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Modern-day politics is not a pretty sight. No, this is not a reference to the multitude of lies and coverups perpetrated by politicians and their willing allies in the news media on a daily basis. No, this brief article looks only at one individual, who stands self-condemned—and
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"Liar, Liar, pants on fire." Probably everyone has heard that one. Congenial though your editor is, just once he would like to see certain notorious liars' pants (or pantsuit) burst into flame even if the flareup only lasted a second. For one second, at least, everyone would
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One saying a few years back was, "If you are not as close to God as you once were, guess who moved." The answer is obvious, but some might ask, "Doesn't God stay close to everyone?" And the answer is, "No." Proverbs
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Brethren once were amused by the goings-on in the denominational world, but now the question has become, “How long will it be until some of us try to imitate the latest folly?” One of the big issues before the Church of England currently, according to an article by Harriet
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For the past several decades, there has been an ongoing debate in our nation about the nature of marriage and its purpose, as well as its limits. Many in the LGBTQ movement have argued that marriage should not be restricted to two individuals of the opposite sex, but it should
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The above title demonstrates the importance of reading the entire text. The entire verse reads: “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who heeds counsel is wise” (Pr. 12:15). However, the title is correct in the sense that foolish people think they are
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What Happens at the End? Two passages of great significance to the renovated earth adherents are 2 Peter 3 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, which we now proceed to examine. Most critics point out that the bodies of the saints rise from the graves and join their spirits in
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“We’re here. We’re queer. We’re coming for your children.” This chilling chant was heard on radio stations at the end of “Gay Pride” month. So, your congenial editor looked it up on Google to see what this insane admission was all about. Believe it or not, one
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The Nature of Heaven In 2017, Robert Jeffress wrote a book which he named A Place Called Heaven; he titled his fifth chapter, “What Will We Do in Heaven?” Evidently, quite a few people think that Heaven will be “a place of perpetual boredom, populated by boring people” (99). Jeffress
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Previously, we considered the first three usages of the tree of life in Genesis and the last three mentions of it in Revelation, which leaves four other occasions where the phrase is found, all of which are in Proverbs. Most of the wise sayings in this highly practical book are
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Romans 8:19-23 One of the key passages of Scripture used by those who insist that resurrected people will live on a physical earth is Romans 8:19-23. Tommy Hicks recounts the history of the “Heaven will be lived out on earth” doctrine, and he cited many “ancients”
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The phrase, tree of life, appears in the Scriptures ten times. The first three times we read of it are in Genesis (2:9; 3:22, 24). We do not know much about it—what it looked like, what fruit was on it, or how it tasted. Presumably, it would