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Being without excuse..

I know.  People would rather not be faced with truth, but sometimes, it is so blindingly obvious that it can’t be avoided and we are therefore without excuse. Our local TV station ran a story on their website, and maybe … Continue reading

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Today’s news….

This verse struck me this morning in its timelessness.  Could have been written yesterday about our times… Then, maybe it was! http://bible.com/100/jer.16.10-11.NASB

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Did Israel sanctify pagan altars?

Or, did Yehovah command them to destroy the altars and NOT approach Him as the pagans approached their gods?  Can we take pagan practices and “Christianize” them?  If so, why don’t we use temple prostitutes?  If not, why do we … Continue reading

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Difficult verses in the ‘Christmas’ story, p.4

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that … Continue reading

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Silent Night in September

Source: Silent Night in September ‘Tis the season for understanding what the season is all about!  In a few days much of the world will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the Messiah of Israel and the world whom I … Continue reading

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Bridges to Ba’al: How Satan Uses the Canaanite Influenced Christmas and Easter to Ensnare the Children of the Household

Following is part one of a series that friend Peter Vest is writing.  These are not easy words to hear, but much needed if we are to truly seek truth. Monday, December 14, 2015 Bridges to Ba’al: How Satan Uses … Continue reading

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Plans for December 25th?

Most of the world has a pretty good idea what they will be doing December 25th, but I don’t.  Since we stopped celebrating that holiday, due to its myriad pagan rituals and connections, we have spent the last several December … Continue reading

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Puppets and Parrots Can Move Along….

So, you are not a puppet or a parrot?  Then I assume you are willing to wrestle with a few challenging questions…. Have you ever wondered why or how pagans, Wiccans, Buddhists, Hindus and virtually everyone else in the world … Continue reading

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Fencing the Commandments

One of the unfair charges often leveled against Rabbinic Judaism is that they added to the Word of God by ‘fencing the commandments.’  And, while the charge may be true, it is generally leveled as if no one else is … Continue reading

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Saving Christmas – A Rebuttal For Kirk Cameron by Zach Bauer

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Justifying Syncretism. IVPNT: Acts Pt. 5

Dr. William J. Larkin’s IVP New Testament Commentary on Acts is the ‘gift that keeps on giving.’  I seriously thought that three, or at most four, posts would cover the main fallacies within Christendom evidenced in his treatment of Acts…  … Continue reading

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The Dividing of Israel and Judah, Then and Now.

Last week, as I researched and read Scripture related to ‘stiffneckedness’ for a post, there were multiple connected trails that I chased.  Very interesting stuff… I am not sure quite how I got into the passage leading to this post, … Continue reading

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Blessed is the man…

How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the Torah of the Lord, And in … Continue reading

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Some pictures are too funny NOT to share…

Enjoy!

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Pictorial Evidence of Scriptural Truth!!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words… Well, an acquaintance sent me a picture from Jerusalem, and it tells about a thousand words… It may be hard to get the message just from this pic, so, here is … Continue reading

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