August 2001

If You Believe in Jesus Do You Already Have Everlasting Life?

Tom: We are continuing with the gospel— salvation verses in particular from the gospel of John although we’re going through the gospel verse by verse.Dave, we left off last week with John:5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me,...Read more

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Isn't Being Sincere Good Enough for God?

In this regular feature Dave and Tom respond to questions from listeners and readers of The Berean Call . Here is this week’s question: Dear Tom and Dave, Why isn’t sincerity good enough for a person to be acceptable to God?Doesn’t God have room for those who are doing the...Read more

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Getting Wired for God

A report and comment on religious trends and events being covered by the media. This week’s item is from The Orange County Register, dated April 8, 2001, with the headline, “Scientists are trying to prove that consciousness survives death and that God exists and is evolving.”Once a month Laurie Campbell...Read more

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Is Allah the Same as Yahweh?

08/02/2001

Tom: Thanks Gary. You are listening to Search the Scriptures Daily , a program in which we encourage everyone who desires to know God’s truth to look to God’s Word for all that is essential for salvation and living one’s life in a way that is pleasing to Him. We...Read more

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Question: Is it really biblical for you or anyone else to point out others’ faults? Isn’t this judging when we are not to judge? Doesn’t the Scripture say that the servant is to be left to the correction of his master who is Christ?

August 1, 2001

Question: Is it really biblical for you or anyone else to point out others’ faults? Isn’t this judging when we are not to judge? Doesn’t the Scripture say that the servant is to be left to the correction of his master who is Christ? Response: In the past we have...Read more

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Question: On several occasions Benny Hinn and others have prophesied that Christ would bodily appear at a Hinn crusade. Might that really happen?

August 1, 2001

Question: On several occasions Benny Hinn and others have prophesied that Christ would bodily appear at a Hinn crusade. Might that really happen? Response: The Bible speaks repeatedly of the bodily appearing of Christ to His own as a climactic future event which comes at the Rapture and not before...Read more

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Question: Would you be willing to address [Martin Luther's errors] in the Q&A section of The Berean Call?

August 1, 2001

Question: Thank you for your recent critique of Martin Luther’s The Bondage of the Will . This is an important step in the right direction of exposing the true teachings of Martin Luther, as well as John Calvin, both of whose writings clearly show that they believed that the sacraments...Read more

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Quotable

August 1, 2001

The gospel declares...deliverance from our complicity in this rebellion against God, our love of darkness, our devotion to all of the worldly ideologies that authenticate our rebellion.... —David F. Wells , God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams, p. 172 The sin of...Read more

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Good Tidings Of Great Joy To All People - Audio Newsletter

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"Good Tidings of Great Joy...to All People"

August 1, 2001

Those of us old enough to have lived through World War II remember the ebb and flow of anxiously awaited "good" news and fearfully anticipated "bad" news. After the attack on Pearl Harbor precipitated America's sudden entry into the conflict, it was a long time before Americans had much to...Read more

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