John 5:16, we read: If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I [...]
Posted on April 16th, 2009 by doc
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Seldom, if ever, do we hear preachers today make a plea for modesty. I fully expect that some who read this article will disagree, and I would love to hear from you if you do. But the Bible seems to be clear on the subject, and we should never disregard clear Bible teaching on any [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2009 by doc
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“Slavery” is such a bad word. We don’t like the word because we see slavery as degrading and an insult to human dignity. Indeed it is, but each of us is a slave. That’s not my opinion; it’s a fact stated by the Holy Spirit of God. 16Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves [...]
Posted on December 21st, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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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. [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2008 by trp
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