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1. Reconciling With a Brother " But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever shall say, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to... (posted by Denny 11 days 20 hours ago.)

2. Fools, Speech, and Christianity " But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever shall say, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to... (posted by Denny 21 days 17 hours ago.)

3. Verbal Abuse--The Sin of Contempt " But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever shall say, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to... (posted by Denny 28 days 10 hours ago.)

4. Is Anger a Sin--Matt. 5:22-24 " But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever shall say, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to... (posted by Denny 32 days 11 hours ago.)

5. Is America a Christian Nation—the Sandra Fluke Controversy I write this under the date of March 6, 2012. By now virtually everyone who follows the news at all has heard of Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student, who testified before a portion of Congress recently arguing that birth control... (posted by Denny 80 days 13 hours ago.)

6. Walk in Truth—the Joy of John the Apostle The Bible is a troublesome book. It is full of things men do not want to believe and often want even less to obey. The thing that makes it most troublesome is that it just will not go away. It is always there to bother the mind and the conscience.... (posted by Denny 92 days 13 hours ago.)

7. Finding Truth in Divided Christendom How can one find and know the truth of Christianity that comes from God in a world that is divided over that truth to the extent that today we have thousands and thousands of denominations because they cannot agree with one another over what... (posted by Denny 99 days 18 hours ago.)

8. Unhappy With the Church of Christ? There are many misconceptions about the church of Christ and about its membership and what they think. It is often said that the membership of the church of Christ are the people who think they are the only ones who are going to be saved. One... (posted by Denny 113 days 22 hours ago.)

9. One Church—A Thing Hard to Accept Many Americans can remember years ago when O. J. Simpson was arrested and put on trial for the murder of his ex-wife and Ron Goldman. I remember a comment I heard on TV at the time that simply astounded me. One lady that was being interviewed... (posted by Denny 120 days 20 hours ago.)

10. More on Willful Sin—Can Anyone be Saved? In July 2008 I posted an article online entitled "Willful Sin – Can Anyone Be Saved? Heb 10:26-27." Within the past couple of weeks I received a comment from a lady who was reading the article for the first time. She took the position that... (posted by Denny 126 days 11 hours ago.)

11. God's Hardening of the Human Heart Does God ever harden people's hearts? No doubt about it. Every Bible student is aware of God's hardening the heart of Pharaoh back in the book of Exodus. This was God's plan before Moses arrived in Egypt. " And the LORD said to Moses, "When you... (posted by Denny 127 days 18 hours ago.)

12. The Hardening of the Human Heart There are passages in the Bible that are frightening. Heb. 3:12-13 is one such passage. " Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called... (posted by Denny 136 days 23 hours ago.)

13. Non-Offensive Christianity If someone was to ask you or me what constitutes Christian character what would we say? Off the top of our head we would most likely say love for God and our fellowman and faith in the Lord Jesus. As we thought about it more intently we would add... (posted by Denny 158 days 12 hours ago.)

14. Religious Titles Forbidden in Christianity I recently got into a discussion with a messianic Jew who insisted he had the right to use the title "Rabbi" without any violation of scripture. I pointed him to Matt. 23:8, " but you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Teacher, the... (posted by Denny 180 days 16 hours ago.)

15. The Silence of the Scriptures From a book entitled A Short History of Christianity by Stephen Tomkins I quote as follows: "The basic difference between Zwingli and Luther was in their attitudes to the Bible. Zwingli saw it as a precise blueprint for church life. For Luther... (posted by Denny 203 days 12 hours ago.)

16. Running From God Why do men run from God? It has been a question with me for years and one I have had the deepest interest in because I cannot understand it and things I cannot understand when it comes to the way people behave have a way of bothering me. I have... (posted by Denny 221 days 21 hours ago.)

17. The Faith of Enoch The Bible tells us that, " By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God ." (Heb. 11:5 NAS) Enoch and... (posted by Denny 279 days 16 hours ago.)

18. Spiritual Mirages It is so easy to be misled in life. Things appear to be a certain way when the reality is they are just the opposite of what they seem to be. Ask any young man or woman or husband or wife who has been deeply in love and then found out to their... (posted by Denny 283 days 20 hours ago.)

19. Indifference – The Great Destroyer Indifference is one of the scariest words in the English language for it is a word whose companion is another word called failure. The word indifference refers to an attitude held by a man or woman indicating a lack of zeal or commitment or... (posted by Denny 311 days 15 hours ago.)

20. Abortion Luke 1 – All You Need to Know Luke 1 tells you all you need to know about abortion and a woman's right to choose. Abortion in politically correct liberal speech is referred to as a choice today but I am far more concerned with scripturally correct speech than I am politically... (posted by Denny 330 days 23 hours ago.)

21. The Faithfulness of Jesus to God the Father Hebrews 3:1-2 reads as follows: "Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to him who appointed him, as Moses also was faithful in all his... (posted by Denny 1 year 44 days ago.)

22. Abraham's Faith (Faith Accounted for Righteousness) Every person who truly believes that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, is interested in having what we might term "saving faith." The Bible could not be any clearer than it is on our need for such faith. Paul tells the Ephesian Christians, "By... (posted by Denny 1 year 63 days ago.)

23. What Must a Man Believe to be Saved by the Gospel of Christ? That the gospel of Christ must be believed (as well as obeyed) in order to receive Christian salvation is made abundantly clear by the apostle Paul in one of the best known passages found in the Bible – Rom. 1:16: "For I am not ashamed of... (posted by Denny 1 year 77 days ago.)

24. Abel's Sacrifice by Faith versus Cain's Sacrifice Abel, the son of Adam and Eve, is the first person listed among many in Hebrews chapter 11 commended by the Holy Spirit for their faith. Of Abel it is said, "By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he... (posted by Denny 1 year 77 days ago.)

25. Three Attitudes That Destroy the Hope of Salvation Most everyone is willing to concede they desire to go to heaven after this life is over and live there with God eternally versus dying and going to hell "where 'their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'" (Mark 9:48 NKJV) That is the... (posted by Denny 1 year 100 days ago.)