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Judging the Mockers and Scoffers

“Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.” – Psalm 105:15. As he (Elisha) was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! … Continue reading

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Joseph Smith’s Thoughts On The Moon

“The inhabitants of the Moon are more of a uniform size than the inhabitants of the earth, being about 6 feet in height.” “They dress very much like the Quaker style and . . . live to be very old; … Continue reading

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2 Corinthians 10:5

Wednesday November 2, 2022 2 Corinthians 10:5 Bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. If we would abide in Christ we must have no confidence in self. Self-repression must be ever the prime necessity of divine fulness … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 11/02/2022

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Noah’s Faith, Noah’s Family – 5

Scripture Text – Genesis 6:9 – 7:24 Methuselah was Noah’s grandfather, and Noah knew that when his grandfather died, nothing stood in the way of God’s judgment falling on a wicked world. For over a century, Noah had been warning … Continue reading

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The World’s Largest Press

Who owns the largest printing press in the world? The New York Times? Look? No! It is the Jehovah’s Witnesses. They have one press that puts out 500 pieces of propaganda every second. From that one press alone, comes out … Continue reading

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The Security of The Church

Tuesday November 1, 2022 Psalm 125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever. As the Church always has been preserved, the text assures us she always will be, henceforth even … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 11/01/2022

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Noah’s Faith, Noah’s Family – 4

Scripture Text – Genesis 6:9 – 7:24 Methuselah was Noah’s grandfather, and Noah knew that when his grandfather died, nothing stood in the way of God’s judgment falling on a wicked world. For over a century, Noah had been warning … Continue reading

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Armageddon Date Revised

September 1975 had been the date set for the world’s end, according to some zealots within the Jehovah’s Witnesses. However, it soon appeared that it was a slight miscalculation and had been corrected by the sect’s 81-year-old theologian, F. W. … Continue reading

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The Self-Existent God

Monday October 31, 2022 Psalm 99:1 The LORD reigns; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved! In this context, I confess a sadness about the shallowness of Christian thinking in our day. Many … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 10/31/2022

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Jesus – God’s Son – Part 1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In … Continue reading

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Questions On Bible Prophecy – 8

*Pastor’s Note: We will continue, in no particular order questions posed from the excellent book by Mark Hitchcock entitled, The Complete Book of Bible Prophecy. My hope and prayer is that it will give some insight into much of the … Continue reading

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The Biting Edge of Sarcasm

NOTHING takes the heart out of a person quite like biting sarcasm from an authority figure. It can be hard enough just to get up the courage to approach a powerful leader, but if that figure responds with derision, even … Continue reading

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Centuries of Meditations – First Century 21-22

21 By the very right of your senses you enjoy the World. Is not the beauty of the Hemisphere present to your eye? Doth not the glory of the Sun pay tribute to your sight? Is not the vision of … Continue reading

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Osmosis and Inertia

For Sunday October 30, 2022 Philippians 3:14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Consider a couple of concepts from the world of science: osmosis is the gradual transfer of … Continue reading

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Faithful To Himself

Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you.” – 2 Kings 3:14. My dear … Continue reading

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Noah’s Faith, Noah’s Family – 3

Scripture Text – Genesis 6:9 – 7:24 Methuselah was Noah’s grandfather, and Noah knew that when his grandfather died, nothing stood in the way of God’s judgment falling on a wicked world. For over a century, Noah had been warning … Continue reading

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Nothing New To Dr. Parker

Dr. Joseph Parker of London said many years ago, “In the last thirty years I have seen enough dead theories and discarded hypotheses to fill a good-sized cemetery. They entered the world like an amateur band and coughed their way … Continue reading

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