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YEARNING FOR THE UNKNOWN One of the greatest ironies of life is that a significant number of people have little regard for what God has revealed while pursuing enthusiastically what He has kept secret (Deut. 29:29). In the Bible God reveals His character, His morality, His salvation, His will
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Every so often the question arises: \\“At what age should a person be baptized?\\” I was faced with this question in the first place I preached when an 8-year-old lad wanted to be baptized. When questioned as to the purpose for being baptized, he had no clue. I
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The article under review here apparently was on Facebook as a response to one of the members of the Lord true church. The author is Jim Blev, who seems to be a musician who attends the Calvary Community Church in Tampa. He doesn true say anything original in his defense
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On my car radio, I have an eclectic collection of stations that I listen to, ranging from various kinds of music, talk radio, and one religious station of an evangelical persuasion. I constantly switch back and forth between these stations because I hate commercials; but occasionally I dwell on this
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Truth. Unity. Both are essential to the Christian (John 8:31-32; 17:20-21). But truth cannot be laid aside in a vain effort to attain unity, for then it becomes union, which is not the same concept. Unity can be defined as "the combination or arrangement of
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The second of the three incredible statements that Elisha the prophet made in three consecutive chapters is found in 2 Kings 6:16, but the background is needed to understand the significance of the pronouncement. This event occurs during a time when the King of Syria was trying to make
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In 2 Kings 5, 6, and 7 the reader finds three incredible statements made by the prophet Elisha. The response of many to these statements would be, "No, I don't think so. I don't see how that can happen." Yet each one of them
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PROGRESSIVES AND THEIR TACTICS Since this article concerns what progressive means, why not look at the dictionary? According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the word progressive means: "1. Moving forward; ongoing; advancing. 2. Proceeding in steps; continuing steadily by increments." Progressive brings to mind
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The Amalekites are probably most known because God gave a command to destroy them to King Saul in 1 Samuel 15:1-3. God wanted them punished because of something they did 400 years earlier. One lesson we might take away from this opening point is that God does not
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More and more churches of Christ have departed from the faith as it pertains to the role of women, insisting that sisters can be preachers and elders. Those who are members of faithful congregations, with leadership based on what the Scriptures teach, should be thankful to God for their leadership’
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THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE? This publication has examined the role of women in the church at various times. So, we will not now cover arguments already raised and answered (see "West End's Girl" published on November 3, 2019). However, the March, 2020 issue of The
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For some reason, the lawyer we call Lawton seems to have Baptists on his mind a lot. Two of his three handwritten pages concern them. He says he does not like much about Baptist churches and that he believes that Baptist doctrine is in error, but then he says we