Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2025
A friend says to a seminarian, “What subjects are you studying at school?”
The young theologian says, “You know, the usual, Biblical Texts, Church History, Ministry and Systematic Theology.”
The friend asks if he has studied anything on eschatology in his Systematic class.
The seminarian
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Contributed by Bruce Willis on Nov 30, 2006
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I will never forget how the Holy Spirit worked in my life to teach me to depend upon Him for the revelation and illumination of truth to my life. It was in March of 2003 - I had spent a week in special study at Luther Rice Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia. I had been studying about how to live the
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Contributed by Steven Dow on Jul 17, 2002
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Scientists studied a native tribe in South America whose people have been dying prematurely for generations. After thorough investigation, the cause of premature death was determined. The disease was transmitted by an insect that lived in the walls of their adobe homes. This new information
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 21, 2004
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I do not particularly enjoy the world of phone message recorders. I am glad they exist, and I have one at the office. Sometimes people leave important messages. Sometimes the message is not crucial, but it communicates a piece of information. In a day when we have so much to do and remember,
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Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Jan 20, 2005
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Philip Yancey, writing in Christianity Today, offers these three reasons why this topic of heaven is being neglected.
1. “Affluence has given us in this life what former generations longed for in anticipation of heaven.
2. A creeping paganism invites us to accept death as the culmination of life
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Catholic
Contributed by David Selleck on Nov 17, 2005
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Sulfur Caves
In Southern Mexico lies the Cueva de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House. As you make your way to the cave you walk through a veritable paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. Underwater the cave is fed by 20 underground springs, beautiful watercourses which teem with tiny
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Contributed by Wayne Major on Apr 5, 2001
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A story is told of two men who worked in the audit department of a large bank. They made an overnight trip to a distant branch of the bank, and were dining in a local restaurant. The chief auditor told the other man, “First we’ll hit the tellers, and then get the vault.” They arrived at the bank
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 11, 2007
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Sulfur Caves
In Southern Mexico lies the Cueva de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House. As you make your way to the cave you walk through a veritable paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. Underwater the cave is fed by 20 underground springs, beautiful watercourses which teem with tiny
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009
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BIBLICAL TRUTH
Both George Gallup and George Barna, eminent pollsters and close church observers, have noted declining biblical literacy in the church. The majority of born-again Christian do not believe in absolute truth. 60% of Americans can’t name five of the Ten Commandments. 50% of high
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 29, 2003
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When a puzzle is put together each piece is interconnected to the other pieces. Alone a piece is inadequate; a single piece cannot show you the whole picture. Likewise if one or more pieces of the puzzle are missing then it is defective; it’s lacking an essential part and is incomplete.
Being
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
The devil says, “Whatever you don’t have, whatever irritates, whoever disappoints, whatever is uncomfortable, whatever is missing, think on these things.” God says,
> Philippians 4:8 … whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is
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