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 …

(13) Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. (14) Let all that you do be done with love.
Are we not in a spiritual fight? Do we not face an adversary that wants to destroy us? Have we not committed ourselves to give our lives, if necessary? Matthew Poole, who published his commentary in 1685, makes a good point when …
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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