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Table of Contents
- Premarital Sex – Should I Stop When I Come To Christ? October 28, 2010
- Prepare! The King of the North Is Coming February 24, 2022
- Priests and Child Abuse — A Predictable Result September 5, 2018
- Psalms 23 – The Path to Eternal Life February 11, 2013
- Psychosis, Schizophrenia, or Autoimmune Brain Inflammation—New Hope for Some December 15, 2022
- Qualities of a Good Leader – Determining Who to Follow February 4, 2021
- Questions About Christ’s Death – Part 1 September 5, 2008
- Questions About Christ’s Death – Part 2 September 12, 2008
- Questions From a New Believer February 6, 2018
- Racism and the Trap of the Social Justice Movement October 2, 2019
- Reaching a Wayward Child January 8, 2012
- Ready to Meet Jesus February 23, 2008
- Reaping the Whirlwind—Sowing the Seeds for the Rise of the Beast June 30, 2022
- Recent Attacks January 29, 2010
- Red Heifer Ceremony May 2, 2024
- Reformers and Today February 22, 2024
- Remission of Sin January 11, 2008
- Repairers of the Breach April 25, 2024
- Response to a Zealous Pastor’s Defense of COVID “Vaccine” Mandates January 27, 2022
- Response to Adventist Today Article September 10, 2021
- Response to Quotes in the Book, Confrontation November 28, 2008
- Restoring the Image of God in Humanity July 21, 2022
- Retaining or Surrendering Our Rights—What Would Jesus Do? December 1, 2022
- Retribution or Rehabilitation September 3, 2012
- Revealing the Lawless One March 16, 2023
- Revelation 12:7 What Happened Before Earth Was Created? November 24, 2011
- Reward in Heaven May 11, 2023
- Righteousness by Faith May 26, 2010
- Righteousness: A Real Change of Heart January 31, 2012
- Romans 7 March 8, 2008
- Romans Chapter 3 August 30, 2008
- Sabbath — Imposed Rule or Design for Life? January 1, 2019
- Sabbath: Why Saturday and What Makes It Holy? April 23, 2010
- Salvation & Sanctification July 29, 2012
- Salvation and the Cleansing of Our Spirit—Part 1 March 21, 2024
- Salvation and the Cleansing of Our Spirit—Part 2 March 28, 2024
- Salvation Is More than a Personal Relationship with Jesus August 8, 2024
- Salvation Is Not About Denomination—It Is About Jesus! June 23, 2022
- Salvation: Our Work, God’s Work, or Both? February 20, 2009
- Samson: A Foreshadow of Christ November 16, 2023
- Sanctification by Faith September 16, 2021
- Satan’s Primary End-Time Deception January 19, 2023
- School Shootings – Why All the Violence? December 19, 2012
- Science Proves Weird Bible Story True September 14, 2020
- Secrets to the Unity of the Seven Ones October 26, 2023
- Seeking the Kingdom of God May 4, 2023
- Selfishness and Governance March 7, 2019
- Selflessness and Bible Psychology October 16, 2009
- Servants AND Friends of God July 11, 2024
- Seven Last Plagues – Why? July 20, 2010
Chronological
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What Angels Saw at the Cross
Revelation 12:10-12 says, “Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
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Creation, Evolution, and Evidence Based Thinking
As a Christian physician and scientist (one who forms beliefs based upon objective evidence, which is testable and reproducible, while remaining open to modifying those beliefs as more evidence becomes available), I am struck by the level of non-evidence-based thinking and believing rife within both religious and scientific communities.
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Women’s Ordination
Recently I was asked to read an article that addressed the issue of ordination of women. The article, while advocating for female pastors, opposed ordination for women as ordination included “church authority” to baptize and establish churches. The author appealed to the example of Lucifer in heaven being jealous of Christ and Korah being jealous of Aaron and neither being content with their position as evidence that God has selected men to be ordained and women should not be jealous of ordination but content with their position.
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Retribution or Rehabilitation
As I was reviewing this week’s [bible study] lesson on Final Events, you make the statement in your outline…”When one accepts that God imposes law, then one must conclude that the consequences one experiences for disobedience to God’s law is imposed by God, or that God’s wrath is something that he inflicts to punish for sin.” Since I am developing in law school my views of criminal punishment and civil sanctions, should I relate my view of God into the courtroom?
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Effective Communication
Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. “I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day,” he recalled in his book Stress Fractures. “Before long, things around our home started reflecting the patter of my hurry-up style. It was becoming unbearable.
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Salvation & Sanctification
The following is a short exchange with one of our online listeners: Nelson: I just listened to 2012 Q3 Lesson 4 and I’m a little confused about your last statement before the prayer. You mentioned that Peter wasn’t saved until he died to self (I’m paraphrasing). I’ve always thought that salvation comes from accepting (believing) Christ as your Savior (John 3:16) and that sanctification is the process of dying to self and becoming more like Christ. Can you explain to me a little more what salvation is?
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Genuine Intimacy – What is it and Can Singles Experience it?
What exactly is intimacy? Is it a human need or just a want? Is it just for marriage? If it is a need we were created with, how do singles fulfill that need without violating the design protocol?
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Abuse, Christian Reconciliation, and Boundaries
Where and how does one draw the line between Christian reconciliation and not having contact with an individual who is verbally abusive?
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Subpoenaed By God
“You are my witnesses,’ says the Lord…” (Is 43:10) Have you ever thought about being a witness for God? Could God really need human beings to testify about Him? If […]
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10 Simple Steps to a Healthy Brain
Approximately one in three Americans is chronically sleep deprived, sleeping less than seven hours per night. Sleep is one of four physical requirements for life, along with air, water, and food. Yet far too many people fail to provide their brain and body with adequate sleep.
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Biblical Justice: What Is It?
On September 20, 2001, just nine days after terrorists attacked the United States in four hijacked passenger jets, President George W. Bush addressed a joint session of congress. In that speech President Bush stated, “Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.”
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The Gospel for Today
God is love. When God built His universe, He constructed it to operate in harmony with His nature and character. The construction protocol upon which the universe is built is commonly known as God’s law. The Bible tells us that this law is the “law of love,” which is not a feeling, but the principle of other-centeredness, giving or beneficence that life is designed by God to operate upon. (Rom 13:10, James 2:8, 1 Cor 13:5)
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