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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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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve all heard it said, “I don’t have the gift of evangelism, so I can’t witness.” But is that true? Are some given this “gift” and others are not? Is evangelism a gift? What is Evangelism? Modern...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Ever since Satan rebelled against God, he has been waging war against Him, His angels, and His people. Let’s contrast the Five I Will Statements of Satan’s rebellion with the five I Will statements of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Many pastors and Bible teachers have commented from Matthew 11:2-6 that “even John the Baptist had doubts about Jesus?” But is that true? One well known Bible teacher even went so far as to ask, “ Was John in...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Israel is 70 Years Young On May 14, 1948, the nation of Israel was “re-born” in a day with the termination of the 1922 British Mandate (preceded by the Balfour Declaration) and the proclamation of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. (“Glorious Day” Video Below) The word “resurrect” is defined as “to restore a dead person to life.” While Jesus was not the only person brought back from death to life by...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. What’s a Remez? In Jewish hermeneutics (interpretation of Scripture), a remez is a hidden message or a deeper meaning. It’s said to be a “treasure” that is found below the surface of, or behind, the words. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Psalm 151? You won’t find it in most Bibles. Most people don’t know it exists. Who wrote this psalm? What’s it all about? Should it be included in the Bible? The Book of Psalms, in the Hebrew Scriptures and the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Clearly, fear is not of God. Throughout the Bible, God commands that we “fear not.” God said it it directly to His people (Gen 15:1, Josh 8:1, Isa 41:10, 13, Mat 14:27, Acts 18:9, Rev 1:17, et.al,)....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch Video Below] With the advent of the social media, seeking to belong has become a full-time obsession. Facebook has created an online “world,” built by connecting with friends and family. In...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In the past, we’ve shared many remezes that are tucked into the Bible. What’s a remez? A remez is a Hebrew word meaning “hint” used in reference to typological or allegorical interpretations in Jewish...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Many think the book of Numbers is difficult to read. It has long lists of difficult-to-pronounce names that seem to mean very little in the story Bible. However, we know that every word God has written is...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. When the Lord led His people out of Egypt, He set them on a journey—a journey that would lead them to a place where He would meet with them — a mountaintop called Sinai. Before we “look” for...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “The Middle” has been a popular TV sitcom since its premiere in September 2009. The parents in the Heck family are middle-aged, middle-class, middle-Americans with three children. The show has followed...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We love getting questions, and we love hearing how they came up. We received this from a reader: During Bible study, a friend lamented, “Once I get to heaven, Jesus will rake me over the coals for all the stuff...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We don’t know what Billy Graham might say to his family and closest friends who gather to celebrate his 99th Birthday. But we can certainly guess. No one has told more people, “God loves you,” than Billy...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. READ TO THE END….YOU JUST MIGHT GET TRICKED! Question #1 Of what significance is October 31st? Answer It’s Halloween It’s All Hallows’ Eve or All Saints’ Eve It’s Reformation Day Question #2...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Each year the third Tuesday in October is the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity. It is a day to remember the sanctity of all life, especially that of an unborn child. It’s a day to remember and reflect....
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