October 2021

TBC Notes

October 1, 2021

Your Prayers for TBC and Me I love it when we receive emails in which the writers close by saying they are praying for the ministry and for me personally. In some cases they ask us what they can pray for specifically regarding our needs. That obviously changes depending on...Read more

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Quotable

October 1, 2021

Nothing is less suited to a follower of the meek and lowly Son of Man than a contentious spirit and vainglorious bearing. Boasting and bitter words ill become one who has taken the place of death with Christ. If, in lowliness of mind, each esteems others better than himself, how...Read more

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Letters

October 1, 2021

Dear TBC Staff, In a recent newsletter Q&A, two people insinuated that Tom had a sharp tongue and was insensitive. I thought his answers were perfect. I am reminded of other godly men such as Isaiah, Paul, and many others who used words that though harsh were appropriate. Let’s also...Read more

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Question: Why would a loving God give us trials?

October 1, 2021

Question: We’re told that God uses trials to increase a believer’s faith and trust. Isn’t this out of character with a God who is love? Response: The writer of Hebrews declares in no uncertain terms that “whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth” (...Read more

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Question: Why do you distinguish Israel from the church?

October 1, 2021

Question: I disagree with your statements distinguishing Israel from the church. Paul teaches us in Ephesians:2:11-22 [11] Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; [12] That at that...Read more

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Counseling in the Church: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — Part One

October 1, 2021

In this two-part series I’m addressing what I believe is the Adversary’s most successful device among his many deceptions ( 2 Corinthians:11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ...Read more

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Nuggets from Occult Invasion

October 1, 2021

One of the “experts,” Francis Frangipane, stated that the “sword of the Spirit” has two edges: One edge is Scripture and the other edge is “the living Word of God: what the Spirit is saying now to the church [i.e., by new revelation through new prophets].” Frangipane was an apostle,...Read more

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