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• BELIEF, IT’S MORE THAN YOU THINK

  By disciplerami on August 2, 2009 • ( 2 )

  

  Biblical Belief is not what is portrayed by many in the Denominational world. It might be news to you, but belief is more than you think. It’s more than mental assent or acknowledgement of the Truth. It’s more than accepting… Read More ›

• GOD HEARS THE PRAYER FOR SALVATION

  By disciplerami on August 1, 2009 • ( 0 )

  The Psalmist wrote, “I shall give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and you have become my salvation” (Ps. 118:21). Some people seek to shorten the path to salvation by oversimplifying and diluting what the Scriptures say. This… Read More ›

• RETAINING AND FORGIVING SINS

  By disciplerami on July 31, 2009 • ( 3 )

  What happens when a person becomes a Christian? Sins are forgiven and the person enters into a relationship with God. Where they were lost in their sins (Eph. 2:1,2), now they are restored to God. This is amazing and wonderful… Read More ›

• CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED FOR YOU

  By disciplerami on July 27, 2009 • ( 1 )

  Maybe the first impulse we have in time of danger is to flee or fight back. Something else was in Jesus to willingly undergo the torture of the cross. Jesus didn’t do whatever He could do to save His own… Read More ›

• GOD KNOWS WE ARE WEAK

  By disciplerami on July 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

  “13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; 14for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.” – Ps. 103 If it weren’t for having a… Read More ›

• MINISTER STAY STRONG

  By disciplerami on July 17, 2009 • ( 1 )

  “And it will be, like people, like priest;” – Hos. 4:9 The old adage, “like father, like son”, relates a truth that is desirable – most of the time anyway. The child will grow to be like the parent. But… Read More ›

• DEFILED, LIKE COOKING OVER HUMAN DUNG

  By disciplerami on July 11, 2009 • ( 0 )

  “12 You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked it in their sight over human dung.” – Ezek. 4:12 The choices we make have consequences. Ezekiel had the tasks of illustrating to Israel the consequence of turning away… Read More ›

• THE MOMENT WE RECOGNIZE THAT "I HAVE SINNED"

  By disciplerami on July 6, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Reading the words of Judas “I have sinned against innocent blood” makes me think about my own life. Judas said these words as he tried to return the 30 pieces of silver and to possibly undo the wrong done. Some… Read More ›

• CONTRARY TO ATHEISTS, THERE IS OBJECTIVE EVIL IN THE WORLD

  By disciplerami on June 30, 2009 • ( 2 )

  We recently heard in an adult Bible class a debate between a Christian and an Atheist. The Atheist said there was no objective moral truth in the world. All that mattered was the motive and overall good that was achieved…. Read More ›

• EMBRACE THE LIGHT OF TRUTH

  By disciplerami on June 29, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Overheard in Bible class: “Unbelief is not an intellectual problem, but a moral problem. Men love darkness rather than light. A man’s (eternal) fate is sealed by how he reacts to the light. Each person either chooses the light or… Read More ›