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The Bible and Race Relations (Part Three)

Assuming that each of the races find their origin in the way God made Adam, assuming that each displays unique qualities that God sees as good, and assuming that there is no justification for bias against

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The Bible and Race Relations (Part Two)

Are there certain ethnic groups whose lot is to gain supremacy over other ethnic groups?  Are certain ethnic groups destined by God for servitude?  Some have found cause for such views in Genesis 9:20-27. 

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The Bible and Race Relations (Part One)

America has long been the greatest example of an ethnic “melting pot” in the world.  Yet many nations around the world are seeing an increase in ethnic variation.  What should the Christian’s response

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What Jesus Means to Me — The Robot on "Lost in Space"

Like the often oblivious little boy on the tv series, “Lost in Space,” I needed someone to yell at me, “Danger, Will Robinson,” because I was blindly going through life thinking

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Healing in the Bible — Part Four

It is difficult for some to understand that some Biblical passages which are framed as promises are not absolute promises at all but rather general truths with exceptions.  For example, when in Proverbs

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Healing in the Bible — Part Three

The Bible speaks of a gift of healing in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11: “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given…gifts of healing.”  Is this gift

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Healing in the Bible — Part Two

With Isaiah 53:4,5 ringing in his ears, Peter says, “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.”

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Healing in the Bible — Part One

I have prayed for a couple of people and seen them instantly and permanently healed.  The psalmist claims that the one who lives close to God “will not fear…the pestilence that stalks in the darkness”(Psalm

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What Kind of Theologian Are You?

The question in our title suggests that everyone is a theologian, and if you define a theologian as one who formulates ideas about God and what He has revealed of Himself, then everyone is, indeed, a theologian. 

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The Death Christ Died (Part Four) — A Reconciliation

Would she forgive him?  This was the burning question on his mind.  His infidelity had so scarred their relationship that it seemed a hopeless dream now that they could ever be reconciled.  But when

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The Death Christ Died (Part Three) — A Justification

No one was going to believe this!  He had been sitting in criminal court, expecting to be pronounced guilty as charged and facing a big time jail sentence for theft, when the judge received a note and

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The Death Christ Died (Part Two) — A Redemption

It had been two years now since he had sold himself into bondage to one of the Jebusites near Jerusalem.  Though an Israelite, he had not prospered as a son of Israel should and there was no other recourse

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The Death Christ Died (Part One) — A Sacrifice

He had sinned!  He had violated the commandment of God!  He was embarrassed to admit it to others but he was afraid not to deal with it as God ordered.  So he was here, among his herd, selecting a bull

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The After Life — The After Life of the Unbeliever

What happens to an individual when he dies?  As James says, “the body without the spirit is dead” (2:26).  When we die our spirits are separated from our bodies.  What happens to our spirits is

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The After Life — The After Life of the Believer, Part Three

Revelation 21 and 22 describes the final form of heaven for the believer, the eternal kingdom form.  It shows us several things about this phase of our eternal existence in fellowship with God: 1.     

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