Jeremiah records God’s words saying, For My people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned Me, the Fountain of living water, And . . . Dug cisterns for themselves—cracked cisterns that cannot hold water. Jeremiah 2: 11 If only those who are thirsty because they can’t find any water in their dry cisterns would …
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Believer, what happens to your soul when you die? Want to look at a couple of facts? You go to be with Christ—which is far better (than anything else). You go to Paradise [the word for a “park”] which is in the third heaven. You will be tenting in heaven (i.e., there only temporarily; presumably, …
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Some have had difficulty in equating the two. But let’s take a look at the situation. There are similarities and differences. Here are a few of each. Both preacher and counselor seek to bring a message from God to those who listen. Both use the very same Source from which to gather that message—the Bible. …
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There is a key word and a key phrase that explain what Ecclesiastes is all about. The key word is translated “vanity” in the KJV. Recent study of the language indicates that the term is richer than that. It points to something vain (“empty”), it is true, but also carries with it the idea that …
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I have had the opportunity to hear much preaching over the last few years, some very good, some mediocre, most very bad. What is the problem with preaching? There is no one problem, of course; there are a number of problems to which I have been addressing myself in our Friday preaching blogs. But if …
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