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Words of Wisdom Articles are mini articles that have been printed in the Oneida, TN, Independent Herald newspaper since September 2019. “Words of Wisdom” is published online weekly and available on: www.ihoneida.com/words-of-wisdom . Last week’s contribution is Lessons from the April 8, 2024, Solar Eclipse for April 9, 2024. This week’s contribution is Mankind’s Moral Eclipse for April 16, 2024. 

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My Words of Wisdom Audios are 1-minute radio lessons which are studies from the Bible for our current times. They are broadcast on www.wecoradio.com/ FM 101.3 after the 12 noon news and after the 3pm news. Transcripts are available at Words of Wisdom Radio Transcripts, for lessons 2014 till now. This week’s lessons are:
- 11/21/22    Who Is God #6   
- 11/22/22     Who Is God #7
- 11/23/22    Who Is God #8
- 11/24/22     Who Is God #9
- 11/25/22    Who Is God #10

Older Words of Wisdom radio minutes from 2014 onwards are found in Words of Wisdom Archive. 

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My sermon slides No Confusion, based on 1 Corinthians 14 and preached on May 1, 2022, is now available in Sermon Powerpoints.

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Paul pointed to the distinctive God of the Bible when he said, "We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them” (Acts 14:15).  1) No human being should be elevated as “God.”  It is as Jesus said, “Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven” (Matthew 23:8-9). 2) “The heaven, the earth, the sea” did not always exist, nor were they haphazardly “exploded” into their orderliness.  3) Every living thing on earth must have come from “the living God,” not man-made deities!  4) The only explanation that makes sense, is: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1).  - January 31, 2022

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"Let all things be done decently and in order" (1 Corinthians 14:40). No better example of this is found than Jesus' statement:  "He who believes and is baptized will be saved" (Mark 16:16). Baptism is into Jesus' death. "Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?" (Romans 6:3). Any salvation offered before baptism is without the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross. If not, why not? There is not one passage of Scripture where baptism and salvation/remission of sins are mentioned together that places salvation before baptism. If salvation comes to a sinner without being baptized into Jesus’ death in order to obtain remission of sins, then, as far as their “salvation” is concerned, “Christ died in vain” (Galatians 2:21). - December 6, 2021

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"Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us...it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed" (Luke 1:1,3-4).  The Book of Luke was written by the Holy Spirit because "many" were writing their own account of Jesus' life, but not accurately. Luke's "orderly account" literally meant he was writing about the events in Jesus' life "one after another." Time sequence means something, for "God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son" (Hebrews 1:1-2). - November 29, 2021

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QUESTION: Since "everyone who loves is born of God and knows God" (1 John 4:7), then are homosexuals who love each other "born of God"? - June 2, 2019   

ANSWER: This is a very good question in view of our present society. Presenting homosexuality as an "alternate lifestyle" in schools, popularising representatives in movies, entertaining the idea on TV, or defending as "legal rights" with organisations, have all made this sexual concept sound acceptable. Those who oppose such an idea have been made to feel guilty by being labelled as prejudiced, racist, homophobic, or hateful. What can Christians say? 1. Jesus condemned homosexuality by emphasising God's created sexual order was unchanged (Matthew 19:4-5) ... Read More of this and other QA in Questions Answered.

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My commentary for Psalm 33, Praise to God, the Higher Power, the Creator, is available in Devotions from Psalms, in Commentaries.

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Please find my Words of Wisdom as Audio and as Transcripts for the days:

9/25/2017: Evolutionary Contradictions

9/26/2017: Godless Evolution

9/27/2017: Only God Is Is

9/28/2017: Salvation In Not Miraculous

9/29/2017: Do You Hear the Sheep's Name?