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Life Lifting Lessons: Slides Now Available

My sermon slides, Life's Lifting Lessons, taken from Psalm 139:7 - 12, is now available in Sermon PowerPoints.

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QA: Has Anyone Been to Heaven And Returned?

My QA: Has anyone been to Heaven and returned? from December 26, 2021, is now available in Questions Answered.

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Proverbs Commentary Continues: Proverbs 16:16, 17, 19

My Proverbs commentary continues with  Segment #110 - Proverbs 16:16 - Coins or Christ?; Segment #111 - Proverbs 16:17 - There Is Only One Highway to Heaven; and Segment #112 - Proverbs 16:19 - To the Victor Goes the Spoil, which are now FREE and available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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REVISED Outline of Philippians Available

My REVISED outline for the book of Philippians is now available in Bible Books Outlined.

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QA: Doesn't Scientific Law Disprove Creation?

My QA: Doesn't scientific law disprove God's involvement in Creation? Parts 1 and Parts 2, released September 19, 2021 and September 26, 2021, are now available in Questions Answered.

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Follow Destruction With Faith: Mini Article Available

As Elijah watched, “behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice” (1 Kings 19:11-12). Earthly powers…

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Psalm 84: Commentary Now Available

My Psalms Commentary continues with Psalm 84: A Person's Security, Strength, and Shield, is now available in Devotions From Psalms.

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Psalm 8: The Glory of the LORD in Creation

My Commentary on Psalm 8: The Glory of the LORD in Creation, is now available in Devotions from Psalms.

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Psalm 110: Prophetic Picture of Jesus Christ

My Commentary for Psalm 110, Prophetic Picture of Jesus Christ, is now available in Devotions from Psalms.

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Roman Catholic Church Part 3: Confusion Over "Binding" and "Loosing"

My 6 part study on the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) continues with Part 3: RCC3: Confusion Over "Binding" and "Loosing" now available in Publications On Roman Catholicism.

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No "Separation of Church and State"

There is no such thing as “Separation of Church and State,” not in the U.S. Constitution, or in practice!  The U.S. Constitution never separates “church and state.”  In practice, though, the Federal Government has used “faith-based charities” for years to accomplish some of their programs.  In Tennessee, Catholic Charities administer the Federal program of immigrant resettlement.  Why can pulpits …

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A Father's Day D.A.D

An article from Chillicothe, Ohio, church of Christ in honor of D.A.D.s on Father's Day is now available in Publications from Guest Authors.

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God Help Us! Sin's Unchanging Nature

My outline for A Contrast of the First and Second Adam Shows Sin's Unchanging Nature is available within my Catalog of Sin.

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QA: Why Should I Be Baptized Again? I've Confessed

QUESTION: Why should I be baptized again? I've already been baptized in water. - 8/30/2020

ANSWER: The gospel was first preached on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:38, 41), demonstrating that repentance by itself did not save them. When Philip joined the eunuch's chariot and preached Jesus, confession by itself did not save him (Acts 8:37-38). The Holy Spirit taught the meaning of baptism through …

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Intimidation: Mini Article Now Available

 “Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God” (John 12:42-43). Though the miracles proved Jesus was the Christ, they were intimidated into silence. Open confession of faith is required, for Jesus said, “Therefore whoeve…

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QA: Is My Dead Mother Watching My Children Grow?

QUESTION: Isn't it comforting to know my dead Mother is watching my children growing up? - October 20, 2019    

ANSWER: It is a myth to believe that a person, after death, stays in touch with life on Earth. This myth contradicts what God says in the Bible. 

1. Jesus clearly described the afterworld in Luke 16:27-31Jesus clearly indicated that: (a) The rich man knew only what spiritu…

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The Flood Sand Dunes: Mini Article Now Available

The Flood Sand Dunes - 3-8-2021                      
“For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water” (2 Peter 3:5-6). People act as though the world-wide flood in Noah’s day (Genesis 6-9) was some exaggerated local flood. A…

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Sellers Crain's Heaven Is for Real? Really? Now Available

To continue our highlights on the existence of God, Sellers S Crain, Jr's article, Heaven is for Real? Really? is now available in Publications from Sellers Crain.

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Process of Faith - Article Available

To continue to aid Bible study, my article Process of Faith is now available in Bible Basics. It is also available in Bible Articles, since it first appeared in the Gospel Gleaner for March, 2013.

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Engendering God’s Wrath - Mini Article Available

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness”          (Romans 1:18). Jesus said, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female'” (Matthew 19:4). Efforts to suppress the gender truth of Creation engenders God’s wrath. Whether it is to remove gender diff…

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