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Luke records, “And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto Him, ‘If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time thou shalt dash they foot against a stone’” (Lk. 4:9-11). In his temptation of Jesus, Satan was quoting Psalm 91:11-12 in an effort to get Jesus to prove who He was. Jesus’ re

Not Dying. Death. I am looking forward to death. Not dying. Death. Dying is the ugly part, but death for the faithful child of God opens what comes after the ugly part has passed. There are only a few people on this earth who really know me. With them, I can lower my guard. A hard sentence receives context. A bad day remains one day instead of becoming the whole case. That small freedom makes me long for heaven. Heaven is the world where the redeemed will deal with one anothe

Taken from Fulton County Gospel News Volume 73 Issue 4

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What would you do for your husband? Do you love him? Do you care for him? God gave women a very special role in life, to be a helper, comparable to her husband (Gen. 2:18). God created women to complement a man and to be his partner in life. Through women, children are born, families are raised, nations are built, and God’s plan of salvation was fulfilled (Gen. 3:15; Matt. 1:20-21). Since Eve, women have brought life to the world by the will of God. Are you bringing life to

It seems that there are some sins which are quickly and universally condemned, such as murder, stealing, rape, child molestation, etc. The very thought of these (and others) can be so repulsive to some that they immediately condemn any practice of it. Yet, there are some other sins that even Christians seem to have a hard time standing against. These often involve a relationship of some kind, and when it involves someone that a Christian loves, it pulls at the heartstrings t

King Saul was a serious disappointment. When we are introduced to him in 1 Samuel 9, he was impressive in his own right. Although Saul didn’t come from a great tribe of Israel, he had a powerful father, and he became the tallest and most handsome man in Israel. But Saul wasn’t just impressive to look at. Saul also had a great sense of duty and humility. When his father lost his prized donkeys, Saul diligently looked for them. Eventually, he inquired of Samuel to seek his adv

An Ontological Contradiction. Reformed Theology advances the doctrine of meticulous providence. It teaches that God predetermined and controls every detail of history. Nothing occurs apart from His eternal decree. This doctrine is said to protect divine sovereignty, yet when carried to its logical end it destroys the holiness of God, removes human accountability, and renders prayer meaningless. The Scriptures affirm that God is sovereign. He rules heaven and earth, and nothi

One of my favorite quotes on this particular question comes from Queries and Answers by Lipscomb and Sewell . The subtitle of the book is “ A Compilation of Queries with Answers by D. Lipscomb and E.G. Sewell, covering a period of forty years of their joint editorial labors on the Gospel Advocate. ” The book was published in 1921 and was edited by M.C. Kurfees. While the following is a bit of a lengthy quote, it well articulates a sound response to the question: The claim th

This particular visit seemed odd. We had traveled to my parents’ home on many occasions, but my father had never taken the time to discuss the pictures that were in the frames hanging on the wall. Many of them contained images of my two sons. Our third son, Noah, would not be born until about two years after my parents passed away in 2005. Most of the pictures were of my sons, Dad’s grandbabies. My father, in a rather cryptic manner said, “I suppose when we are gone one day,

The discussion of the sovereignty of God often manifests itself within the “prison of two ideas” fallacy. The prison of two ideas fallacy is that there are two and only two choices in a particular line of thought or action. In politics you'll hear things like, “you're either for immigration or you're a xenophobe.” “You're either pro-choice or you hate women.” “You'll start recycling or you want to kill all the polar bears.” The prison of two ideas is a very dangerous and fall

Duration is defined as, “ the time during which something continues. ” In the previous edition, spiritual gifts were clearly defined and enumerated from First Corinthians 12. The gifts were miraculous abilities that were distributed as the Holy Spirit willed (1Cor. 12:11), through the laying on of the apostles’ hands (Acts 8:14-19; Rom. 1:11; 2 Tim. 1:6). A question that necessarily follows, and that is addressed in First Corinthians 13 is about the duration of said gifts. I

Ephesians 2:3 is a favorite text of those who teach that humans inherit the guilt of Adam’s sin. For example, John Piper, a popular Calvinist, appeals to this text to support the idea of inherited sin. He says: “There is a phrase in verse 3 that shows the seriousness of deadness. At the end it says, ‘We were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.’ In other words the things we have done to bring the wrath of God upon us we have done by nature. We need a Savior

Will the Lord come again? No doubt, many have asked this question in some form or another. This is a valid question which deserves an answer. How can we be sure He is coming again? To understand the answer to this question is to understand the very nature of God. The Hebrew writer said, “That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us” (Heb. 6:18). God

First Corinthians 12-14 is a detailed discussion about spiritual gifts in the functioning of the church in Corinth. Paul immediately informed his readers that they did not have to be ignorant in regard to what the gifts were, their purpose, duration, and the order that should have existed when the congregation was assembled and the gifts were employed. In turn, today’s reader of these three chapters should not be ignorant either! The first thing addressed was that the gifts w