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5 Great Things: (#3) The Great Responsibility
Johnny Ramsey was one of the instructors when I attended Brown Trail School of Preaching. One of his classes was General Epistles (James – Jude). He taught us to remember each chapter by one key point. He provided the following … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, be ready, Christian Influence, Faith, fear, Hope, preparation, Suffering, Textual study, Word Study
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Western Religions: Jehovah’s Witnesses and The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Part 2
Authority 1. The Bible. They write, “As the inspired word of God, it is a channel for the operation of God’s spirit” (The Bible: God’s Word or Man’s?, p. 181, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania). “The Bible … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Jehovah Witnesses, World Religions
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Angels (Part Four)
This writing will consider two specific angels who are mentioned by name in the Bible. Let’s consider – Gabriel Gabriel is explicitly mentioned in four contexts in the Bible (Daniel 8:15-27; 9:20-27; Luke 1:5-20; 1:26-38). The name Gabriel means “Man … Continue reading
What Can Be Done With A Tract, C.D., or DVD?
Keep specialty tracts written on specific religious groups (Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah Witnesses, the Latter Day Saints, etc.) near the door, so that they may be shared with these groups when they come knocking (The Jehovah Witnesses usually will not … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Soul Winning
Tagged cd, dvd, evangelism, Jehovah Witnesses, latter day saints, mail, Mormons, seventh day adventist, Soul Winning, tracts
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The Holy Spirit: An Impersonal Force?
Is the Holy Spirit of the Godhead, or not? Is the Holy Spirit a personality, or an impersonal force? How should we think about the Holy Spirit? Some teach that the Holy Spirit is not deity, but a thing, a … Continue reading
Posted in God, Holy Spirit, Islam, Jehovah Witnesses
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Revelation: The 144,000 and a Great Multitude
The Jehovah Witnesses have built an entire system of eschatology (end time doctrine) based upon a distinction between the 144,000 and the Great Multitude (Revelation 7; 14). (1) They believe that a literal 144,000 will inherit heaven. These are the … Continue reading
Posted in end times, heaven, Hope, Jehovah Witnesses, Revelation, Textual study
Tagged book let God be true, book reasoning from scriptures, book what does the Bible really teach, book you can live forever in paradise on earth, eschatology, gentiles, hades, how many wil be saved, if literal only virgin men, Jehovah Witnesses, literal or figurative, New World Translaion, no women in heaven?, other sheep, paradise, redeemed from the earth, Revelation 14, Revelation 7, the 144 thousand, the faithful who died before Jesus, the great multitude, the little flock, the Lord's Supper, throne of God, tribe of dan, tribe of ephraim, tribe of joseph, tribe of levi, two destinies or one
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The Nature of Man
The Jehovah Witnesses, The Seventh-Day Adventists and others believe that man has no eternal nature. They believe that when man dies, that he is “dead like Rover, dead all over”. They are materialists. Spirit Materialists define “spirit” as “God’s active … Continue reading
Posted in Jehovah Witnesses, Man, Seventh Day Adventists
Tagged consciousness after death, dead know nothing, dead like rover/ dead all over, difference between hades and grave, difference between sheol and grave, does man have an eternal nature, Ecclesiastes 9, grave, is hades the grave, is sheol the grave, Jehovah Witnesses, life after death, materialist, mnemion, nature of man, Psalm 146, qeber, rich man and lazarus a parable, seventh day adventist, sheol and hades, soul and spirit
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Jesus: Worthy of Worship?
Is He worthy of worship? This is a very important question. Our decision in this should come from the Biblical evidence. Let us examine the evidence and draw the conclusion warranted. First, the Bible teaches that mere men are not … Continue reading