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September 2017

Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith—A Common Confusion

September 27, 2017
Many Christians imagine that victory in Christ is to become the epitome of what the world desires in wealth and success and fame and to do it all better than the ungodly because Christians have Jesus on their side. Such is the misguided promise of positive confession. Though such a...Read more
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Church Grows From a Street Corner Among the Homeless

September 27, 2017
A church that started with no home now offers a home and hope to people of all backgrounds, economic statuses and life situations. Hope Church in Tulsa, Okla., is just off of 49th Street in Tulsa not far from downtown, where Hope's pastor, Earl Krumsiek, first started worshiping with the...Read more
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Expectations of Better Treatment?

September 26, 2017
Thus was the King and the Lord of glory judged by man's judgment, when manifest in flesh: far be it from any of his ministers to expect better treatment. -- George WhitefieldRead more
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Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith—Set Your Affection on Things Above

September 25, 2017
Unfortunately, the “take-over-the-world-for-Christ” advocates find themselves in direct conflict with the Lord’s specific commands. Of course, they could argue that none of us follows the [previous] admonition to the letter. Even those who believe in Christ’s imminent return and expect to leave it all behind any moment nevertheless have savings...Read more
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Archaeologists Find More Evidence of Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem

September 25, 2017
Israeli archaeologists recently discovered 2,600-year-old artifacts they say offer further concrete evidence of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem around 586 B.C. The Israel Antiquities Authority announced the discovery just days before Tisha B’Av, a Jewish fast day commemorating the anniversary of the destruction of both the First Temple by the...Read more
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Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith—The Believer’s Hope

September 23, 2017
One cannot read the New Testament without seeing its heavenly orientation. Heaven was continually on the heart of our Lord and it was the context for everything that He taught His disciples. He made it clear that He was calling them to turn their attention and affection and interest from...Read more
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Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith—The Eternal Kingdom

September 21, 2017
When finally the Kingdom of God is realized it will be in a completely new universe to replace the present one which will have been destroyed by one great conflagration ( 2 Peter:3:10-13 [10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the...Read more
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Wacky Conclusion from Tardigrade Research

September 21, 2017
Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are smaller than a millimeter, live in water, and can endure all kinds of harsh environments. A recent research project found that asteroid impacts and nearby supernovae and gamma-ray bursts would wreck humanity but leave tardigrades unscathed. Does this mean we should expect to...Read more
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Maharashtra [India] Law is a Turning Point for Dalit Christians

September 20, 2017
After the 2016 Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act received presidential assent, the state became the first in the country to adopt a law that seeks to enforce strict rules of coexistence among members of different castes. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC)...Read more
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