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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There’s a lot of misunderstanding about Satan, aka Lucifer. There’s misunderstanding about his person, his name, and his works. In 1968, the Rolling Stones debuted a song titled, “Sympathy for the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Are There Three Heavens? Where is the Third Heaven? Many Christians don’t understand that there are three heavens. They think of Heaven only as the place where God dwells, the place where redeemed souls go at...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “The Great Commission” is a call to preach the gospel and make disciples, and it’s given to all who belong to Jesus. Jesus most clearly gave this commission in the gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question: How do I respond to the naturalist’s claim, “unless I can see, touch, smell, hear, and taste God, I will not believe he exists”? I’m afraid if I respond with something like,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. It’s well known that the terrorists methodically planned their attacks on America. From the first plane that hit the south tower of the World Trade Center and the second only ten minutes later that hit the north...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Video Below The phrase “taste and see that the Lord is good” is a direct quote from verse 8 of Psalm 34. To see that God is good, watch the video at the end of this article. It’s short but...
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TNG Radio’s Alex McFarland interviews Shari Abbott, executive director of Reasons for Hope* Jesus. Listen now! Click for a List of All Reasons for Hope* Jesus Videos About Alex McFarland Alex is a speaker, author, educator, and advocate for Christian...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This question about two or three being gathered is in reference to Matthew 18:20 that says, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” This verse clearly says that...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. BC/AD and BCE/CE are well recognized as abbreviations used with the number of a year to designate if the year was before or after the birth of Jesus Christ. Before answering the question about which labeling...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Age of Accountability is not a term found in the Bible. However, it is a widely accepted theological teaching supported by many Bible verses and passages. The Age of Accountability deals with the age at which...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Wikipedia states that “Going to Hell in a Handbasket” is a saying of unclear origins. However, there is good reasoning that suggests it originated from the Bible, as do many of our common, everyday sayings. Posted...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. It’s summer and we all want to enjoy the long, hazy, crazy days of summer. But how should a Christian spend vacation??? Whether it’s a long get-away to a far-off destination, or a stay-cation enjoying...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Seven Deadly Sins are defined as pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. That said, nowhere in the Bible is this list of sins found. And, they are not more “deadly” than any other sins. So, from...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Certainly, you remember the day in June 2015 when the White House was shrouded in color. With only six colors, it wasn’t a rainbow. It was one short of God’s seven-colored rainbow. (Read: Why Does the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Most Christians believe that the Bible teaches we are a trichotomy, a three-part being, made up of 1. body and 2. soul, and 3. spirit. However, some Christians hold to a view that man is only a two-part being 1)...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve covered Sheol, Hades, Hell, the Place of Torment, and we even talked about the place of comfort before the cross, Abraham’s Bosom (Read here: Sheol, Hell, Place of Torment? What & Where Are...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. What did Jesus call Joseph? The Bible provides no record of Jesus addressing Joseph in any way, and the only recorded uses of “Father” by Jesus are in reference to God the Father. Jesus spoke of God the Father as...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Sheol, Hades, Hell, the Place of Torment, the Abyss, the Bottomless Pit, Tartarus, Gehenna, the Lake of Fire and Outer Darkness are all the names of places of punishment and death. What do we know about them?...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Faith is defined by dictionary.com as 1. confidence or trust in a person or thing, 2. belief that is not based on proof, 3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion: Faith is defined by the Bible...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. So, how is your year going? (That’s not our important question. Please read on.) As the winter and spring months draw to a close, everyone would agree that the sunshine and warm weather of summer is greatly...
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