Category: Q&A
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WHY DO INDIVIDUALS FAIL TO COME TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH?
Our responsibility is to teach all men the truth of God (Mark 16:15). We are to do so in a spirit of love for their souls (Eph. 4:15). When we speak or strive to teach people it must be our desire to tell them exactly what God has revealed (I Peter 4:11). We never want…
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IS FEAR A CORRECT PART OF TRYING TO REACH LOST SOULS?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge (Prov. 1:7). We encounter someone who has never known the truth. We then would take great care to explain to them the love of God. For some the idea that God would love them seems impossible to accept. This would be due in part to…
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WITH THE UNREST IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN OUR WORLD, WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US AS CHRISTIANS?
When the television cameras arrive people begin to act much worse and take upon themselves an air of strength. I watched sometime back as “students” attack a building because they did not like the speaker the university was bringing in. Why wearing a mask and throwing a brick or something similar through a glass window…
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ISN’T IT HARD TO WISH THE BEST FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PRESENTED SUCH A PROBLEM TO HUMANITY?
Acts 8 is the record of Philip going into Samaria to preach the gospel to them. If we return back to the woman at the well, she had no use for Jews (John 4:9). James and John were ready to call down fire from heaven on a village of the Samaritans (Luke 9:54). Philip going…
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IS THE CONSCIENCE A SAFE GUIDE?
Individuals sometimes use the word “conscience” to define or defend what they do. For the most part conscience as used in scriptures refers to the way one was raised. The thought being that each person would not violate their conscience. God used the conscience of the Gentiles to judge them apart from the law of…
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WHY ARE WE HEARING SO MUCH TODAY ABOUT THE HATRED IN OUR COUNTRY?
The hatred is not a trait one is born with rather it is one that is taught. The area may be homes, schools, communities or places of worship. Jesus came that men might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). God promises that He can do more than we ask or think, therefore…
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WHAT IS MEANT BY SOMEONE BEING RADICALIZED?
The short answer means it is someone who is convinced to be an Islamic terrorist. We tend to see it as someone in a foreign land that has come under the influence by the terrorist. It also has the meaning of those in this country who may have grown up here and yet have fallen…
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WHY IS THE EVIDENCE ABOUT WHO JESUS IS, SO HARD FOR THE WORLD TO ACCEPT?
The very first problem is what is your standard that you live by? If is anything other than the scripture, finding the answer will be often hard. Books are written about Jesus or about the Bible. This may in some ways be encouraging but it is not the source material one really needs. Who but…
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HOW CAN WE BEST STUDY WITH THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE RAPTURE?
There are so many different beliefs concerning the Rapture such as “dragon”, “beast”, “false prophet” and “tribulation” to name a few. When engaging in a study with those who believe the Rapture I have found the best way is to restrict the area of study. Those who promote the Rapture will depend heavily on prophecies.…
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WILL WE SEE THE SURGES AS RECORDED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT WITH MULTIPLE CONVERSIONS AT ONE TIME?
There are reports, mostly from overseas, where there is a number of conversions on one occasion. Things like 3,000 in Acts 2:41; 5,000 in Acts 4:4 and a great number more in Acts 6:7 are not things we are likely to see ever again. The amount of conversions is related to the seed that is…