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What’s the very first question asked in the Bible? No, that’s the second one—if you thought of God saying to Adam, “Where are you?” in Genesis 3:9. The first question was asked by the serpent to Eve a few verses earlier: “Has God indeed said, ‘You
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All right, so we all hate weeds. They must have some value, although exactly what that would be remains to be seen. However, weeds have some admirable characteristics. Really? Yes. Christians would do well to possess come of these qualities. First, they are opportunistic. You find them everywhere. Even if
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[Editor's note: A few years ago, I came across an article written by a fellow preacher. I asked him permission to use it, and he agreed, but because the things he said were rather sharp, I withheld his name—for his protection (not that he cared, but I
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Although one of the messages from the devotional book, 365 Essential Questions from the Bible was rightly criticized a few weeks ago, another one, Day 262, presented an interesting and Biblical thought with respect to Elijah. The writer called attention to the fact that Elijah was a man of faith.
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[Editor's note: Recently, a friend and brother from Oklahoma shared with me some brief remarks from a newspaper column. I doubt that anonymity is a crucial matter in this instance since the author of them made his views public, but we will just refer to him as Sheriff,
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Not long ago, I bought a devotional book, 365 Essential Questions from the Bible? which admittedly sounds ambitious, but it only cost a buck. It's written by several denominational men, and their handling of the Scriptures is loose, to say the least. Once in a while they set
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Love Some may be thinking, “Sure, I knew that sooner or later in discussing principles of peace that we would get around to some kind of touchy-feely, mushy comments on love.” First, one could scarcely expect the second greatest commandment to be ignored when considering problems between brethren, but,
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In fact, John Taylor had debated a Baptist preacher named Rawhoof. Taylor “was so logical and severe on Rawhoof that the debate closed at the end of the first day.” Then the Baptists found a man named Alexander, and Taylor debated him. One of those who became convinced of the
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Respect for the Word The principles which make for peace among brethren all seem to be intertwined with one another. Respect for the Word is the third principle required to maintain a positive, peaceful atmosphere. When this attitude is present, brethren will not feel like the church belongs to them,
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What’s Best for the Kingdom\ Joab Humility appears not to have been a characteristic of Joab because, when it came to the king ot
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Be certain of this: At the point when you attempt to make the child see the corrections they need to make, there will be, via the avenue of the highway of excuses, an attempt to justify the unjustifiable. Your instruction that is too late will fall on deaf ears. It
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Satan has flooded the world with false doctrines to move people away from the truth, and we recently discussed some of the principles that leaders of heresy use. But not all divisions in the Lord’s church result from those devoted to introducing error among God’s people; many church