June 2003

Must We Go Through Jesus to Get to the Father?

03/24/2012

Tom: We are continuing with the gospel, and we’re going through the Gospel of John. We are in John, chapter 14. Dave, last week we got into verse 6, but I think we could camp out here for a while. Verse 6 says: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the...Read more

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Are We All Guilty of Original Sin?

03/24/2012

Now, Contending for the Faith. 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 Dave and T.A., I grew up Roman Catholic and I was taught about original sin. Now, as a believer who...Read more

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Reality Russian Roulette

03/24/2012

Now, Religion in the News—a report and comment on religious trends and events being covered by the media. This week’s item is from Media Guardian , May 14, 2003, dateline: United Kingdom—“Channel 4 is to test the limits of taste and decency with a televised game of Russian roulette, in...Read more

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Is the Apostles' Creed Credible?

03/24/2012

Tom: Thanks, Gary. You’re 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’re going...Read more

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Forget Professionals!

June 24, 2003

A study of trained and untrained therapists by Hans Strupp at Vanderbilt University compared the mental-emotional improvement of two groups of male college students. Two groups of “therapists” were set up to provide two groups of students with “therapy.” The two student groups were equated on the basis of mental-emotional...Read more

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Male/Female/or Other

June 24, 2003

365Gay.com, 5/22/03 : This fall Wesleyan University of Middletown, Conn., will become the first American college to offer transgender students specialized housing. A number of universities already have gay and lesbian housing, but it is believed this is the first time transgender students will be given their own space. Transgender...Read more

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Stretching a bit

June 24, 2003

Scripture verses must be severely bent in order to appear supportive of an unbiblical teaching. Consider the following statement by Kenneth Hagin, his “proof text,” and a zealous Hagin defender’s attempt to defend the same. “God made man His understudy. He made him king, to rule over everything that had...Read more

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Holy Cow

June 24, 2003

S acramentalism, which is the heart of Roman Catholicism --the belief that liturgy’s form and formulas transmit spiritual power and that salvation comes through the sacraments--too readily creeps into Protestant thinking as well. (Many Protestants still believe that baptism saves, taking the bread and cup brings life, etc.) Alas, we...Read more

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Prophecy #18

June 24, 2003

Prophecy: Despite an increase in scientific knowledge, deadly diseases (which the Bible calls “pestilences”) would be prevalent ( Matthew:24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. See All... ). Emerging diseases such as AIDS, ebola,...Read more

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Is Jesus Preparing a Place?

03/17/2012

Tom: We’re continuing with the gospel. Currently we are in the Gospel of John, chapter 14. I’ll begin reading—although we covered a couple of verses last week, Dave—I’ll begin reading on verse 1. “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God [again, these are the words of Jesus],...Read more

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