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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Voting is a privilege! In many countries, people have no say in how they are governed, who leads them, or the direction their nation takes. As U.S. citizens, we do, and with that privilege comes responsibility....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Throughout Christian history, theologians have developed statements of faith and theological frameworks to explain important biblical doctrines. Among the best-known are the Five Points of Calvinism and the Five...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We received an email about a discussion with a pastor who argued that repentance isn’t required for salvation—at least not for everyone. His claim: “Repentance is required for Jews, but not for Gentiles. It’s true...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I would suggest that Satan does not presently stand before God accusing Christians in the way he accused Job or in the way Revelation describes him accusing “our brethren.” At first, that might sound surprising....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Second Corinthians 5:21 is the key verse on the righteousness of Christ given to repentant sinners when they trust in Jesus: “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. If you don’t receive our emails, now. September 11, 2001, is a day we must never forget. We remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost, the families forever changed, the courage of first responders, and the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Remembering September 11, 2001– 25 Years Later Twenty-five years have passed since the morning of September 11, 2001, yet the images remain deeply engraved in our national memory: a passenger jet disappearing...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch our “Breathe” Video Below] This weekend is set aside to rest from our labors. The holiday is defined as “a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. You’ve Already Got It! by Andrew Wommack offers both biblical and unbiblical teachings. He teaches a core, foundational truth every evangelical Christian should affirm: the saving work of Jesus Christ is...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” — Psalm 11:3 In every generation, believers look out at the world and feel the ground shifting beneath their feet. Wars and rumors of wars,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Excerpted from our book Misunderstood & Misapplied Bible Verses & Passages—Book 1] This saying is often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, but there is no evidence that he actually said it, and none of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This question is asked a lot. And the answer is quite simple. We don’t know. But God does. And it will be in His perfect time. However, signs of the times assure us that His return is drawing closer and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. School’s out for summer, and children fill their days with fun in the sun. While they might be taking a break from their schoolwork, we need to teach them never to take a break from learning about Jesus....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The biblical Samson is most often remembered for his relationship with Delilah, who cut his hair and “stole” his strength. Samson’s life is chronicled in Judges 13–16. A closer reading reveals...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Let’s lay some groundwork for answering this question. In the Garden of Eden, the devil tempted Eve when he said to her, “For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Children often ask simple questions—and many of us struggle to answer in a way that is both clear and biblically faithful. Our newest Bible Windows for Kids video, “Why Did God Make People?”, offers a simple,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Is the Bible really the Word of God, or just an ancient religious book? In this video, “Seven Proofs of the Bible,” we walk through clear, accessible evidence that the Bible is trustworthy, historically reliable,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. A pithy saying used by many Bible teachers and preachers is popular today: “It’s not our job to convert. It’s our job to converse. It’s the job of the Holy Spirit to convert.” It sounds humble and takes pressure...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. From Genesis to Revelation, God tells one unified story: His plan to redeem a sinful, broken world through the Lamb. From our ruin in Adam to our glory with Christ, Scripture reveals the Lamb we need, the Lamb God...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. <<Don’t miss our newest song, “Because it is Finished,” at the end of the article.>> The stone was sealed. The guards were posted. From every human vantage point, it was over. “Pilate...
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