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Is New Year's Eve Pagan?
You know we are in that time of year that true Christians dread—the Christmas season, when you find yourself humming along with the piped-in music at the store and you suddenly realize it is a Christmas tune. We have heard many …
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Resolutions: Man's and God's
On the Roman calendar that much of the world uses, one year has ended, and another has begun. The beginning of a new year is when countless millions of people make New Year's resolutions. Perhaps many church of God members have done so …
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The Patience of God
A while ago, while driving in Charlotte, I was stopped at a red light. Someone behind me started blowing his horn, and I immediately thought, "What's his problem?" In my rearview mirror, I could see someone trying to squeeze his car …
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Matthew 7:1-2
(1) "Judge not, that you be not judged. (2) For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
"Do not judge." What does it mean? Most Bible commentators agree that He is warning us about a faultfinding spirit, a negative attitude that causes us to pick at others for the things we do not like in them. A word that sums it up is …
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The Biblical New Year
by Richard T. RitenbaughWhen studying a biblical topic, it is always helpful to begin with a plain, unambiguous statement that provides a fundamental understanding of the subject. Such a clear and concise scriptural declaration becomes a springboard for expanding our inquiry into deeper and less distinct areas of the doctrine. As long as we hold on to these clear scriptures—which can be called "definition verses," for lack of a better term—allowing them to underlay and delineate our belief, we are likely to remain on course. The apostle John is well-known for his simple declarative sentences that follow t
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An anonymous quotation that made the rounds of the Internet last year runs, "Christmas is weird. What other time of year do you sit in …
The phrase “culture of death” entered mainstream discourse in 1995 after the publication of Pope John Paul II's encyclical, …
King David specifically requests of God in Psalm 19:13, "Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion …
The fourth Thursday in November, the holiday Americans call Thanksgiving Day, is always followed by an unofficial shopping holiday known …
Internal biblical evidence shows that the seven churches of Revelation 2-3 all exist in the end time. Revelation is an end-time book, …
Author and humorist Douglas Adams once quipped, “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” We …
