April, 2015

• 21 April

  Hope for the Parent of a Prodigal Child

  

  Parents of prodigal children often times encounter despair and discouragement over their wayward child’s behavior. Hopelessness can sneak in and capture the minds and hearts of these parents. Today’s article will be a message of hope that the Lord placed upon my heart for hurting parents. I pray that each ...

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• 21 April

  The Deceptive Nature of the New Age Movement

  

  One of the primary characteristics of the devil is that he is a deceiver. His motive is to bring destruction, but his primary weapon is deception. I wrote previously how the enemy draws people into the occult. The occult is known for its dark and destructive practices, but there is ...

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• 21 April

  The Enemy, My Friend

  

  It was 1943.  A young, twenty-something and inexperienced American fighter pilot and his equally inexperienced crew, lifted off for their first wartime mission – to destroy a German aircraft factory.  The American B-17 bomber, lovingly dubbed “Ye Old Pub”, had four engines, eleven machine guns, and heavy amour plating.  Although ...

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• 21 April

  The Racy Reality Show,”Sex Box,” Is Cancelled… at Last

  

  It’s just a box… right? Wrong. WE tv first aired “Sex Box,” a talk show—or reality show, depending on how you look at it—that gets heterosexual and homosexual couples to talk about their sex life on the air. The premise of the show is this: after the introductions, the couple ...

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• 20 April

  Caught Without His Party Clothes

  

  Party central was about to happen. A marriage feast for the King’s son had been set. Invitations had been signed, sealed, and delivered, but those who were invited were unwilling to come. The King then sent out his messengers again to beg those who were welcomed, but they made light ...

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• 20 April

  A Dozen Don’ts to Avoid When at Church

  

  Church is a place of worship. It’s a place where everyone can feel like they belong. But it’s also a place where a dozen things can go right, or very wrong. Mistakes and mishaps are no respecter of person or place. Nevertheless, the church is a place that invites happiness ...

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• 20 April

  Martyrdom: To Die For Christ

  

  On Sunday, April 19, 2015, ISIS released another video allegedly showing the murders of Ethiopian Christians in Libya.  The video shows one of these terrorists reading a statement, in which he states that Christians have the option to either convert to Islam or pay a tax set in the Quran. ...

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• 20 April

  How to Transform and Renew Your Mind

  

  The tension between our beliefs and the culture in which we live constitutes peer pressure, as was discussed in a previous blog. Romans 12:2 says, “Do not be conformed to this world” (don’t go along with or take after the thinking of the arena of humanity that is apart from ...

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• 20 April

  Can We Learn From the Apocryphal Books?

  

  Many devout, practicing Christians read, analyze and pray about many books of the Bible.  For many, this focuses on the New Testament, but still others research and delve into rather obscure Old Testament scriptures.  As “God-breathed” works, studying the whole Word of God is of course key to our understanding ...

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• 19 April

  You Are Immortal, So Is Your Destiny, Part I

  

  God is life. There is no way around it. When you get to know God—through the gentleness, love and compassion of Jesus, His Son—you revel in this truth. Why? Because with God there is no shifting shadow. (James 1:17) He is not a human that He should lie. (Numbers 23:19) ...

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