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Is Baptism Required for Salvation?

There is still much confusion among Believers regarding the role of Baptism: Specifically, whether or not Baptism is required for salvation. There is much already written on this subject; nevertheless,...

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The Friend I Needed

I know it is God who has been guiding my life, but I also know He sent a friend for me when I was a confused and lonely eleven year-old. And He used that friend and that friendship to rescue me. I will...

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No Lust, No Sin, No Problem

As long as we try to tackle sinfulness by focusing solely on the sinful acts, rather than the lusts that produce them, we will live in frustration. The only way to stop a weed from sprouting is to kill...

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3 Days and 3 Nights | Accuracy & significance of the timeline for Jesus’...

Today there is a vocal minority of Christians who have made a tremendous issue out of the phrase "three days and three nights.” They insist that Jesus used the expression because He was to be in the...

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A Mate Meet for Ministry

Who chose (or is choosing or will choose) your wife?? Bad choice = Bad support. God's choice = Godly support.

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The Last Christian Standing

When everyone else is compromising, will you be UNcompromising? Are you willing to be the fuddy-duddy, the stick-in-the-mud, the square, the goody-two-shoes, the odd-man-out, the weirdo, the fanatic,...

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Faith: Obedience to Go, Where You do not Know (Because God told You So)

How many times have we quenched the Spirit with icy-cold waters of logic? How often have we felt God tug on our hearts... but calculated our way out of responding? "It doesn't 'add-up'?", we say. So we...

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Obedience Fashions the Foundation for Fortitude

The modern church does not suffer, primarily, from a lack of teaching: the modern church suffers from a lack of obedience. The failure of the church today is that Believers refuse to practice the...

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Will you Pass on the Faith Baton?

The test of Isaac's faith was whether he would pass on the "promissory note" to his children. We ONLY pass on the things we truly believe in.

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The Hath and the Hath Nots

To those who sought God, He gave them understanding. And, as their faith grew, they had even more faith. As they understood Jesus’ Word, they could understand even more. As the served God, their...

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Grappling with Grace

We must contend for our faith, by fighting for holiness, standing against false teaching and demonstrating, by the obedient lives we live, the truth of the Gospel: that it is possible for a man to live...

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Fingerprints of False Teachers and False Doctrines

False teachers/doctrine can be identified. The only remaining question is whether or not we care to identify them and contend for the faith. It is easier to go along with the status quo than to...

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Perspective on Prayer Projects

When prayer is all we can give, then it is a great gift indeed. But, if we can give more today, then we must do more than just pray. If prayer is all we are willing to give, then we don’t really want a...

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The Upside of Down | Disappointment, Depression and Spiritual Growth

Rather than deny our disappointments with God, it is far more helpful to face them head on. Yes, even it means we complain, whine, and fuss just like a child would. We must confront the reality that...

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VESTED with VALUE | All Lives Matter

It is God and not men that impute value to human life. And, in God's eyes, ALL lives matter. Whether you value my life or not, God does. How anyone (even me) values my life does NOT change my intrinsic...

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There is no love without God

If God is love, then to be Godless is to also be loveless. If God is love, then wherever God is rejected, love is rejected as well.

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Christians and Politics: A Few Questions to Consider

It is possible to be saved and be on the wrong side of many issues, BUT remain saved. It is also possible to be unsaved and be on the right side of many issues, BUT remain condemned. Salvation is...

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The First Step to Salvation

...the act of faith in accepting the prescription for salvation... in God's Word, must also mean full acceptance of ALL other prescriptions in His Word: Full acceptance of even those truths that we...

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A Stew, a Stew! My Kingdom for a Stew!

For Esau, The Birthright (the privilege of God working through him to establish a holy nation) was not priceless. There was a situation in which he would be willing to sell his Birthright. For Esau,...

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The Confrontation Conundrum

God still loves the fool. Even though the fool has rejected God, God desires to rescue the fool from His folly, so that he can know the Truth and be saved.

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