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Who’s in Charge?
Introduction In John’s 3rd letter, he mentions an individual of a congregation who seems to set himself up as the “controlling factor” of that group. He writes, I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us. Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind…
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Saul of Tarsus, continued
Conversions in Acts Introduction In our previous article, we met Saul who was destined to destroy that which was known at The Way. On the way to Damascus, he encountered The Lord and was instructed to go into the city where he would be told what he must do. We learned that just because he…
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Saul of Tarsus
Conversions in Acts, Part 4 Introduction Today, we look at the conversion of Saul who becomes, the apostle, Paul. This will take a bit as there are three passages that discuss his conversion. This will be a two-part article as there is a lot of material to cover. Part 2 is found here, and, in…
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Sex is for Married People Only
Introduction In Hebrews 13:4 it is written, Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. As stated in the last part of the verse, the writer is addressing two issues; fornication and adultery. The focus of this article is on the sin of fornication. Most people don’t see sex…
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The Ethiopian Eunuch
Conversion in Acts, Part 3 Introduction In our next conversion, the second half of Acts 8, we see Philip talking with a man who traveled hundreds of miles to worship in Jerusalem. He’s on his way home and, while he’s traveling, he’s reading aloud from scriptures. We can safely say that this man had a…
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Murder or Sacrifice?
A Study of Genesis 22:1-18 Introduction It is, without a doubt, known to all in the religious world that Jesus had to die on the cross for the forgiveness of sins. We know that His death was a sacrifice; a perfect sacrifice that was given once for all time (Heb. 7:27; 9:12, 28; 10:10). It…
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Simon and The Samaritans
Conversions in Acts, Part 2 Introduction The next conversion listed in Acts is that of the Lame Man in Acts 3. However, since we thoroughly covered his conversion in the miracles’ series, we’ll move to the next one found in Acts 8:5-25. This takes place after the martyrdom of Steven in Acts 7 when we…
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They Need What They Deny
Introduction There are so many people out there that consistently deny something to be true. They constantly believe the opposite when many proofs show the contrary. They Need Baptism to be Essential For example, certain denominational groups believe that baptism isn’t essential for salvation. They say, “it’s an outward sign of an inward grace.” And…
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The 3000 on Pentecost
Conversions in Acts, Part 1 Introduction Jesus had just ascended back into heaven to be seated at the right hand of God, The Father. Then ten days later, on Pentecost, the world, as they knew it, changed again; as the church was brought into existence. Most of the Jews who traveled hundreds of miles for…
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Conversions in Acts
Introduction Psalm 51 is a prayer of David begging for forgiveness of the Lord for his transgression with Bathsheba. Nathan the prophet came to him and show him his error. The entire psalm shows his anguish and remorse for what he has done. I want to focus on verse 13 which says, Then I will…
The Christian Caravan 