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In Acts 8:14-19, the new Christians in Samaria received "the the Holy Spirit." But what did they receive? What does this expression mean? Did they receive a spiritual gift? Did they receive a non-miraculous indwelling of the Spirit? Were they baptized in the Holy Spirit?
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"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24). Sooner or later, it had to come to this. The Bible is now under full-fledged assault by homosexuals. (We plead with Christians not to use the word gay because it is a complete and
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When a person jumps on a hobby horse for a ride, his destination becomes uncertain, but it may be safely predicted that he will arrive somewhere he did not intend to go—and from which he will not be able to return. When Mac Deaver, a brother in Christ and
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This follow-up discussion on the subject of hell took place on The O’Reilly Factor just three days after the previous Spiritual Perspectives reported on last week. The first guest affirmed the idea that God would not send anyone to hell. The second interview was with Franklin Graham (the
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On Monday evening, April 25, 2011, the host of The O"Reilly Factor engaged in a discussion with "Pastor" Jack McKinney, Ph. D. (which in this instance surely stands for Philosophically Deficient), of Raleigh, North Carolina. He was invited to appear after Time published an article on
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I have not been fishing for a long time, And I never did mind the slime. I put forth the effort and had some fun, And brought home my catch When the day was done. Sometimes I got wet and didn't catch any, But looking back over the
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No, you're right if you said the above title is correct—except for the parenthetical remark. Since the 1840s, many people have taken issue with Jesus' declaration in Matthew 24:42: "Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming." William
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"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24). [Editor's Note: Last week, e-mail correspondence was set forth between myself and a person we gave the pseudonym of Swagger to—partly because of his initials and partly because of his attitude.
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Everyone has probably heard the expression, "It's not what you know; it's who you know." Apparently, some people believe that principle applies to salvation. They think, "If I can find enough people to agree with me, then that proves that my position is
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Mac Deaver, the champion of "the direct help from God" heresy, occasionally prompts the reader who is considering his 2007 book (The Holy Spirit) to laugh. He does not intend to be humorous, but the reader cannot help but chuckle at his tactics. In his first chapter, Mac
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Kristin Swenson, an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, wrote a book which was published in hardback last year (2010) and is now available in paperback—Bible Babel: Making Sense of the Most Talked About Book of All Time. A review of the book can be found
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Recently, the Orlando Sentinel published some interesting articles about various religious groups, but none of them was favorable (what a shock!). The first of these (printed on January 30, 2011), was on the front page (although it was on the lower half); its title is "Even Churches Going Bankrupt