Is it possible to pray beyond God’s ability? Most would respond saying, ‘of course not…God can do anything!’ In actuality, God is restricted by His logos word and for Him to contradict it, would be an act of hypocrisy. The manifestation of His will not only depends upon our knowledge of His promises but faith […]

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There’s a common notion within Christendom that God is ‘sovereign,’ which infers He’s in control of everything. What exactly is He in control of? If He’s in control of ‘everyone’ and ‘everything,’ then He’s not doing a particularly good job of it! This false notion that God’s in control of everything insinuates our Heavenly Father […]

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The halls of academia are adorned with the statues of men who’ve propagated evolution. Charles Darwin is revered by academics as the father of modern evolutionary theory. But what if evolution was a lie? What if people have simply regurgitated what they’ve been taught in school without investigating evolution for themselves? Are you one of […]

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In the spring of 1947 Bedouin goat-herders, searching the cliffs along the Dead Sea for a lost goat, came upon a cave containing jars filled with ancient manuscripts. This discovery caused a sensation throughout the world and continues to fascinate the scholarly community to this day. Further discoveries were made in the surrounding cave network, […]

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The Body of Christ understands Jesus died for their sins but few appropriate the physical healing our atonement also provides. Jesus’s sacrifice was all encompassing. It catered for both our healing and deliverance, in addition to our assured salvation. A study of the Hebrew words for ‘grief’ and ‘sorrow’ in the fifty third chapter of […]

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Did you know you possess riches beyond compare? Your ignorance of this wealth is costing you on a daily basis. The Apostle Peter admonishes us to ‘grow in knowledge’ because he knew the spoils of Christs’ victory on the cross would go to waste due to our un-enlightenment. As we gain understanding of the heavenly […]

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If the tenets of scientology sound like they came straight from the pages of a science fiction novel, then you’d be right. Its founder, Ron L. Hubbard, was a popular science fiction writer of the 1930’s and 40’s but he made a statement at a New Jersey science convention that made people curious of his […]

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As the saying goes “ignorance is no defense in the eyes of the law”; that’s why the Bible compels us to cry out for ‘knowledge,’ ‘wisdom’ and ‘understanding.’ Many believers are aware of the numerous laws mentioned in the Old Testament. The Mosaic law was indeed the schoolmaster that led us to Christ, yet few […]

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“Right now, Mormonism or the ‘latter-day Saints movement’ has about fifteen million adherents worldwide with roughly 57% of them living outside the United States. These numbers stem from an aggressive form of evangelism, having a very zealous missionary program but does this movement’s doctrine align with Biblical text or could it be considered a cult? […]

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Some people seem to get in their own way – I’m sure anyone can relate, but did you know the Epistle of 2nd Timothy speaks specifically of those who ‘oppose themselves’? Many believers have pre-conceived notions of who God is and what He’ll do, without even consulting His word to find out His ways. If […]

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