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This is not a political article; your congenial editor has no suggestions for Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Israel, or the United States. But occasionally we need to be reminded of certain facts about the religion of Islam. History records that Islam has a record of
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In his June 29th (2025) issue of the Reno Record, Marvin Weir cites Steve Jordahl of AFN (American Forces Network) who reported on a "woman pastor…who told her congregation that the Great Commission means nothing to 'progressive church circles' like hers." She also declared: We
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[Editor's note: Last week's article was from 2018. This one appeared in the Richwood Reaper on December 1, 2024.] The Christian Chronicle published an article on the subject in the October 2024 edition. That article was written by Bobby Ross, Jr., editor-in-chief. Brother Ross
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With Muslims making strides in seeking political office, some are worried about the impact of the religion upon the country. These concerns are not unfounded. The reader is free to read on the Internet how the Muslim religion has affected several countries in Europe—especially France, Germany, and Sweden. Some
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It's never being too old to hold hands. It's remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day. It's never going to sleep angry. It's having a mutual sense of values/common objectives. It's standing together,
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It is a tradition of churches of Christ to extend "the invitation" at the end of a service. For the most part it is the local preacher that does this at the end of both the Sunday morning and evening sermons and at the conclusion of the Wednesday
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A few years ago, the Orlando Sentinel published some statistics and thoughts on the decline of religion in America. The article began on page A1, but most of the material appeared on page A11. At that time (August 25, 2012), for example, Mississippi had the least amount of non-believers
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The majority of people say, "No!" But the Bible says, "Yes!" However, the minds of men and women have been prejudiced against this Bible truth by the multitude of preachers who teach otherwise. Preachers have taught people to cry, "Water salvation," when this Bible
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An integral piece of being a Christian is charity (rendered as love in ASV, NKJV, etc.). Indeed, providing for those in need is extolled to a great degree many times in Scripture. Jesus said that in feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, and visiting the
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Your congenial editor does not actively go looking for quotes like the ones below, but by chance he discovered them in the 2007 Memphis School of Preaching lectureship book: Epistles to Corinth. The book contains 756 pages. The first citation concerns appropriate attire and the Lord's Supper. The
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Having highlighted many of the errors found in The Aquarian Gospel (first published in 1908), this series concludes with a few more various flaws. The information presented in it was written by Levi Dowling, who claimed to have received it through meditation from the Akashic Record (an alleged account of
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Recently (check google for some of these), there have been several occasions where parents have protested the reading materials available in schools for primary grade students. At one meeting of a school board or city council (can't remember which), a woman stood up to protest the reading material