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There are according to Tenney, three concepts of truth painted by the Bible. (827,828)
1. Moral Truth - Truth is an attribute of God and speaks of His trustworthiness, His faithfulness and men are to have this attribute.
2. Ontological Truth - Arises from the concept of one who is trustworthy,
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Contributed by Charles Salmon on Sep 12, 2006
ILUS.: At one point in my early ministry, I was in the hospital emergency room with a Church family when a young man was brought in after a train wreck. His family refused to allow transfusions because or religious belief. He died while a court order was being pursued.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"A new road before usa new road to take, A new dream to dream, and a new life to make. A new star to followa new faith to hold, A new world to build, on the dust of the old. A New Year is here with a message for all, A message of Hope, though the shadows may fall. The
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 11, 2010
PERSPICUITY OF THE WORD
The doctrine of the clarity of Scripture (often called the "perspicuity of Scripture") teaches that "the meanings of the text can be clear to the ordinary reader, that God uses the text of the Bible to communicate His person and will...ordinary people, who approach it in
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Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 27, 2010
ATTENDING CHURCH MATTERS
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry in spring 1997 released an article that shows older people who base their Christian faith on TV programmes have a higher rate of depression and lower health than the general population. While those who base their Christian life
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Baptist
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 4, 2007
Theologian A. W. Pink wrote,
As [one] sees the apparent defeat of the right, and the triumphing of might and the wrong … it seems as though Satan were getting the better of the conflict. But as one looks above, instead of around, there is plainly visible to the eye of faith a Throne.… This then is
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Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Jan 12, 2008
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Warren Wiersbe said this, “The Church is always one generation short of extinction, If our generation fails to guard the truth and entrust it to our children, then that will be the end! When you think of the saints and martyrs who suffered and died so that we might have
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Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 19, 2008
A friend is someone who thinks you’re a good egg, even though you’re a little cracked. Erma Bombeck
William Ward says, ‘A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
AGAIN FARLEY NOTES, “USING WILLPOWER TO OVERCOME WORLDLY SEDUCTION IS LIKE TELLING A MAN WHO HAS GONE WITHOUT WATER FOR THREE DAYS TO CONTROL HIMSELF AND QUIT BEING THIRSTY……
THE WORLDLY MAN IS CONVINCED THAT POPULARITY, SUCCESS, OR WEALTH WILL SLAKE HIS THIRST. BUT THESE ARE LIKE SPIRITUAL
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 10, 2008
A young soldier was in his tent when the battle was just about to break out. He heard an explosion and jumped into the nearest fox hole. His fellow soldiers looked at him and laughed. They all said, "That was our artillery going off." He had jumped into the
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Contributed by Harold Orndorff on May 25, 2004
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It is interesting, is it not, that so many Christians spend so much time predicting when the coming of Jesus will occur. A few years ago I was on a Christian radio talk show to discuss politics. As we were leaving the studio, we met the fellow who was coming in to do the show after us. He had
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 24, 2006
The Encyclopaedia Britannica has 20,000 words more than anyone else about the life death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, not forgetting his return!
It quotes ’Concerning the testimony of the many independent secular accounts of Jesus of Nazareth, it records; These independent accounts prove
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Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 23, 2007
QUOTE: “God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like
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Contributed by Evelyn Weston on Apr 13, 2004
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Joseph of Arimathea was a very wealthy Pharisee, a member of the council, and a secret follower of Jesus. It was Joseph who went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body after the crucifixion. And it was Joseph who supplied the tomb for Jesus’ burial.
Well, it seems that someone pulled him aside and
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Lutheran
When I was a student at Asbury College in the late 1960s, we used to sing the old Gospel Chorus:
Let’s talk about Jesus
The King of Kings is He,
The Lord of Lords Supreme throughout eternity,
The Great I AM the Way, the Truth the Life the door
Let’s talk about Jesus more and more.
On His Glorious
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Methodist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 22, 2009
Pray “in the name of Jesus.” It is not a catchy phrase we attach to our prayers, that somehow validates what we have to say. It is recognition that what I have prayed about and prayed for is with the same spirit and heart that Jesus himself would have prayed; that my focus is not self-centered or
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 8, 2010
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FAD OR FOLLOWER?
I was looking at a list of some fads from the 1990's. Among them were: spandex shorts, Pokemon, Grunge music and fashion, The Macarena, Bowl cut, What would Jesus do?, Pogs, Polly Pocket Toys, and Tickle Me Elmo.
In that list, only one fad had long-term bearing, "What Would Jesus
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