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October 2017

If we take the Bible seriously, then we will long for our Lord to catch us away from this earth into His eternal presence. Among the many reasons why we ought to be eagerly looking for the rapture, the most compelling is neither theological nor eschatological, but is our love...Read more
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“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time” ( Ecclesiastes:3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. See All... )...Read more
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A new report reveals more Jewish Israelis visited the Temple Mount last month than any other month since Israel recaptured Jerusalem during the 1967 war. Approximately 3,200 Jewish visitors went to the holy site. This is largely because thousands of Jews prayed there during the Jewish Holy Day of Tisha...Read more
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Recognizing that one could momentarily be taken to heaven in the rapture also presents a profoundly sobering challenge to examine the reality of one’s faith ( 2 Corinthians:13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ...Read more
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We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable us in that pursuit. The pursuit of holiness is not a pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps approach to the Christian life. --Jerry Bridges (December 4, 1929 – March...Read more
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Boko Haram's abuse of children as suicide bombers is at an all-time high in the Lake Chad region including northeast Nigeria and neighboring countries, [UNICEF said.] The jihadists have murdered at least 83 children since January by strapping them with bombs before sending them into public gathering places and detonating...Read more
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Question: In the past, you’ve talked about being “sure about going to heaven.” Would you please comment on the following statement by Dr. A. W. Tozer in his Renewal Day by Day : “The man who is seriously convinced that he deserves to go to hell is not likely to...Read more
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“Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!” — Psalm:103:1 (A Psalm of David.) Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. See All... What does it mean to “Bless the Lord”? What does...Read more
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Question: In several of your books you offer prophecy fulfilled as proof that God inspired the writing of the Bible. But that’s proving the Bible by the Bible, which is circular reasoning. Any religion can offer similar “proof” by using their Scriptures in the same way. Response: There is overwhelming...Read more
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