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Speak Smooth Things
“This is a rebellious people… who say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’ and to the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy to us right things; speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits. Get out of the way, turn aside from the … Continue reading →
Posted in Preachers, Preaching, prophets, Textual study
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Tagged 1 Kings 22:14, 1 Timothy 4:2, Acts 10:33, Acts 20:26-27, do not prophesy right thing, do not see, duty of prophets, ezekiel, Ezekiel 33:8, frank chesser, hearing, Holy One of Israel, homer hailey, idols, isaiah, Isaiah 30:9-11, jeremiah, Jeremiah 22:29, listeners to prophets, micaiah, paul, prophesy deceits, self affirming message, sodom ans gomorrah, speak smooth things, timothy, turn aside from the path, wine
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The Gods Perish and It Is Not in Man
“Thus you shall say to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens” (Jeremiah 10:11). Man tends to be a worshipping being. Nearly every culture that … Continue reading →
Posted in God, Man, prophets, Textual study
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The Jerusalem Council
The Jerusalem council (or conference) occurred c. 50 or 51 A.D. The reason for this meeting concerned a controversy in the church. Did gentiles need to be circumcised and keep the law (of Moses) to be saved? (Acts 15:1-5). Some … Continue reading →
Posted in church, Church Organization, Fellowship, Textual study
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Tagged 50 ad, 51 ad, abstain for these four things, abstain from bood, abstain from fornication, abstain from sexual immorality, abstain from things polluted by idols, abstain from things strangled, Acts 15, Amos 9:11-12, antioch, barnabas, blood, cephas, christian system, church autonomy, church conventions, church councils, church synods, cilicia, circumcision, cornelius' house, eating blood, evidence of gentile inclusion, false teachers, fellowship, first missionary journey, fornication, four things the gentiles should aviod, gentile inclusion, idols, james, james burton coffman, jerusalem, keeping law of moses, miracles, mosaic system, orin root, patriarchal system, paul, Paul accepted by apostles, paul and barnabas, Paul's authority, peter, right and wrong not determined by vote, right hand of fellowship, sexual immorality, show of unity, syria, the jerusalem conference, the Jerusalem council, things strangled, three dispensations, wonders
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Eastern Religions: Jainism and Sikhism
These two religions are from the subcontinent. They are closely related to Hinduism, as is Buddhism. Jainism There are between 6 -7 million Jains in the world. Most live in India. There are about 80,000 in the U.S.A. (Countries with … Continue reading →
Posted in Apologetics, History, World Religions
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