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People are still making these same five mistakes. Disobedience is as abundant as water. Somehow, mankind, despite gallons of evidence to the contrary, has not ever seemed to notice that sin has consequences. Of course, God spoke to Adam and Eve, and they knew immediately what their penalties for sin
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“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment” (John 7:24). Some people fail to acknowledge the above written fact about the Bible. Some people deny that there are any mistakes in it at all. Others simply choose to ignore this obvious fact. Make no mistake; our Bible
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Part 3 of the miniseries on The Bible contains the fifth and final hour devoted to the Old Testament and also the first hour of dealing with the New. The previous hour had ended with David's life, with only an honorable mention made of Solomon. His glorious reign
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“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment” (John 7:24). A variety of events from Jesus’ life are portrayed in the remainder of part four of The Bible. But a tremendous out-of-order episode is now placed into the mix. Whereas Jesus began His public ministry
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“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment” (John 7:24). The week before this 10-hour series premiered (3-3-13), Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel) and her husband Mark Burnett (Survivor, Celebrity Apprentice, Shark Tank) made guest appearances on various television shows to promote The
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Most of the attention is focused on elders when a congregation tries to organize itself according to 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1, but there are qualifications for deacons (and their wives), also. The word that is translated “deacons” is the Greek word diakonos. It appears 30 times in the
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Don Tarbet from Denison, Texas, and Anne Bell from Lamesa, Texas, co-wrote the above-titled book, which was just published this year (2013). Don has preached in various states and engages in mission work in Scotland, South Africa, and Ghana, West Africa. He has written 35 religious tracts, a
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“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment” (John 7:24). Many of us were greatly surprised in 2001 when we heard that fellow preacher and lectureship speaker, Noah Hackworth had suffered a massive stroke. With great encouragement and help from his wife Glenda, he has recovered somewhat
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“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment” (John 7:24). In the November 25, 2012 Spiritual Perspectives article, I reported a conversation between Bill O’Reilly and Dennis Miller concerning where America is and what its future might be. As a preface to those remarks I pointed
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“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment” (John 7:24). Frank Viola and George Barna, who authored the book, Pagan Christianity?, could have performed a valuable service to the religious world if they had done the research they did on the origin of the aspects of Christian
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The third chapter of this work by Frank Viola and George Barna concerns what takes place during worship. Although the authors document their findings with copious citations, the thesis of this chapter is tremendously flawed, which demonstrates that research per se serves no guarantee that it will be applied correctly.
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“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment” (John 7:24). Just as pagans built temples to honor their gods, so Constantine had in mind that very principle when he authorized the construction of church buildings after A.D. 327. They were not designed as humble little places