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December 2009

Question: If believers are raptured, they will return to earth during the millennial reign. Yet we know that children will be born and death exists during this period...how do we find agreement between the two?

Question: If believers are raptured, they will return to earth during the millennial reign. Yet we know that children will be born and death exists during this period...how do we find agreement between the two?Read more

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Question: The Bible often speaks against following tradition more than the Word of God.

Question: The Bible often speaks against following tradition more than the Word of God. The martyrdom, however, of almost all of the apostles is known to us because of tradition.Read more

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Question: I came across a supposed contradiction that has stumped me. John 1 "seems" to say Jesus was baptized...

Question: I came across a supposed contradiction that has stumped me.  John 1 "seems" to say Jesus was baptized between verses 34 and 35. Verse 35 says "again the next  day..." (day one). Verse 43: "the following day" (day two).Read more

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One great use that Christians should [make] of the scripture is to learn the language of prayer. O that Christians would learn how to pray for their brethren in tribulation; that they would censure less, and pray more.Read more

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The Cradle and the Cross

Another Christmas season is here. Why December 25, since it's unlikely that Jesus was born at this time of year? The Roman Church simply took the Saturnalia, a licentious celebration of the winter solstice dedicated to Saturn, and Christianized it in order to convert pagan Rome. The actual effect was...Read more

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LA CUNA Y LA CRUZ

December 1, 2009
Otra fiesta de las navidades se avecina. ¿Por qué las navidades se celebran el 25 de Diciembre si no es posible que Jesús haya nacido en esa época del año? La Iglesia Romana simplemente convirtió la fiesta pagana de Saturnalia, que era una licenciosa celebración del solsticio de invierno dedicado...Read more
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Taking Him as He Is

December 1, 2009
Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and to bring Him nearer to our own image. The flesh whimpers against the rigor of God’s inexorable sentence and begs...Read more
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