July 1999 | thebereancall.org

July 1999

Question: Doesn’t the pretrib rapture contradict the parable of the weeds ( Matthew:13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat...Read more
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Question: First, let me commend you on the stand you have taken to be faithful to the Word of God....But I think in your February newsletter you goofed when you said, “That the story of the fall in the Garden of Eden is not myth but history is proved by...Read more
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Question: A friend doesn’t seem to buy the premil [pre-millennium] position yet. After reading Whatever Happened to Heaven? she comments, “Hunt asserts that the predominant position of the early church was premil....The fact is that all the eschatological positions develop over the course of history.” We have read little by...Read more
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There is absolutely no evidence that professional therapists have any special knowledge of how to change behavior, or that they obtain better results—with any type of client or problem—than those with little or no formal training....Different schools of therapy offer visions of the good life and how to live it,...Read more
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Christianity Today ( CT ) was founded in 1956 by Billy Graham (he remains Board Chairman) to "restore intellectual respectability" to Christianity through "a new generation of highly trained scholars." Billy is pleased that CT "has helped change the profile of the American church" 1— in spite of the increasing...Read more
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