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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Antichrist and His Mark In the article What is the Mark of the Beast, we addressed that this mark will be: “his mark” — the beast/the Antichrist’s mark (Rev 14:9) received in the forehead or hand (Rev 14:9) the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I belong to a fellowship that I never wanted to join. It’s the Fellowship of the Fatherless. I won’t be purchasing a gift, signing a card or sharing a meal with my father on Father’s Day. He’s been with Jesus...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. What will the mark of the beast be? People have wondered about this for centuries. Could it be a tattoo? Although the Bible speaks of the mark of the beast, it must be remembered that we are not explicitly told...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Before considering the possible reasons why...
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By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6) Those are powerful, life-revealing words that proclaim the truth of God’s salvation for mankind. There is only one way...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. by Shari Abbott with Alex McFarland for Reasons for Hope* Jesus We live in a time when the body of Christ is growing weak. Now don’t hear me wrong. There are plenty of Christians who are strong in the faith and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I have been surfing the web and came across a church group that believes the resurrection was on the Sabbath (Saturday) and that worship of Jesus or His resurrection on Sunday, or any other day, is sinfully wrong...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This is a favorite question of skeptics. In 1 Samuel we are clearly told that David is Jesse’s 8th son, but a verse in 1 Chronicles seems to contradict this. 1 Samuel 16:6-10, records Jesse presenting his seven...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch Video Below] “But if not” (or “Even if not”) are three words that should call to mind the three young Hebrew boys in Daniel 3: Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Who are these three, you might be...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Genesis 6:4 tells of giants in the earth prior to the Great Flood in Noah’s day. In the original language of the Old Testament Scriptures, the word for giant is the Hebrew word “nephiyl” from...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Q. I’ve been told that Eve was a helpmeet to Adam and that wives are to be helpmeets to their husbands. What is a helpmeet? A. The word “helpmeet” comes from the King James Version (KJV) of Genesis 2:18, in which...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Tatting Trivia Before addressing the question, “To Tat or Not to Tat,” let’s step back to the early 19th century when a very different kind of tatting was popular. Tatting was the name of a fiber art in which...
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BIRDS ARE CHIRPING By [the waters] the birds of the heavens have their home; They sing among the branches. (Psalm 104:12) All of creation sings of the Lord and the melodic springtime sound of birds chirping brings forth a rejoicing in our hearts and songs of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Black day, stormy nightNo love, no hope in sightDon’t cry for he is comingDon’t die without knowing the cross Ghettos to the left of usFlowers to the rightThere’ll be bread for all, y’allIf...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Soul sleep is the term used to describe a teaching about the condition of the soul after death. Before going any further, let me say that this is a false teaching. It’s one that is not often spoken about, but it...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Last week I shared how Psalms 22, 23, and 24 reveal the Person and works of our Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is our Saviour, our Sanctifier, and our Sovereign. The teaching on those psalms was from a...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We answered the question, “Is there a hidden message in Revelation 7? by explaining a remez found in the list of the 12 tribes in that chapter of Revelation. Genesis 5 also contains a remez. So, what’s a...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Peter was commissioned by the Lord Himself to be a shepherd. On the shore of the sea of Galilee, the risen Jesus said to Peter, “feed my sheep” (John 21:15-17) and in doing so, Jesus restored Peter to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There are many who call Jesus by the Hebrew name Yeshua. Is that better than using the name Jesus? What about Yahweh? We received this question from a reader: My friend consistently brings up the fact that it...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The apostle Peter is well known for his faith, trust, and enthusiasm, but also for his fear, denial, and even great distress. In his letters, Peter wrote about living the Christian life, about false teachers...