These lessons were presented on the radio on October 12, 19, and November 2, 2014. Divine Revelation (Part 1) Divine Revelation (Part 2) Divine Revelation (Part 3) To listen, simply click on the link and the file should start playing automatically. To download the file to your computer, right-click (PC) or control-click (Mac) and select […]
Millions of Americans are about to celebrate the day of Thanksgiving. “Thanksgiving” means different things to different people. Most Americans likely think of a specific day in November when they hear the word “thanksgiving.” It is traditionally a day for gathering with family and eating a turkey dinner. Family members have an opportunity to visit.
Quarters, nickels, pennies and dimes are “denominations” of a dollar. Religiously speaking, a “denomination” is one particular branch or sect of a larger body of religious people. Many people have the idea that the universal church of Christ is composed of such denominations. Consequently, the members of these various denominational churches tend to accept all
On Monday, October 6th, the Supreme Court announced its decision not to consider appeals by Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin to ban gay marriage. This allows the appellate court rulings to stand, thus authorizing gay marriage in these 5 states. Since Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming also fall under
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While oral and written instructions are effective means of communication, examples can be even more effective. This is well understood by those of us who have assembled complicated products. Good directions are important, but diagrams and illustrations enable us to see the directions applied. They add another layer of instruction. This is also true of examples.
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“ISIS” is an acronym for “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.” It is also known as “ISIL” (Islamic State of Iraq and Levant), and is more recently being called simply “IS” (Islamic State). ISIS is a terrorist army that has taken over large portions of Syria and Iraq and has established an Islamic Caliphate in
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I recently read that a politician was trying to use the Bible to defend the legalization of marijuana in her state. She cited Genesis 1:29, which says, “And God said, ‘Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You
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Our country is seeing an increase in cases of murder-suicide. These are cases in which a person kills someone else then kills himself. Many of these are mass homicides, such as those that have been committed on military bases and on school and college campuses. In some of these cases the killer’s motive for killing
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Disagreement exists over the use of instrumental music in worship to God. Is it authorized? Or is it an addition to God’s word? If it is not authorized by God, then it is sinful and should not be practiced, for it is sinful to add to the word of God (Rev.22:18). If it is authorized
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In every ideological arena there exists both “liberals” and “conservatives.” Additional terminology is sometimes used to distinguish the varying degrees of liberalism and conservatism — such as “progressives” (ultra-liberals) and “radicals” (ultra-conservatives). We especially see this liberal/conservative divide in the areas of religion, social issues, politics and economics. The difference has to do with how
