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The Origins Of Various “Christian” Holidays

Published October 24, 2011

The Origins Of Various “Christian” Holidays

I have been researching this subject for several years now, especially regarding the Christmas holiday. The more I examine this issue and the more I observe the broad spectrum of people who celebrate these holidays, the more I think that something is not right. Too many people really enjoy these supposedly Christian holidays, people who don’t at all enjoy talking to me about Christ or the Bible. I guess I believed other Christians… Continue reading →

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But I’m A Good Catholic

Published October 23, 2011

But I’m A Good Catholic!

A hypothetical conversation between a true Christian and a devout Catholic about salvation.

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Christian: When you die, do you know for sure if you will be in heaven?

Catholic: I think so, I’m a good Catholic.

Christian: But you don’t get to heaven by being a good Catholic, and not by being a good “anything” for that matter.

Catholic: What?

Christian: That’s right. Jesus said you must be “born again” to enter the… Continue reading →

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Is Faith A Work?

Published October 23, 2011

Is Faith A Work?

Is faith some kind of “work” that some one does or can do? Believe it or not – according to the Bible – the answer is yes:

1 Thessalonians 1:3 – “Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father”

2 Thessalonians 1:11 – “Wherefore also we pray always for you, that… Continue reading →

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The Almost Christian

Published October 19, 2011

The Almost Christian

by George Whitefield

“Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.”

[Acts 26:28]

Editor’s note: there are some points made in the following treatise that may lead a person to think that salvation is based on a person’s moral performance and the degree thereof. Hence, you will see some text in brackets added to clarify the original author’s message.

The chapter, out of which the text is taken, contains an admirable account which the… Continue reading →

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Are You Filled With The Spirit?

Published October 18, 2011

Are You Filled With The Spirit?

“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”

Ephesians 5:18-21

Are you really filled with the… Continue reading →

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Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>