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September 2017

Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith—The Millennium Is Not the Eternal Kingdom

September 19, 2017
Peace cannot be achieved personally until the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, reigns in our hearts. And peace on this earth will not be seen until the King of kings comes to reign. But startlingly enough, even His presence will not turn men from their determination to rule their own...Read more
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Holy Living is not an Accident

September 19, 2017
A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ. --Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758, American revivalist preacher,...Read more
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New Comedy About Biblical Apocalypse

September 18, 2017
A new Amazon mini-series based off a popular book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett will feature a biblical apocalyptic setting. Actors David Tennant from Doctor Who and Michael Sheen from 30 Rock will star in the series, which is titled Good Omens and tells the story of an angel...Read more
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Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith—An Eternal Perspective

September 17, 2017
A new heaven and a new earth inhabited by a new race descended from a new Adam, Jesus Christ Himself! That is God’s purpose and it is staggering to contemplate. From this perspective, it is ludicrous to imagine that the church, by organizing conservative voters or even by preaching the...Read more
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Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith—The Reality of Heaven for the Believer

September 15, 2017
The Bible begins with God creating the universe and it ends with Him destroying it entirely and creating afresh a “new heaven and a new earth” ( Revelation:21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and...Read more
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Airplane Fingers

September 14, 2017
“Then God said, 'Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens” ( Genesis:1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may...Read more
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Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith—Rescuing from a False Hope (Part 2)

September 13, 2017
Christ could come at any moment to take us to His Father’s house, where we will be united with Him eternally. Seven years later, when He appears and “every eye shall see Him” and Israel will recognize Him, we will be at His side in glorified bodies to rule and...Read more
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State Government in India Passes Anti-Conversion Bill Despite Widespread Opposition

September 13, 2017
International Christian Concern (ICC) [noted that] the Jharkhand Assembly, a state legislative body in northeastern India, passed the Jharkhand Freedom of Religion Bill-2017, also known as "Jharkhand Dharma Swatantra Adhiniyam," on Saturday, August 12. The bill will now be sent to the governor, following whose approval it would go to...Read more
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Thrown Wholly Upon the Lord

September 12, 2017
[Disestablishment was] the best thing that ever happened to the state of Connecticut. It cut the churches loose from dependence on state support. It threw them wholly on their own resources and on God. Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 – January 10, 1863, minister). His thoughts on the the State...Read more
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