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December 2024

I want to know one thing, the way to heaven: how to land safe on that happy shore. God himself has condescended to teach the way; for this very end he came from heaven. He has written it down in a book! Oh, give me that book! At any price,...Read more
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Those of us who believe in the eternal security of the believer (Christ keeps those who are truly his) are not soft on sin (as we are accused of being). We don’t encourage people living in sin to believe that because they claim to have once made a decision for...Read more
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To say that belief in God is not “scientific” and that scientists don’t believe in God is to expose both one’s ignorance and bias. As we have often shown, there have always been many top scientists who had faith in God and credited science itself with arousing that faith. The...Read more
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In August, the second largest teachers union chapter in the country—there are more than 35,000 members of United Teachers Los Angeles —met at the Bonaventure Hotel in L.A. to discuss, among other things, how to turn their K-12 students against Israel . In front of a PowerPoint that read, “How...Read more
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The letter kills, while the Spirit gives life. One can be as clear as crystal on doctrine and just as cold and hard in applying it to others. That fact, however, is no excuse for disregarding sound doctrine but a reminder that truth is to be spoken in love, while...Read more
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Serious error must be addressed and corrected. If we truly love people, then we will earnestly contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints, and we will let them know that issues of false teaching are of eternal consequence. If Paul had held to the notion that...Read more
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Even Stephen Hawking, certainly anything but a Christian, has said, “It is difficult to discuss the beginning of the universe without mentioning the concept of God.” Commenting on Einstein’s “God doesn’t play dice. . . ,” Hawking declared, “God not only plays with dice, He sometimes throws them where they...Read more
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What, then, of the verses that say we must be baptized to be saved? What verses? There is not a single one in the Bible! Yes, Mark:16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. See All... says, “He that believeth...Read more
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Paul says that to depart [this life through death] and to be with Christ is far better than remaining alive on earth ( Philippians:1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. See All... –24). He even says that to die is gain. Certainly, that is...Read more
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Albert Einstein, too, though he did not believe in a personal God (yet he said, “I want to know His thoughts . . . ”), admitted that the universe demanded an intelligent Creator who, as Spinoza showed, “reveals himself in the harmony of what exists.” That fact, Einstein believed, was...Read more
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