This is going to be somewhat of a repeat—not completely and totally, but it is some stuff that I think I need to clarify so that we have things right here. The last two commentaries, I deviated from the series of commentaries I was …
It's in the World! In August 1987, a well-known evangelist in the church of God said, "You would be surprised how often the Work internally mirrors the world externally. I don't think we realize how often this is true." Members of the …
Not only have the dangers and foolishness of the doctrine of priestly celibacy been exposed in the pedophilia scandal among Catholic priests, but the disgraceful situation has also revealed the absolute bankruptcy of biblical morality …

(12) Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
As the apostle Paul begins his first letter to the Corinthians, knowing that he is writing to a congregation divided among various factions, he patiently explains to them what makes them different from those in the world yet at the same …
The apostle Peter, in Acts 2:38-39, identifies a very special gift God has given us: Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.” (See also Acts 10:45. Emphasis ours.) In Acts 8:20, Peter castigates Simon, a sorcerer in Samaria, who had seen the Holy Spirit being given to those who had repented, been baptized, and had hands laid on them, and …
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