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February 2021

Lead author Joseph Bonsor and his colleagues explained: “ Extensive disagreements remain over whether their extinction was catastrophic and geologically instantaneous or the culmination of long-term evolutionary trends . These conflicts have arisen due to numerous hierarchical sampling biases in the fossil record and differences in analytical methodology, with some...Read more
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[TBC: The Passion Translation is not a translation, but another paraphrase similar to The Message . Authored by Brian Simmons, this publication reflects many of the New Apostolic Reformation teachings he follows. See: https://www.thebereancall.org/content/passion-translation-author-s-heretical-views-about-christ-s-return. Further, in a Sid Roth Interview (posted Apr 3, 2018), Simmons states that Jesus promised to...Read more
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[Gary Collins] goes on to say, “Visualization, imagination and guided imagery are related words that describe the use of mental pictures to bring increased understanding, relaxation or self-confidence.” Self-confidence is contrary to the Bible, but he promotes it as desirable. While agreeing “that some counselors misuse visualization and guided imagery,”...Read more
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1 CORINTHIANS 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor , and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity [love], it profiteth me nothing. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:5 [Love] Doth not behave itself unseemly [shameful], seeketh not her own , is not...Read more
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The more we know of God, the more unreservedly we will trust him; the greater our progress in theology, the simpler and more child-like will be our faith. ― J. Gresham Machen (1881–1937, New Testament scholar and educator in the early 20th century)Read more
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Didn’t Christ Predict Fulfillment of All within His Generation? Question: According to Matthew:24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. See All... , Christ declared, “This generation shall not pass till all these things [which he had prophesied] be fulfilled.” No...Read more
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Babies Are Born Ready to Read icr.org, 12/17/20, “Babies Are Born Ready to Read” [Excerpts]: Dogs don’t read the words on a page. Neither did Coco, the famous gorilla that learned to communicate using simple hand signs. So what affords humans the unique ability to read and write, and why...Read more
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God Bless America! Seriously? In October of 2017, I wrote a TBC article titled “Bless God!” Sadly, Americans in general haven’t been blessed by God, nor have we blessed Him. It’s not just the fact that evil is increasing exponentially throughout our society. It’s more basic than that. We are...Read more
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God’s ultimate kingdom is far more wonderful than human imagination can even conceive: “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” ( 1 Corinthians:2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath...Read more
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Dear Berean Call, I have benefited from your ministry since the 80s. My family throughout my teen years was involved in a “Christian” cult. I was able to get out and my parents eventually left. But it was The Seduction of Christianity that freed the rest of the congregation. Someone...Read more
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