June 2006

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June 1, 2006

Sunday Herald (Scotland) 7/17/05: Jesus, married with children, says author [Excerpts] —Author Dan Brown [defends] claims he makes in the book that Jesus Christ married and had a child. "I began as a sceptic," he says. "As I started researching Da Vinci Code I really thought I would disprove a...Read more

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Question: I read a report that the SSA had been issuing benefit checks that include "666." If this is true, how important might this be to us?

June 1, 2006

Question: I read a report that the SSA had been issuing benefit checks that include "666." If this is true, how important might this be to us? Response: It is of no importance. I do not know precisely what that number means or the role it will play, but it...Read more

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Question: How could God allow such cruelty to befall mankind, such as the ignorant millions in India suffering starvation, pain, disease, etc., brainwashed into a false religion?

June 1, 2006

Question: How could God allow such cruelty to befall mankind, such as the ignorant millions in India suffering starvation, pain, disease, etc., brainwashed into a false religion? Response: I sense the pain of your heart. There are some key words in your important question; the first is, "allow." This is...Read more

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Question: What does the Bible mean when it says the disciples "forsook all and followed him"?

June 1, 2006

Question : What does the Bible mean when it says the disciples "forsook all and followed him"? Is everyone called to full-time ministry? Does God allow us to have any possessions at all? How can a person support and raise a family while at the same time "forsaking all"? With...Read more

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Quotable

June 1, 2006

How does the branch bear fruit? Not by incessant effort for sunshine and air; not by vain struggles for those vivifying influences which give beauty to the blossom, and verdure to the leaf: it simply abides in the vine, in silent and undisturbed union, and blossoms and fruit appear as...Read more

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