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Jesus Only Baptism
The doctrine of some “oneness Holiness” groups is that the correct formula, or wording, must be said by the preacher baptizing you, or your baptism is invalid. According to them only words such as these are to be said: “I baptize … Continue reading
Posted in baptism, Pentecostalism
Tagged Acts 19:5, Acts 2:38; Acts 8:16; Acts 10:48, baptism formula, baptism into the name, baptism on the name, baptize in name, baptize upon the name, Collossian 3:17, ed wharton, eis, en, epi, Godhead, Jusus only baptism, Matthew 28:18-20, oneness holiness, oneness pentecostal, what was said by preacher when baptizing
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Jesus Bridged the Gap
“I watched them tearing a building down, a gang of men in a busy town, / with a ho-heave-ho and lusty yell, they swung a boom and a sidewall fell. / I asked the foreman, ‘Are these men skilled, as … Continue reading
Posted in History, Jesus, Race, Sin, Soul Winning
Tagged aristobulus, augustus, cato, compassion, deformed and sickly children, f.w. mattox, father and prodigal son, great fath, greece, hortensius, husband and wife in roman empire, infanticide, is there any one with who you speak less with than your wife?, Jesus a bridge builder, Jesus a peacemaker, jesus appears to women, Jesus had time for little children, Jesus treatment of children, Jesus treatment of sinners, Jesus treatment of those of other nations, Jesus treatment of weak of society, Jesus treatment of women, jew and gentile, lending out wife, livia, mary and martha, mary magdalene, mercy, parents and children in roman empire, philip schaff, poem builder or wrecker, poor widow, roman, roman centurion, roman republic, samaria, slavery, socrates, speaking to women, syro-phoenecian woman, ten lepers, thanked the gods not born slave or woman, the character gap, the elder son, the gender gap, the generation gap, the good samaritan, the racial gap, the sin gap, the social gap, those well need no physician, those who are sick need a physician, tiberias nero, two blind men, way truth and life, widow of nain, woman of samaria
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The Soldier, The Athlete, and The Farmer
Paul used three earthly professions to illustrate the way a Christian should live. Let’s notice – 1. The Good Soldier “You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ” (2 Timothy 2:3). Christians are frequently described in … Continue reading
Posted in Dedication, Endurance, Judgment, Textual study
Tagged 2 Timothy 2, 2 Timothy 4:7-8 cf. 2 Timothy 2, archery, ben johnson, boxing, caution is needed, christian athlete, christian farmer, christian soldier, christion living, committment is needed, compete according to the rules, consequence of labor, disqualified athletes, early rain and latter rain, Endurance, endure hardships, entaglements of life, fight good fight, finish course, harvest, husbandman, illustration from three earthly professions, James 5, jim thorpe, kept the faith, lance armstrong, marion jones, partake of crops, partaking fruit, participant or spectator, patience, paul's crown, please him who enlisted, reward does not come immediately we must wait, run race, running, sports illustrations, the crowned athlete, the good soldier, the hard working farmer, war, wrestling
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Economics and Morals
Economics is defined as “the study of the use of scarce resources which have alternative uses” (Definition by Lionel Robbins quoted by Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics, p. 2). “What does ‘scarce’ mean? It means that what everybody wants adds up … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Money, Wealth
Tagged 9/11, adverse selection, chaperoning, chicago, consequences and behavior, consequences and morals, cost of doing business in high crime areas, dating, deterent to investing, detroit, earthly consequence, economics defined, economy, enoch, ethics, fema, god is their belly, incentives, inner cities, insurance, job, lionel robbins, money, moral bonus, moral hazard, morale hazard, morals, nationalization of business, natural disasters, Noah, righteousness exalts a nation, risk, sub prime lending, the economist, thomas sowell, unstable governments, walk with God, webster dictionary, what if earthly consequences removed
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In The News: The Family Tomb
Note: This article was originally written in 2007. In the Talpiyot neighborhood of Jerusalem, in 1980, Israeli archaeologist Amos Kloner found a tomb and ossuaries (bone boxes) inside. He found the find interesting, but of no particular archaeological importance. Two … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics
Tagged abc news, amos kloner, anthrpology, archaeology, bone box, bones of contention, discovery channel, family tomb, fox news, have the bones of jesus been found, how common was the names mary and joseph anf jesus and judas, in the news, israel's antiquities authority, james cameron, jay tolson, jerusalem, jesus son of joseph, jesus' body, joanna chen, joe zias, jonathan morris, jose, judas son of jesus, kyle butt, lisa miller, mary, matt gutman, matthew, mitocondria dna, newsweek, ossary, raiders of the lost tomb, simcha jacobovici, talpiyot, the lost tomb of Jesus, titanic, tova bracha, u.s. news and world report, who is entombed in jesus' tomb
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A Few Great Lessons from Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
The purpose of this article is to stimulate the interest in Bible students to study these often overlooked books. To many, these books are dry, uninteresting, and contain little application to life today, after all it was written to be … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Bible Study, Family, Giving, life, Mercy, Tongue
Tagged 1 Corinthians 16, Abortion, babe, brephos, corners of field, Deuteronomy 23, Exodus 12, giving, joseph abd mary were poor, levites were to give, Leviticus 12, Leviticus 19, life, Luke 2, Matthew 12, murmurring, Numbers 18, pharisees traditions, plucking grain on sabbath, poor, traditions, value of old testament
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