Day: March 20, 2019

Getting Israel Right – by Steve Schmutzer

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A pastor, an atheist, a Bible class teacher, and a businessman walked into a bar….You’re thinking this is the opening line of a joke, right? Wrong. I am the Bible class teacher, and before you get worked up about us being in a bar, it was the only part of the restaurant that had available seating. The lunch meeting was about a business matter. I knew all the parties, and I had made the introductions. There were mutual opportunities to provide some expertise. The meeting went well and the mood was relaxed. With the main agenda concluded, our conversations turned …

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Sanctity of Life :: By Jim Towers

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When God created mankind, He created mankind in His image with the ability to make decisions and to choose right or wrong and the direction of his or her life. Mankind has come a long way since the Garden of Eden, and it looks like the Serpent (Satan) is winning the battle for mankind’s souls. Satan’s final push is at hand, and he is pulling out all the stops by promoting infanticide. The Bible tells us that children are a gift from God. God gave us the capability to produce children to love and cherish – not to destroy. In …

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Life From Death

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Reflections If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. (Matt. 27:40) Natural thinking insists that in order to LIVE we must come down from our Cross. But the Truth is, in order to LIVE we must die on the Cross and be raised. Jesus said as much “Whoever would save His life will lose it. But whoever would lose His life for My sake will find it.” (Matt. 16:24) Grasp this Truth and your entire Christian life will be changed. You will stop asking God to help you save your life for yourself – you will …

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Moses made an end of speaking.” Deuteronomy 32:45

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So we all shall do some day. Moses knew it was the end for him; we may not know when our end is at hand. Any word of ours, spoken amid glee and merriment, may be our last!! If we always thought of this—would it not make us more careful? Would we ever say an unkind word to a friend, if we felt that we may never have an opportunity to unsay it or repent of it? Would we ever utter an angry, untrue, or unclean word—if we only remembered that it may be the last utterance our lips shall …

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