Criticism has been labeled as the sweetest sin. This seems to be true if we evaluate it by the amount of criticism and gossip in which the children of God indulge. However, the end is only bitter. In this article the author challenges his readers to recognize the true nature of this sin and flee from it.
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This post was written by calvin on December 18, 2008
Every householder knows that he has to clean all drainages occasionally lest they become chocked and flood the house with filth. Forgiveness is a similar cleaning process for the soul and spirit. In this article the author explains this and also clarifies some misunderstandings that prevent people from exercising this tremendous cleaning process available to every believer in Christ.
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This post was written by calvin on December 13, 2008
Almost everyone has some memories that are painful. The way one responds to these memories will dictate what these memories will do to that person. In this article the author explains the consequences of harboring bitterness over such memories. Six suggestions are also offered to solve the problem.
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This post was written by calvin on December 12, 2008
Popular testimonies and the general lack of understanding the Word of God has given rise to a very erroneous notion about the problems of difficulties in Christian life. Today Christians widely believe that since Christ is the answer to the most serious problem facing mankind (i.e., spiritual death), he will never let smaller problems touch those whom he has saved from this major problem.
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This post was written by calvin on December 10, 2008
Natural science and technology has made enormous progress in the past few centuries, and this has been possible only because of experimentation. Men everywhere, in their quest to understand the world better, have subjected every conceivable process to experimentation and possible modification. This has brought us numerous blessings in the form of modern means of mass production, faster communication, better medicine, and better mass transportation. However, careless use of science and technology has brought a number of curses also many of which manifest in the form of pollution. Many kinds of experimentation in areas which are ethically doubtful or completely wrong have also brought similar problems, and they are only going to increase with time.
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This post was written by calvin on December 10, 2008
Living a godly life requires unusual struggle and spiritual battle. The world tries to defeat us by neutralizing our desire to fight. This article challenges the believers to recognize this battle and get engaged in combat.
Christian believers often wonder about the apparently devote and saintly life of their unbelieving friends and neighbors. Some of them even comment, `The lives many godly unbelievers is better than the life of an average believer’. Even though such a comparison is often good for opening our eyes, this practice not to be indulged in without discrimination.
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This post was written by calvin on December 9, 2008
Man is a very ambitious being, and this attitude is a necessary part of his life and survival on this earth. But due to the distorting presence of sin nature in us, every feeling is distorted, and his ambition is no exception to this. A desire for obtaining the right things for the right motive is to be encouraged, but when it takes the form of craving for each and every thing without any control, it becomes a sinful attitude. This is to be discouraged at all cost.
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This post was written by calvin on December 6, 2008
Carey Scott
Remember when you were young and you were sent to the store for a particular item? When you got home with that item and some other goodies, you were challenged as to why you bought more than that one item. You answered; “You didn’t say not to”. This was met with a strong reprimand (and usually some physical reinforcement) and you soon learned that when you were given a specific command or task, you were to obey that one and only command.
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This post was written by Abraham Jacob George on October 23, 2008
Worship isn’t enough. The Bible says that voluntary humility, severity to the body, acts of contrition, and such like may be nothing more than evidence of "will worship;" that is, serving one’s own interests (see Colossians 2:18-23). Furthermore, Jesus said that "not everyone who says unto me Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 7:21). The only people who will enter into the joy of God’s reward are those who keep His commandments.
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This post was written by Abraham Jacob George on October 23, 2008
Jerry Fite
Nowhere in the Bible does God explicitly forbid the use of instrumental music in worship. Some find implicit condemnation in Amos 6:1-5, where the prophet writes, "they invent for themselves instruments of music, like David." But upon a closer contextual examination, one must conclude that the self-indulgent and insensate idolator is condemned, not the instrument. Using for revelry what David had been commanded by God to use in worship (II Chronicles 29:25-26) kindled the wrath of Jehovah.
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This post was written by Abraham Jacob George on October 23, 2008
Gilbert Alexander
A man dressed in splendid robes, with chains of gold about his neck and a great ring of gold on his finger, stands before a multitude of people, an ornate miter upon his head. In one hand he holds a golden censer with burning incense in it, and in the other hand he holds a sprinkler with which to sprinkle water on the people. With great ceremony and solemnity he passes among the people, sprinkling and pronouncing blessings upon them. Is God impressed and pleased? NO! Is this a scene of true piety and reverence toward God? NO! Why? God has not told him to do any of these things. True reverence for God is shown in sincere, faithful obedience to God’s instruction in righteousness.
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This post was written by Abraham Jacob George on October 23, 2008
Joe R. Price
The Old Testament is a relevant part of God’s word, even though it is not the standard of authority by which we obtain reconciliation and life in Christ (Colosians 3:17; Galatians 3:23-27; Romans 7:4; II Corinthinas 3:14; Ephesians 2:14-18). To conclude that we cannot benefit from the Old Testament because it does not contain the law we live under and answer to is more than naive, it is unscriptural (Romans 15:4; II Timothy 3:15-16). Since Romans 15:4 assures us that “whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope,” join me in a brief study of some of the ways Christians benefit from the Old Testament.
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This post was written by Abraham Jacob George on October 23, 2008
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