May 2003

Words have meanings

May 7, 2003

World Magazine, 4/19/03: A new ethics code greeted the nearly 500 students at United Methodist-related Duke Divinity School when they returned from spring break. It didn’t go over well with everybody. The “conduct covenant” covers the usual bases: no stealing, cheating, or plagiarizing. It calls on students to live in...Read more

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Biblical Morons

May 7, 2003

Man says: “Where is the name " Mormon " in the Bible?” Some people joke that " Mormon " sounds like "Moron." Indeed, the "land of Moron" was the first place the Jaredites settled when they arrived in America (e.g. it was the first Book of Mormon land). The name...Read more

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Can a Servant Be Greater Than His Lord?

01/28/2012

Tom: We are continuing with the gospel and we’re going through the Gospel of John, and we’re in John, chapter 13, and Dave, I believe we finished verse 11, but I want to go back to verse 5, just to set the scenario, as it were. This is Jesus, and...Read more

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How Many Raptures Will There Be?

01/28/2012

Now, Contending for the Faith. In this regular feature, Dave and Tom respond to questions from listeners and readers of The Berean Call . Here’s this week’s question: “Dear Tom and Dave, I used to think that there were only two different views related to the Rapture of the church:...Read more

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Orthodox Church in Revolt Over Rasputin

01/28/2012

Now, Religion in the News—a report and comment on religious trends and events being covered by the media. This week’s item is from the Times online , February 6, 2003, with the headline: “Calls to Canonize Rasputin Threatens Russian Church Split—A campaign to canonize the mystic priest Grigori Rasputin and...Read more

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Has God Already Chosen Who's Going to Heaven?

01/28/2012

Tom: Thanks, Gary. You’re listening to Search the Scriptures Daily , a program in which we encourage everyone who desires to know God’s truth to look to God’s Word for all that is essential for salvation and living one’s life in a way that is pleasing to Him. If you...Read more

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Great Is The Mystery - Audio Newsletter

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Great Is the Mystery (original)

May 1, 2003

In spite of thousands of years of inquiry into the universe, and the super technology of today’s computer-aided science , we still know almost nothing in comparison to all there is to know. We don’t know what energy is, or what gravity or light or space are. Referring to the...Read more

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TBC Notes - Keep TBC Coming! Or Maybe Not...

May 1, 2003

Keep TBC Coming! Or Maybe Not... Spring has sprung and we are in the process of cleaning out our mailing list. Our procedure is to contact those who have never contacted us to see if they want to continue receiving our free newsletter. Some have been put on our mailing...Read more

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Letters

May 1, 2003

Dear Dave, As a long-time subscriber to TBC , I appreciate your zeal, insight, and the care with which you edit your newsletter. That’s why I was surprised to see a simple logic mistake in your March [’03] newsletter. It’s in your response to the question about whether evangelicals should...Read more

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