December 2005

December 2005 Printable Newsletter

December 1, 2005

This is the pdf version of the December 2005 The Berean Call .Read more

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Question: In your book, A Woman Rides the Beast, I noticed that you don’t make any reference to some key passages about Mary: Lk 1:28, 48; Rev. 12. Why not?

December 1, 2005

Question : In your book, A Woman Rides the Beast , I noticed that you don’t make any reference to some key passages about Mary: Lk 1:28, 48; Rev. 12. Why not? Answer: In Luke we read: “Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art...Read more

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Question: How can a non-Calvinist explain 2 Thessalonians 2:13? Isn’t it quite conclusive that those to whom Paul wrote had been “chosen [unto] salvation” —i.e., predestined to heaven?

December 1, 2005

Question: How can a non-Calvinist explain 2 Thessalonians:2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: See All... ? Isn’t it...Read more

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Question: When the Rapture occurs, will we leave our clothes behind us in a heap where we were when Christ caught us up to meet Him in the clouds?

December 1, 2005

Question: When the Rapture occurs, will we leave our clothes behind us in a heap where we were when Christ caught us up to meet Him in the clouds? Answer: We certainly will not take our earthly clothes with us to heaven—nor our tooth fillings, prostheses, etc. But I see...Read more

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Question [composite of several]: Was this a misstatement, or do you really believe what you said in your September Q&A: “Those who only know the false gospel of Calvinism are not saved”?

December 1, 2005

Question [composite of several]: Was this a misstatement, or do you really believe what you said in your September Q&A: “Those who only know the false gospel of Calvinism are not saved”? Answer: The original question was, “Is it possible for someone who believes only in the soteriology of Calvin...Read more

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Quotable

December 1, 2005

God does not expect us to give up, to give in, to accept the church as it is and to condone what is happening. He expects His believing children to measure the church against the standards and the blessings promised in the Word of God. Then, with love and reverence...Read more

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Wonderful Love

December 1, 2005

Recently, I have been ever more convicted of how pitifully inadequate my understanding and appreciation really is of God and His love. But isn’t it to be expected that our understanding of the infinite God and of His love that “passeth knowledge” ( Eph:3:19 And to know the love of...Read more

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TBC Book Reviews

December 1, 2005

Heaven by Randy Alcorn (Tyndale House, 2004) Reviewed by Edwin Newby, TBC Staff Since Dave Hunt published Whatever Happened to Heaven? , a number of books have sought to tell us not only “what happened,” but “what’s happening.” Randy Alcorn’s book Heaven is an expansion of what he calls his...Read more

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TBC Notes - Ephesians 4:17-18

December 1, 2005

Ephesians:4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. See All... –18 As I’ve been editing our long-overdue video production (available early next year) titled Psychology & The Church: Critical Questions...Crucial Answers , it has grieved me greatly to see...Read more

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Letters

December 1, 2005

Dear Tom, I read your lead article in this month’s Berean Call , and while I agree with all you attempt to convey, I think we ought to have genuine sympathy for the many folks who end up in these groups [12-Steps programs] because that’s all they know or have...Read more

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