November 2021

NewsWatch

November 1, 2021

Christians Arrested in India for Handing Out Bibles ChristianPost.com, 10/4/2021, “Christians Arrested in India for Handing Out Bibles” [Excerpts]: Police in India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh arrested a Pentecostal pastor and two other Christians who were handing out evangelistic booklets and Bibles in villages after radical Hindu nationalists accused...Read more

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TBC Notes

November 1, 2021

Your Witness of Peace “These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”— John:16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace...Read more

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Quotable

November 1, 2021

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God— 2 Corinthians:7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear...Read more

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Letters

November 1, 2021

Sirs, I'm finishing up my Th. D. program at Conservative Theological University in Jacksonville, Florida, and I want to express my sincere thanks to Dave Hunt for his most excellent work regarding Calvinism . It did not take me long to realize that I had never heard some of these...Read more

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Question: When the Bible refers to "sleep," what does it mean?

November 1, 2021

Question: “Sleep” seems to be a key word in 1 Thessalonians:4:13-17 [13] But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. [14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even...Read more

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Question: Should pastors have degrees?

November 1, 2021

Question: My church seems to believe that one must be a “scholar” or a “theologian” to be a pastor or Bible teacher. It even seems to be implied that those without such degrees are not competent to question what those holding theological and psychological degrees teach from the Bible. What...Read more

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Question: Did Jesus go to hell?

November 1, 2021

Question: Recently I read that when Jesus died spiritually, He took both the first and second death—the grave and the Lake of Fire—upon Himself. I have also heard the claim that Jesus died spiritually. Was the Trinity separated? If the Spirit of God died, who was in charge of the...Read more

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

November 1, 2021

There’s a saying that underscores what the Scriptures declare continually: The Bible is not a book that men could write if they would…or would write if they could. Regarding the first part of the saying, finite man obviously lacks the omni science of our infinite God, so he cannot know...Read more

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Evangelical Families in Mexico Lose Access to Water, Services for Refusing to Deny Their Faith

November 1, 2021

Two evangelical families in central Mexico have been threatened with being cut off from essential services or expelled from the community if they continue to refuse to deny their faith and pay a fine illegally levied against them, according to a report. The families of Nemesio Cruz Hernández and Eligio...Read more

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Nuggets from Occult Invasion

November 1, 2021

This teaching undermines the gospel. Consider Jack Deere, who left Dallas Theological Seminary after 12 years on its faculty to become the leading theologian in Wimber’s Vineyard movement. He was interviewed by Graham Banister in Sydney, Australia, at a Spiritual Warfare Conference taught by Wimber and his team to 5500...Read more

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