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    Jesus called them, one by one.  When He named His 12 apostles, He chose “those whom He Himself wanted” (Mark 3:13).  The implication is that no one else would have wanted them.  They were not the only people He had to choose from.  Jesus had throngs and throngs of disciples, so many that the crowds on one occasion were stepping on one another.  But out of all His disciples, He chose these twelve for a special purpose.

    We sometimes think of the apostles only in the sense of the group.  The Scriptures certainly speak of them that way: “the…

In his book, The Pattern of Authority, Bernard Ramm says, "Having rejected the authority of the Roman Church and its efforts to underwrite the authority of the Bible, Calvin might then have turned to human reason to demonstrate the authority of the Bible. But there were two matters causing hesitancy in this procedure: (1) the human reason had come under certain darkening effects from sin; and (2) being fully persuaded by human reason the believer would still have but human faith. There must be a divine certainty about divine matters." (p.28-29) Ramm says Calvin found his answer in the "internal…

First it was "homosexual." It covered both genders. That was back when there were just two genders. Then it was "gays," hijacking a good adjective and messing up a lot of old, nostalgic songs.

Then it was decided by someone I guess that homosexual or gay women needed their own label so the old word, "lesbian" was trotted out and it became "lesbians and gays."

Then it was realized that likely the majority of these actually have sex with males and females and perhaps others so they are given the label, "bi-sexual."

Then, it was apparently determined that men who think they are…

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Rom. 12:1-2 instructs me to be a living sacrifice, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is — His good, pleasing and perfect will." My sacrifice should be pleasant to God, (II Corinthians 2:15), not offensive as in Deuteronomy 17:1. Although we no longer…

Hypocrisy Hypocrisy and the practice of it. Nobody likes it. You don’t like it. I don’t like it. Jesus didn’t like it (Matt. 6:1-24, 23:11-33). Even those who practice it must not really like it, as they so often seem … Read More →

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Thank You Lord for Older Christians Forgive me, for sometimes I do not think about how hard it is for you to come to worship. I take for granted things like putting on clothes and driving to the church building. … Read More →

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Bible Contradictions Question A co-worker tells me he doesn’t believe in the Bible because there are so many contradictions in it.  What should I tell him? (The following directly comes from the Apologetics Press two-volume book by Eric Lyons, The … Read More →

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Men of Valor There is a description of several groups within the genealogies of Israel which deserve our focused consideration. Several are recognized for posterity as being “mighty men of valor.” While many men will live such lives as to … Read More →

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