November 1997 | thebereancall.org

November 1997

Question: We are not called to social activism but to preach the gospel and convert sinners. That should have a major good effect on society—far more than social activism. The question is, what happened when there was far less social activism and far more “preaching of the gospel” by the...Read more
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Question: Your newsletter reported that the Vatican justified expenditures for its telescope by saying it would all be worth it “if just a single alien is converted.” You seemed to imply disapproval of that idea. Why? Shouldn’t the gospel be given to extraterrestrials if they are encountered? Response: First of...Read more
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Question: In your September newsletter you quoted in its entirety the Promise Keepers article from the July 20, 1997 Our Sunday Visitor which included the revision in PK’s statement of faith to satisfy Roman Catholics. I don’t see how changing “accepting through faith alone, God’s gift of salvation , which...Read more
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Question: There are many Catholics on my wife’s side of the family, and most of them know that we believe that Roman Catholicism is a false religion. However, we find ourselves in a dilemma when an important family situation comes up which takes place in a Catholic church, such as...Read more
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MY NAME IS WRITTEN THERE Though humble and obscure below, My name is there in heaven, I know. ’Tis written by the hand of God— ’Tis written with the Saviour’s blood. ’Twas there before the day and night, In beams of God’s unerring light.
 By Jesus’ blood ’twas crimson dyed...Read more
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John:3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting...Read more
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