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THE NEED FOR FREEDOM, Dan Mayfield
In L.A. Lambert’s examination of a so-called Christmas sermon by the the famous agnostic Robert Ingersoll, Lambert said about creative genius, “genius depends for its development on favorable environments”. The evidence proves Lambert to be correct. When God made man… Read More ›
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BAPTISM AND CIRCUMCISION, Dan Mayfield
Baptism and circumcision are clearly different, being part of two different covenants, but I can’t agree with the following pedobaptist statement: “The New Testament nowhere describes baptism as the New Covenant replacement for Old Covenant circumcision.”1The one is fine to… Read More ›
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THE FOUR STATES OF THE SOUL, INCLUDING THE LIVING DEAD, Dan Mayfield
“But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.” 1 Timothy 5:6. There are stages of death and this is the first one when the body is still functioning, but the soul is dead in sin…. Read More ›
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PSYCHIATRY OR THE SOLID GROUND OF FAITH? Dan Mayfield
“A portion of scizophrenics, after a long period of time, often do seem to get better. And how that occurs remains a mystery.” – A Brilliant Madness: A Genius Descends into Madness, Time Mark: 48:40 So we learn from the… Read More ›
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DO INTENTIONS MATTER? Dan Mayfield
I was asked, “Good morning. I saw a post with a question, if a person got baptized without good intentions. Should that person be rebaptized? Your thoughts.” God cares for intentions as much as He cares for anything. The intention… Read More ›
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CABBAGE DECLARES THE GLORY OF GOD
You know that if you make something, it tells a lot about you. Whatever God made also has within it His genius, perfection, and goodness infused into it. When you look at the stars, or a little infant, a beautiful… Read More ›
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O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM. WHAT PUT YOUR CITY ON THE MAP? – Dan Mayfield
When Hazel and I married, we lived in a small town in east Texas. Mt. Vernon was known as the home town of “Dandy” Don Merideth, the great athlete and quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. What makes famous is at… Read More ›
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CHRISTMAS: I’VE NEVER, EVER HEARD A CHILD RESPOND, "SO IS GOD ALSO MAKE BELIEVE?"
As a child I remember being terribly let down when my mom told me Santa wasn’t real. But you know what? I kept getting up on Sunday morning, me and my sister, to ride the J.O.Y. bus to church. Children… Read More ›
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ON TRAINING A CHILD TO BE HONEST, Dan Mayfield
Let me offer a story I read in Biblical Illustrator which speaks of loving patience: “It avoids giving occasion for sin. It has been said that if you have a favourite horse, which always takes fright and shies at a… Read More ›
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DO WE WELCOME THE GODLY, BLESSED SUFFERING FOR CHRIST? Dan Mayfield
“for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,…” 1 Pet. 4:1 Why does Peter connect suffering and a sanctified life? How are suffering and ceasing from sin related? The answer is found in Jesus Christ, our… Read More ›
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