November 2000

Is Jesus Appearing to Muslims?

Gary: Now, Religion in the News…. This week’s item is from the Open Doors News Brief Magazine , November 2000. “I wasn’t a Christian then. I was born into a Muslim family, and I didn’t know much about Christianity at all. I’d seen churches from the outside but never set...Read more

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How Can We Love God above All Else?

11/08/2000

How Can We Love God above All Else? Tom: Thanks, Gary. Dave, I want to pick up where we left off last week—the last half of chapter 12 in your book. And you kind of bring an admonition there to yourself and to all of us who claim to know...Read more

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Did John the Baptist Doubt Jesus?

STS1110d Will We Ever See God? Tom: Our topic for this segment is the gospel of salvation , and we’re going through certain verses in the Gospel of John which speak to the salvation we have in Christ. Of particular concern are the verses that tell us who Jesus is,...Read more

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Another Paradox in the Bible

Gary: Now, Contending for the Faith…. Here is this week’s question: “Dear Tom and Dave, While I tend to agree with you that there are no contradictions in the Bible, I have heard some Bible teachers say that there are paradoxes. Two often that’s a euphemism for ‘contradiction,’ or at...Read more

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Does the Bible Teach bout Sex?

Gary: Now, Religion in the News…. This week’s item is from the Religious News Service, August 2000: “Many people assume the Bible has just one message about sex: ‘Don’t do it.’ But a careful reading of the Holy Scriptures reveals a much more nuanced complex approach to physical intimacy. ‘When...Read more

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Can We Receive Honor From Man and God?

11/02/2000

Can We Receive Honor from Man and God? STS 1110 Tom: Thanks, Gary. You’re listening to Search the Scriptures Daily , a program in which we encourage all who desire to know God’s truth to look to God’s Word for all that is essential for salvation and living one’s life...Read more

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Question: An irrational fear of eternal punishment haunts those who come under Christianity’s destructive influence. The world would be a better place without such delusions!

November 1, 2000

Question: The pain and suffering caused by crime and sickness is bad enough. Christianity, however, creates worse suffering by threatening mankind with hell for having broken God’s laws. An irrational fear of eternal punishment haunts those who come under Christianity’s destructive influence. The world would be a better place without...Read more

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Question: Why don’t evangelicals obey the Bible and practice baptism for the dead? And wouldn’t this verse indicate that something could be done for the dead after all?

November 1, 2000

Question: Mormons practice baptism for the dead and cite 1 Corinthians:15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? See All... as justification: “Else what shall they do which are baptized for...Read more

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Question: The Bible does seem to state a number of times that the Jews (the people of Israel) are God’s chosen people. They mean something special to Him. I don’t understand, however, why there even had to be a “chosen people.” Can you explain this?

November 1, 2000

Question: The Bible does seem to state a number of times that the Jews (the people of Israel ) are God’s chosen people. They mean something special to Him. I don’t understand, however, why there even had to be a “chosen people.” Can you explain this? Response: To bring the...Read more

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Quotable

November 1, 2000

[ TBC: the following quotes reveal that not much has changed, except for the worse.] This age of novelties would seem to have discovered spiritual power in brass bands and tambourines....The tendency of the time is towards bigness, parade, and show of power....Jesus said “Preach the gospel to every creature.”...Read more

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