February 2013 | thebereancall.org

February 2013

Dear Brother McMahon, Shalom in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I receive The Berean Call via the prison chapel and I read the February 2012 [article] “Warning the Witnesses.” This issue is close to my heart, and I have been trying to share the Gospel with...Read more
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BBC3 SUICIDE COMEDY ROW Christian Voice, 1/9/13, “BBC3 Suicide Comedy Row” [Excerpts] : An Member of Parliament has criticised the BBC for planning to air a situation comedy which treats assisted suicide as a “matter of fun,” reports the Sunday Express . Way To Go has three young men building...Read more
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Question: Does God hear and respond to the prayers of the unsaved? I know that believers have the privilege of prayer as children of God, but what about the lost? Response: It is clear that God hears every prayer—meaning that He is aware of the petitioner and his or her...Read more
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Question: The Bible is important to us personally; we memorize whole chapters of it for truth and meditate on them (as God in Scripture directs us to) for deeper understanding. In this way, the Bible is of great help. But I have to oppose those who teach that the Bible...Read more
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Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. Some people mature into an understanding of God’s will more quickly than others because they obey more readily; they more readily sacrifice the life of nature to the will of God;...Read more
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Our monthly feature excerpted from Dave Hunt's book of the same title. “A Higher Power by Whatever Name”? Question: Why are Christians so adamantly opposed to the many other concepts of God that are honored in other religions? I agree with what Vice President Al Gore said at the 1993...Read more
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In last month’s issue of this newsletter we exhorted our readers to discipline themselves to read the Word of God daily. The emphasis was on developing a habit, the best and most necessary habit—one that every believer should have. Of course, we encouraged reading the Bible as a basis for...Read more
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In der Januarausgabe dieses Rundbriefes ermahnten wir unsere Leser, es sich fest anzugewöhnen, das Wort Gottes täglich zu lesen. Die Betonung lag darauf, eine Gewohnheit entstehen zu lassen, die beste und am meisten notwendige Angewohnheit – eine, die jeder Gläubige haben sollte. Natürlich ermutigten wir, die Bibel als Grundlage für...Read more
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Geistliche Reife wird nicht erreicht, indem die Jahre vergehen, sondern indem man dem Willen Gottes gehorsam ist. Manchen Leuten gelingt es schneller als anderen, in ein Verständnis von Gottes Willen hinein zu reifen, indem sie bereitwilliger gehorchen; sie opfern das natürliche Leben dem Willen Gottes bereitwilliger; sie befreien sich bereitwilliger...Read more
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