In the United States today, for a great many people, Christmas is the time when you put up a tree and take the kids to the mall to see Santa Claus and tell him all the things they want for gifts. For others, Christmas is a family holiday, a time when families get together, eat […]
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This concept relates to the area previously designated as “grows in holiness” (part 10). The disciple of Christ becomes sensitive to sin, sees more sin than ever before in his life, hates the sin more and therefore learns to repent daily (if not momentarily) as a way of life. Confession and repentance are absolutely essential
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Whether they know it or not, unbelievers live under the influence and the guise of the father of lies, Satan himself (John 8:44). Satan is known as the deceiver (Genesis 3) and loves to keep people in the darkness of falsehood. Yet, the follower of Christ has now determined that God’s testimony of His Son
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Do you believe in the supernatural? A survey from 2004 showed that thirty-nine percent of those living in the UK consider themselves atheists or agnostics.(1) Yet a more recent poll found that, while many of those in Britain are abandoning Christianity, their interest and faith in spirituality hasn’t gone anywhere. Over half (fifty-five percent) of
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The resurrection is one of the most central beliefs in Christianity. It is also one of the most disputed. Among the unchurched there is a commonly held conviction that the miraculous claims of the Christian faith were non-historical amendments created after the fact by religious zealots “with an agenda.” For these folks, the resurrection would
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The door of our church is red. Why? In my research in our church’s historical records, up to this point, I have found no explanation about why our church’s door is red. However, one thing I did quickly find out was that many, many churches have red doors. If you Google “Red Door Church” and
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