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March 19, 2021 Does The Bible Have Hidden Meanings?
You'll find them online and in book stores— books about the Bible, with a different twist. They all claim to be revealing hidden, secret codes contained in the Bible; and the average person thinks, "Wow! This is great. New revelations which computers have brought to light."
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March 18, 2021 Spotting A Fake Gospel
The document's final words read, "Gospel of Judas," and the content of the same would lead anyone to conclude that the author is the disciple of Jesus, the one who betrayed Him in the garden for 30 pieces of silver, and then hanged himself in contrition for the dark deed. It seems to be more than a mere coincidence that National Geographic released a special on this manuscript during Holy Week as though it was something just discovered, when, in effect, scholars have known about the document discovered in the sands of Egypt for a long, long time.
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March 17, 2021 What Exactly Defines A Church?
Should you ever have the opportunity to visit St. Paul's Cathedral in London, you must see the painting done by artist Holman Hunt—one of my favorite religious paintings. The artist pictures Jesus, a lantern in his left hand, knocking on the door of an English cottage. He based his painting on the closing words of a letter to a backslidden church in the city of Laodicea. In this, Jesus said, "I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20). Most evangelical pastors have quoted that verse, suggesting that Jesus stands at the door of your heart and wants to come within, taking up residence in your life. While that is true, the context conveys another thought.
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March 16, 2021 Is Tomorrow Distracting You From Today?
My friend Wayne Pederson used to sign his letters and e-mails with the words, "Focus forward!" No more. He's changed the complimentary close to read, "Seize Today!" He discovered that when he was always focused forward, pushing to reach goals and objectives, he missed a lot of the view on the journey. Here's how he describes it: "At a meeting I was checking e-mail when the leader asked me a question. I had entirely tuned out of the discussion. Busted!
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March 15, 2021 Why Hope Is Essential For Life
The late Dr. Karl Menninger, the famed psychiatrist, was intrigued by the emotion hope. Many studies have been done relative to the importance of love and faith; but as a psychiatrist, Dr. Menninger became convinced of hope's great importance related to survival. Hope is the enduring quality of the soul that gives strength to live and go on in the darkest of night.
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March 12, 2021 Can You Prove God Exists?
The young Marxist looked his guest in the eye as he said, "Do you mind if I ask you three questions? First‑‑how can you be so sure there is a God? Can you prove God's existence? Secondly‑‑how do you know that the Bible is true? Thirdly‑‑if there is a God, why does He allow so many people to suffer?"
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March 11, 2021 5 Things You Can Learn From Failure
Nobody likes to fail; yet some of the greatest lessons in life are learned through failure. The reality, as Rick Warren has pointed out, is that "no one's life is an unbroken chain of victories. We all experience setbacks…defeats… losses… failures." That's the way it is.
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March 10, 2021 How Persistent Are You In Prayer?
How many times must you pray the same prayer and ask God to do the same thing before He hears you? Once, twice, or day after day until you get what you are asking for? Tough question, right? There are times when something bothers you and you pray about it. Nothing seems to happen so you pray again, and again. Or, may you give up entirely, thinking you don't know the right words; or you think, "This may work for others but not for me!"
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March 09, 2021 You Can Pray With Confidence
Have you ever had the experience of praying for someone or something, and you never really knew whether or not your prayer was answered? If dead people could come back from the grave to tell what happened in their lives in those last few hours, or possibly those last few minutes, we might rest better at night; yet at times God remarkably allows us to discover how He answered a prayer in ways that have to be beyond the natural.
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March 08, 2021 How Do You Measure Someone’s Worth?
What is the true mark of a person? His age, his worth, his ideas, or his accomplishments? To the Eastern mind, a person is often measured by the length of his beard or the white of his hair. Thus wisdom in the Orient is synonymous with age. To the business person, worth is often considered to be the true mark of an individual. We say this person is worth a cool million, meaning that he is worth a million dollars or whatever currency you use. How the person made that money is not important. It may have been through manipulation, or dishonest and deceitful business practices, and when we stop and think about life we have to conclude that worth is not necessarily the true mark of a man.
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