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Abomination to God, An


All He Asks


All or None

In an article on OneNewsNow.com, Peter Heck reviewed recent statements by Rob Bell, identified with “the hipster emerging church movement.” Heck discussed….


Animal Rights


Apostles, Those Arrogant


Apple Falls Close to the Tree


Armageddon


Astrology


Atheist, A Virtuous


Authority, No, Needed


Authorized? Is It


Awake, It is High Time To


Baptism and Jesus' Blood


Baptism, The New Testament Doctrine of—No. 1


Baptism, The New Testament Doctrine of—No. 2


Baptism, The New Testament Doctrine of—No. 3


Baptism, The New Testament Doctrine of—No. 4


Baptism, The New Testament Doctrine of—No. 5


Baptism, The New Testament Doctrine of—No. 6


Baptism, The New Testament Doctrine of—No. 7


Baptism, The New Testament Doctrine of—No. 8


Baptism, The New Testament Doctrine of—No. 9


Baptisms of the Bible


Basics, Emphasizing the


Bible Roots


Bible School? Why Should I Attend


Cain, The Way of


Christ, Did...Die in Vain?


Christian Sins, When a


Christian, Who is Not a?


Christians, "Born Again"


Christian Evidences


Christmas—That Time of Year Again


Church, A Strong


Church Building, Eating in the


Church Growth


Church Should Have Failed, The


Church, The New Testament


Church, The Scandal of


Church, The Work of the


Compassion


Compassion Fruit Juice


Conflict Is Real, The


Contributions You Can Make


Conversion, Elements of


Courage, Be of Good


Criticism


Cross, The Amazing


Darwin, If ...Was Right

Charles Darwin was born 2 centuries ago this year (2009). Even those who reject his premises cannot deny the impact of them on mankind. A-long with the sea change Darwinian evolution….


Deaconnesses?


Deities, Destructible


Denomination? Is the Church a


Denominationalism


Devil, Resist the


Did They Do Rightly?


Different, Anything To Be


Digression and Division


Doctrinal Purity


Doctrine and Unity


Ethics and Morals


Faith in the Bible


Faith, The Bible Doctrine of—No. 1


Faith, The Bible Doctrine of—No. 2


Faith, The Bible Doctrine of—No. 3


Faith, The Bible Doctrine of—No. 4


Faith, The Bible Doctrine of—No. 5


False Teachers, Identifying


First or Twenty-first?

Jesus promised to build His church, which He identified as his spiritual kingdom (Mat. 16:18–19; John 18:36). Gabriel told Mary that Jesus….


Flood, Lessons from the


Fools—Ancient and Modern


Fully Armed


Godliness Pays


God, A "Convenient"


God, Are Men Stronger Than?


God Cannot Do, Some Things

The Bible abounds with claims of God’s omnipotence, yet because of His very nature, there are some things God cannot....


God Does Not Know, Some Things

In numerous statements the Bible proclaims God’s omniscience—He knows all things (Rom. 11:33–34; 1 John 3:20b; et al.) In spite of these plain averments….


God, "Dumbing Down"

In recent years, dumbing down has entered the vernacular, meaning to diminish the original effect,...


God, Goodness and Severity of


God Hath Spoken


God Is No Respecter


God, Rebelling Against


God, The Nature of


God's Care, Our Cares and


Godspeed, Bidding


Gospel, Thoughts on the


Grace and Moser—Misunderstood


Grace of God, The


Grace of God Is Exclusive, The


Grace of God Is Inclusive, The


Going, Things that Keep Me


Gospel and Conflict, The


Gospel and Subjectivism, The


Gospel Meetings? Why Have


Grapes of Thorns?


Great Paradox, A


Heat and Light


Hell, Jesus and


"Hell, at Last!"

To believe in Heaven is to believe in Hell, just as the Bible depicts both of them. Concerning the unrighteous and the righteous, respectively,….


Here, Why Are You?


"Here's How"

A leaflet making the rounds purports to instruct us on the way to have “an eternal relationship with God.” The suggested four-point plan….


Holy Spirit Baptism


Holy Spirit Baptism—Questions and Answers


How Does Your Garden Grow?


Humility and Service


Humility, Serving in


Inspiration, The Bible's Great Claim of


Intellectual Snobbery


Invitation, Offering the


Isaiah Attitude, The


"Is That All There Is?"

Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller wrote a song thus titled, and Peggy Lee made a hit recording of it in 1969. Its lyrics somewhat reflected….


Jesus? Do You Love

The apostle Paul lent significance to the question above as he wrote: “If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema…” (1 Cor. 16:22). Anathema means....


Jesus, Rejecting


Jesus' Birth, Some Wonders of


Jesus' Blood Keeps on Cleansing


Jesus' Mistaken? Was


Jesus—More Than a Man

One of the songs in the 1970s rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, has  Mary Magdalene singing of Him, “He’s a man, He’s just a man.”….


Jesus—Perfect Role Model

Either consciously or unconsciously, everyone has one or more role models whom he seeks to imitate. Jesus Christ alone has the right to be such because….


Jesus' Return, Things that Will Occur at


Jesus' Return—When Will It Be?


Jesus' Sake, Suffering for


Jesus, The "Failure" of


Jesus, The Testament of


Jesus, The Words of


Jesus, When, Was Lost


Jesus, Why He Came


Judaism Restored


''Judge Not..."


Land Promise, The


Let's Party


Lie, They Believe a


Lips, Honoring with the

Pharisees and scribes once came to Jesus, chastising Him for not honoring the traditions of their forefathers (Mat. 15:1–2). He responded that they….


Lord's Supper, The—What Does It Commemorate?

Lost, When Jesus Was Lost

Loved Her, Oh How He

"Magic," The "Gospel" of

Mainline or Sidetrack?


Majority, Religion By


Man's Image, Making God in


Mark and Turn Away


Marriages—Why They Fail


Master? Who Is Your


Members? "We" or "They"


Minister, A Good


Miracles, The Purposes of


Miracle? What Is a


Miracles: Have They ceased? 

Many modern religionists claim the power to perform the same miracles and signs as those recorded in the Bible. Claiming and doing are….


Modesty


"Movement in Transition"


Murmuring at Marah


Narrow Gate, The


New Testament, The...of Jesus


No-Fault Mentality, The


No Thanks, Anytime


Normal, When, Becomes Abnormal


Numbers, Impressed with


Numbers, Strength in


Obey God, Man Must


Ought, The Principle of


Parental Abdication


People Are Impressed


Phoebe


Postmodernism, Early


Prayer Pointers


Preachers, "Professional"


Preaching We Need, The Kind of


Preaching, "Balanced"


Pride, The Wickedness of


Put Things Right


Quit, Why Some People


"Rapture," Thoughts on the


"Red Flags" - No. 1


"Red Flags" - No. 2


"Red Flags" - No. 3


"Red Flags" - No. 4


"Red Flags" - No. 5


"Relationship, Not Religion"


Relativism, The Myth of


Religion, Authority in


Religion, "Big Tent"

Members of both major political parties talk about “big-tent” policies. By big-tent they mean inclusion of those who hold views….


Religion, The "Poison" of


Religious Pluralism


Retirement Plan, Have You Started Your?


Right Rod, The


Satan and His Devices


Satan—Our Cunning Foe


Science, Ignorance, and Bias


Scripture, Respect for


Scripture, The  Silence of, Sometimes Forbids


Separation


Service


Shame, The Loss of


Sin, the Great Deceiver


Sin, Implications of

Only a few decades ago, the majority of US citizens acknowledged the existence of and consequences of sin....


Sin, What Happened to?


Sinful Surnames


Small Word—Large Meaning


Soulwinning, The Joys of


Sounds Like Some of Us


Spirit, Led by the


"Spiritual Adultery"


Spiritual Gifts, The Impartation of


Stand Fast


Strength, Whence Our?


Strong in the Lord


Temple, Cleansing the


The Law? What then Is


"They Made Light of It"


Thousand-year Reign, The


Tolerance, Too Much


Tongues, The Gift of


Truth, Thoughts on


Truth? What Is


Unscriptural?


Vacation Time


Vigilance


Watch and Resist


Weak Weapons


Which Describes You?


Whose Shall They Be?


Win, Who Will?


Word, Little—Big Meaning


Work, Respect for


Worldliness


Worship, Attendance at


Worship, Good Manners in


Worship, Involvement in


Worship, Some "Why Nots" of


Xmas Extremes


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