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Twice I have mentioned to you that all holiness is not the same. More specifically, holiness under the Old Covenant is not always the same as holiness under the New Covenant even though the words translated "holy" or "holiness," whether …
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Scratching Our Itches
The church of God does not exist in a vacuum. Events, trends, moods and ideas that grow popular in the world—whether good or bad—soon find their way into the church. This incursion of worldliness is a "natural" process that …
In Part One, we saw that the predominant focus of Matthew 24:2 is on the physical Temple and its environs, and that Jesus Christ's words that "not one stone shall be left here upon another" already had one physical fulfillment in the …
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Mark 7:31-37
(31) Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. (32) Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. (33) And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. (34) Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” (35) Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. (36) Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it. (37) And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, 'He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.'
Only Mark records Jesus Christ's healing of the deaf-mute man (Mark 7:31-37), though Matthew refers to it generally (Matthew 15:29-31). After His special journey to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, where He healed the Syro-Phoenician …
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The Bitter Truth (Part One)
by Steven SkidmoreMany dangers begin small or unnoticed. A tiny ember in dry grass. A hairline crack in a foundation. A root beneath the soil. But what starts unseen eventually surfaces. Scripture calls one such danger a “root of bitterness” — a spiritual fault that begins unseen but eventually affects everything it touches (Hebrews 12:15). Roots grow covertly, beneath the surface, long before anyone becomes aware of their existence. Structurally, these roots form the foundation of the body they support. Bitterness is no different. Jealousy and envy are often its seeds. Left unchecked, they fester into …
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God provided a testimony of the Messiah's life in four gospels. Each presents a unique perspective on Jesus Christ's life and ministry, …
Kingdom — it is such an easy word to understand. Even without a dictionary to tell us its definition, we know that the natural …
Since its founding, the United States has often faced disagreement, debate, and division among its leaders and their constituents. Though …
Years of study have shown that a useful way to understand God's Plan of salvation for mankind is through His commanded holy days. The …
By refusing to repent of their apostasy from God's way of life, the Israelites could only expect the coming of God's fearsome …
Was our Savior bound by the Old Testament law of rituals and sacrifices when He lived on earth? If not, why not? Does it really matter? …
