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We have been under assault by Secular Humanism since 1933. Secular Humanists have achieved many goals with relationship to the family. Divorce has been made easy and is commonplace. Young people are living together without being married. Couples violate their marriage vows at will, and those of the same gender are allowed to marry. How can one not see these things as assaults on the family?
Secular Humanists have practically taken over the public schools, from universities down to kindergarten. Young people are not being taught Biblical values in the schools, but, rather, they are bombarded with evolutionary theories…
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‘Raccoon’ John Smith on Infant Baptism
Pioneer preacher ‘Raccoon’ John Smith (1784-1868) openly preached simple New Testament Christianity through his life. This excerpt from his biography teaches an important lesson . . .
Soon after this he went out on Slate Creek and began to preach the ancient gospel among the Methodist and Baptist of that region. An itinerant of the Methodist church was already on the grounds and the attention of the people was soon divided between the two . . .
One day a mother brought her infant into the Methodists that he might receive baptism at the hands of the preacher . .…
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“Make Sunday Mornings Uncomfortable.” That’s the title of an essay by Rebecca McLaughlin on church assemblies. What does she mean? Consider one of her key observations: “An alone person in our gatherings is an emergency.”
McLaughlin writes:
If someone collapsed in your church building, everyone would mobilize. But every week, people walk into our gatherings for the first time and get effectively ignored. They may not know Jesus, or they may have spent years wandering from him. Their spiritual health is on the line, and a simple conversation could…
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People sometimes go to great lengths to rationalize sin. That may even include attempting to rewrite history — at least one’s own personal history. A person may create for himself a new version of his past in order to make his present actions seem justified. He may fabricate an alternate history of at least part of his life and adopt it as reality, so that he can feel satisfaction instead of guilt.
For example:
- After one brother’s sinful attitudes and actions lead to his falling out with another, he…
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AM Sermon
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Some have strange ideas about spiritual growth. Unless we know what growth is, we will not achieve it. The Bible describes spiritual growth and the means to achieve it.
There are some who equate growth with the ability to do things publicly. They think that the best church is the one which provides the most opportunities for the members to develop these abilities. An ideal church to them would be one in which every member can do something in the public worship—lead a song, preach a sermon, teach a class.
Sometimes, when people say, "I'm not ‘growing' as I…
