What are some of the signs of the End Times?

by Matt Slick 3/20/2017 The signs of the “End Times,” also called “the end of the age,” and the “Return of Christ” are clearly laid out in Scripture. All we need to do is look at what Christ said when he was asked that question. To summarize in advance, the signs of the end times will include the presence of false christs and false prophets, false teaching, war, persecution, apostasy, lawlessness, earthquakes, famine, plagues, increase in selfishness, denial of what is good, mocking of Jesus, an increase in knowledge, rise of spiritism, decay of marriage, ungodly lusts, rebuilding of the Temple, …

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A Profound Plan

by Charles R. Swindoll Scriptures: Job 42:1–6 Job’s Confession 42 Then Job answered the Lord and said, 2 “I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted. 3 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.” 4 ‘Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct me.’ 5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You; 6 Therefore I …

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The Jagger Theory

In 1968, you could not help but hear the music. Songs that we find ourselves humming today, blasted from every radio that year. Nah, Nah, Nah…, Nah, Nah, Nah…, Nah, Nah, Nah, Hey Jude, was heard from every house that a teenager lived in. Otis Redding could be heard as he sang from the docks of the bay. Koo-Koo-Ka-Choo became more than lyrics, popularizing a movie. Choppers roared as Born to be Wild blared. The world was taught about little green apples, and was told the busyness of the Harper Valley PTA. Kids were instructed to dance to the music, …

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RUNNING THE RACE OF FAITH

Hebrews 12:1-3 (KJV) Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied …

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I can’t stop sinning. Please help!

If you are a person who is struggling against sin and failing, be encouraged: you are not alone. Many people who struggle with habitual sins do so believing two things: one, that they are the only Christian struggling and two, that the continual failures mean they are not saved. These are false beliefs—lies that Satan tells us to discourage us. The truth is that every Christian fights against sin, and most of us have at least one sin that presents a lifelong struggle, a flaw that causes us to learn the same tired lessons over and over again. Furthermore, most …

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