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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question Jesus was baptized by john by being fully immersed under water. Do we need to do that and be baptized as He was? Answer As we address this, remember that the question asks, do we NEED to be baptized like...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Do you feel pain that causes you to groan? No surprise! Creation Groans Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. And we ought to be content with that! By James Smith, (1802—1862) “The Pastor’s Evening Visit” “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Solomon and Nathan: Two sons of David. Two ancestors of Jesus. Last week we addressed the supposed contradiction in the two genealogies of Jesus as recorded in Matthew and Luke. We noted the differences...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “I never knew you …” Would Jesus really say that to a believer? We received this question: “I am a believer and have been a Christian for years. However, there’s one part of the Bible...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come, And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come, And whosoever will, let him take the water...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (Rev 21:14) Why does this passage mention twelve apostles? Judas betrayed Jesus and he was one...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Do you agree that the real reason to avoid tattoos is that it is a poor testimony to the eternal truth and urgency of biblical prophecy? Answer The person who submitted the above question said she was taught that…....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Was Jesus a human sacrifice TO Satan, to free you from Satan’s power so God can save you? Let’s consider what the Bible says. We know that Jesus gave Himself as a sacrifice for our sin. Galatians 1:4 Who...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Loss of someone we love is never easy, regardless of their age. Their absence in our lives breaks our hearts and steals our joy. Always allow time for grieving, understanding that we were created by God to feel...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There’s no question that there are many Bible translations. In fact, it should be the goal of the Church to strive to have the Bible translated into every language. However, that’s not really what...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We received this question: We would agree that when Paul wrote to Timothy saying, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. On January 15th, 2013 I shared with you the controversy over a painting of Jesus hanging in an Ohio middle school. The article “Should I stay or should I go” featured this picture and told of objections to the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.The death of Jesus was the atonement that brought reconciliation between God and man. Jesus offered Himself to pay the price for our sins, to satisfy the wrath of God’s judgment on sin, and to open the way to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. To answer this question, let’s begin by defining both the Mosaic Law and the grace of God. By doing this, we can determine the roles that God’s Law and His grace play in our lives. What is Law? The Law...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In response to our article, “What is Soul Sleep,” we received a question asking how certain we are that when Christians die they go to Heaven. CH asked the questions and his comments are italicized in...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. A picture of Jesus hanging in a middle school hallway in Jackson, OH came under attack recently. The painting has hung in the hallway of the school since 1947. The first week of January, critics from the Freedom...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.Pain and suffering are realities in our everyday life. Everything we see and experience, from illnesses and injuries to grievous injustices and moral decay, are the result of a fallen world. We know that pain and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question Please give me your opinion about Christmas. I’m an evangelical Christian and for a few years have had a very heavy heart about this “feast”. I’ve studied nimrod and his wife/mother,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We continue our study of the Promises of God moving beyond Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, to the son of Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob. From the call of Abraham, God meticulously and jealously guarded the line of...
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