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The After Life — The After Life of the Believer, Part Two
When a believer dies his spirit is instantly transported to heaven (2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; Acts 7:50). Are we escorted by angels? Lazarus’ spirit was (Luke 16:22). And that would
Continue reading...The After Life — The After Life of the Believer
The after life of the believer is most powerfully expressed by those who have faced death and shared with us their expectations and experiences. When Stephen was being stoned for his testimony to Christ
Continue reading...The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible — The Source of Its Authority (Part One)
A young man decided that his understanding of the Bible and inspiration was deficient. He determined to come to some firm conclusions about it and have answers to some of the problems he had encountered.
Continue reading...The Christian Graces — Community of Love
God’s love was perfectly exemplified in God’s Son. Now that Christ resides in heaven, it is His Body, the Church, whom He expects to reach out with His embrace of love. That love is primarily to
Continue reading...The Christian Graces — Love as the Root of All Good
For Paul there were basically only three Christian graces, and love was the greatest of these (1 Corinthians 13:13). The key to understanding this analysis by Paul is seeing how the other graces flow
Continue reading...The Christian Graces — Definition of Love
Can love be defined? Absolutely! The great problem we face in our society today is that we have not defined love absolutely. Love is a relative term for many, meaning whatever the individual wants
Continue reading...The Christian Graces — Hope Is At Hand
“The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here.” (Romans 13:11,12) “Let
Continue reading...The Christian Graces — The Christian Hope
What is the hope of the Christian? Possible answers might be heaven, eternal life, a new body, a sinless existence, or deliverance from the world’s burdens. And in reality, all these answers are
Continue reading...The Christian Graces — Hope
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:13). Hope is life. Job bemoaned the absence of hope saying, “My days are swifter
Continue reading...The Christian Graces — God’s Gift of Faith
There has been a long standing controversy over whether saving faith is a gift or not. If faith is a gift, that implies that a person is not able to believe the gospel until God grants him the ability,
Continue reading...The Christian Graces — The Content of Saving Faith
To ask, “What must a person believe to be saved?”, is at the same time to ask, “What is the message of the gospel?” If the content of what we preach is not sufficient, when believed, to result
Continue reading...The Christian Graces — Saving Faith, Living Faith
The difference between saving faith and living faith might be described as the difference between the past tense and the present tense. Saving faith is past tense, “I believed and so was saved or rescued
Continue reading...The Christian Graces — Faith
Why do people call their physician when they are sick? Because they are persuaded that the physician is the most qualified individual available for diagnosing and treating illness. They may, and indeed
Continue reading...The Christian Graces (Introduction)
And now these three remain: Faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13) What are the Christian graces? Paul consistently sums up all of the virtues of the
Continue reading...The movie "300"
Today I went to see the movie 300 with a friend of mine. It is the comic book version of the battle of the Spartans against the Persians. Great liberties were taken, of course, with history. The
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