No, I’m not talking about abdomens! Though, in one sense, I suppose they might also be included. I’m talking about the well-known effects of sin upon the world—and every living and non-living thing within it. You patch up your car so long as it’s possible, but eventually, you have to push it the last mile …
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“To rise, stand up again!” That’s what the word means. Tired, worn out bodies, those that are crippled, bodies that cannot rise to get off of a bed, bodies that return to dust! They will rise again! Only when they do, though numerically the same, they will not be like the old body at all. …
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And Santa as a jolly old man with his elves? Crazy stuff! But how did it ever get hold of the incarnation? It’s been one of the most successful ploys that the evil one has ever attempted. The goal? Obviously to distract us from the real thing. After all, who doesn’t want to be jolly? …
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“Oh cm’on! Why would you use that pagan greeting?” What do you mean? “Jesus isn’t an X!” Of course He isn’t, and neither is the greeting what you seem to think it is either. “Tell me more. I thought X stands for “unknown” or something like that. Why apply it to Jesus?” Let me straighten …
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… stand firm and hold on to the traditions that you were taught by us … 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Those who “stand firm” are not swayed by “every wind of doctrine” that blows down the street. They are unshaken in their beliefs because they know from whom they received them—apostles whose writings were inspired by …
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