January 1996 | thebereancall.org

January 1996

Question: In your Sept. 1995 Berean Call you purported to answer a question about Mt 1:21 [“He shall save his people from their sins”]. Your answer could lead one to believe (using Jn:1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which...Read more
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Question: I started to read The Gospel According to Judas by Ray S. Anderson. He is a pastor and also Professor of Theology and Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. The book came highly recommended but it bothered me after reading only fifty pages. Do you know the...Read more
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Question: Louis Farrakhan and his Nation of Islam have been making big news lately. Is this a genuine Islamic movement or sect that is recognized as such by Arab Muslims? Response: No. Orthodox Muslims, whether Sunnites or Shi’ites, do not want to be identified with Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam (there...Read more
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God has not bowed to our nervous haste nor embraced the methods of our machine age. The man who would know God must give time to Him. A. W. Tozer The Divine Conquest Jesus said, “Ye cannot serve God and Mammon” (Mt 6:24). He did not say, “Ye cannot serve...Read more
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Once again we have entered upon a new year welcomed with wild celebrations at midnight, December 31. Such festivities are questionable at best. And why celebrate the reminder that, just as a year has vanished into the past, so all too quickly must our earthly lives pass as well? That...Read more
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