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What Constitutes A God-Approved Marriage? (Part 1)
What constitutes marriage? Jesus taught, “from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Government, Marriage, Phrase Study, Textual study
Tagged adam and eve, be joined, civil law, eligibility, God approved marriage, government, Helper, intent, jacob, leaving and cleaving, made known to others, male and female, man and woman, Mark 10, marriage, maturity, moses, Noah, one flesh, three classes eligible to marry, Truth for Today, wedding ceremony, what constitutes marriage, william w. grasham, work
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In The News: Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 hurricane, came ashore in Rockport, Texas on August 26. It is the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the continuous United States (Wikipedia). Some areas have received nearly 52” of rain (washingtonpost.com). No part of … Continue reading
Posted in evangelism, History, Nature, Priorities, Soul Winning, Suffering, Weather
Tagged 24 hour news, abu dhabi, bereans, cnn, cornelius, cyclone, fanny crosby, good samaritan, harris county texas, hurricane, hurricane harvey, in the news, inaccuracy in news, kindness, kindness not enough, louisianna, new york, ny times, oklahoma, orange yexas, port aransas texas, rockport texas, song rescue the perishing, Soul Winning, uae, washington post, yahoo news
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Prophecy: A Ram, A Goat, And A Little Horn
Daniel 8 records a vision of Daniel. This vision is said to have occurred in the third year of the reign of Belshazzar (Daniel 8:1). Belshazzar was co-regent with his father Nabonidus (cf. Daniel 5:7, 29). He was the last … Continue reading
Posted in God's Providence, God's Sovereignty, History, Prophecy, Suffering, Textual study
Tagged 1 maccabees, 2 Maccabees, alexander the great, antiochus epiphanes, antiochus IV, astyage, battle of gaugamela, belshazzar, cambyses, circumcision, cyrus, Daniel 8, don simpson, evel merodach, four divisons of greece, glorious land, goat, greece, josephus, judas maccabeus, kings of babylon, labashi marduk, little horn, medo persia, nabonidus, nabopolassar, nebuchadnezzar, neriglissar, onius III, persecution, persia, Prophecy, prophecy series, ram, rex turner sr
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Deceiving Men
Abe Lincoln is credited with saying: “You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” There is … Continue reading
Posted in God`s eye, History, Judgment
Tagged 1957, 1971, 1976, 1977, Abraham Lincoln, book right reason, cant fool God, deceiving man, Ecclesiastes 12:14, edgar smith jr., FBI, firing line, Hebrews 4:13, int the news, kidnap, las vegas nevada, lefteriya lisa ozbun, mahwah new jersey, merv griffin show, mike douglas show, murder, national review, new jersey, new jersey state prison, quote you can fool some people.., ramsey new jersey, rob, Romans 2:16, san diego california, vickie zielinski, william f. buckley jr.
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How Many Resurrection Days? (or Weep Not As Those Who Have No Hope)
Premillennialists believe that there will be two resurrection days, separated by 1,007 years. They typically teach: (1) The righteous dead will be raised and the righteous (both dead and living) will be raptured from the earth. (2) Tribulation will last … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Doctrine, Hope, Judgment, Premillennialism, resurrection, Textual study
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 4, 1000 years, Acts 24, are you ready?, dead in christ rise first, ei, hope, how many resurrection days?, John 5, meet the Lord in the clouds, Premillennialism, rapture, resurrection, Revelation 20, those alive, those asleep, tribulation, weep, weep not
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The Potter and The Clay
“The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying: ‘Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.’ Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, … Continue reading
Posted in calvinism, God's Sovereignty, Man, Prophecy, Textual study
Tagged adam clarke, adelaide pollard, can one change, character, choice, clay, david lipscomb, destruction of Israel, foy wallace jr., free will, God's Sovereignty, jeremiah, Jeremiah 18, Jeremiah 19, moses, pharaoh, pliable, potter, potter and clay, potter wheel, potters house, responsible, robert taylor jr., Romans 9, song: have thine own way, vessel for destruction, vessel for honor, vessel of glory, vessel of wrath, wayne jackson
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The Church: God’s Field, God’s Building and God’s Flock
“You are God’s field” (1 Corinthians 3:9). Paul was writing to “the church of God which is at Corinth” (1 Corinthians 1:2). He referred to them as “God’s field” (1 Corinthians 3:9). Why is the church metaphorically referred to as … Continue reading
Posted in Chruch, Church Organization, Elders and Deacons, Textual study, Type/Antitype
Tagged 1 Corinthians 3:9, 1 Peter 5:1-2, albert orsborn, care and provision, church, church series, dwelling place for God, elders, eliza hewitt, following Jesus, foundation of church, fruitfulness, God's building, God's field, God's flock, Guy N. Woods, harry d. clarke, Holy Spirit, j.w. mcgarvey, living stones, mytonymy, ownership, paul and apollos, robert taylor jr., sanctuary, sheep, shepherd, song: into my heart, song: let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me, song: sanctuary, song: where he leads I'll follow, song: who will follow Jesus standing for the right, tabernacle, temple, tom m. jones, w.a. ogden
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The Church: The Kingdom of Christ
“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the Kingdom of the Son of His love” (Colossians 1:13) In one sense (as above), the church and the kingdom are used as synonyms. Consider: (a) Christians, … Continue reading
Posted in Chruch, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 70 a.d., anarchy, baptism, burt groves, church, church and kingdom, church and kingdom different, church and kingdom same, church government, church series, citizenship in kingdom, Colossians 1:13, democracy, drew leonard, foy wallace jr., hyper-preterism, james m. black, kingdom, kingdom of Christ, kingdom of God, kingdom of heaven, oligary, representative republic, song: when the roll is called up yonder, subjects of kingdom, territory of kingdom, when did kingdom come
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