The recipients of the letter Hebrews were discouraged. They had obeyed the gospel years before, but Jewish religious traditions were still appealing. Making Judaism seem even more attractive was persistent opposition to the church. Why not stop following Christ and return to the observance of the law? The anonymous author of the letter reminded his…
What does an honest man say when his overweight wife asks, “Do I look fat in this dress?” If he’s rude and blunt, he says, “Yes, you look fat in that dress. You look fat in all your clothes.” But if an honest man is tenderhearted and loving, he says, “You look gorgeous in that…
On June 20, 2008, I watched a fascinating interview on the Fox News program “The O’Reilly Factor.” The guest was the author of a book charging that American public schools were systematically feminizing boys. She explained that the literature in textbooks, for instance, was free of the stories boys like to read. Teen students get…
In her 1860 novel Say and Seal, Susan Warner included a story about a sick child named Johnny Fax. John Linden, a Sunday school teacher, is rocking the boy in his arms. When the little guy asks to hear a song, John sings something new: “Jesus loves me! This I know, For the Bible tells…
Moby-Dick, the 1851 classic adventure novel written by Herman Melville, is a story told from the first-person perspective of Ishmael, a sailor. At one point in the book, Ishmael is invited to worship a small idol honored by Queequeg, a pagan friend. The following paragraph records Ishmael’s acceptance of the invitation: I was a good…
Las Enseñanzas Secretas de Jesús Por David Wright Traducido por Kodie Martin Las iglesias con una mentalidad de culto mantienen algunas de sus doctrinas secreto. Los representadores llaman a la puerta y comparten algunas de las creencias de su grupo, pero están entrenado para responder las preguntas ciertas evasivamente. Si les se presionaron por una…
Las Enseñanzas Secretas de Jesús Por David Wright Las iglesias con una mentalidad de culto mantienen algunas de sus doctrinas secreto. Los representadores llaman a la puerta y comparten algunas de las creencias de su grupo, pero están entrenado para responder las preguntas ciertas evasivamente. Si les se presionaron por una explicación de esta práctica,…
Churches with a cult mentality keep some of their doctrines secret. Representatives knock on our door and share some of their group’s beliefs, but they’re trained to answer certain questions evasively. If pressed for an explanation of this practice, a Mormon or Jehovah’s Witness may point to the example of Jesus. When Christ told the…
Join David during his Sunday morning bible class as he walks you through the struggles these women faced. To the 21st century reader, the women of the Bible may seem rather remote. After all, they lived thousands of years ago, spoke languages now dead, and had customs completely foreign to modern American life. Do the…
In one of his letters, Paul says that we have been saved “by grace” (Eph. 2:8). But what is grace? On the one hand, some church-goers see grace as a sort of sin license. This is why so many ministers preach funeral sermons aimed at sending godless people right into heaven. This viewpoint dominates in…
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