Podcast Prep Baptism & repentance: At the very start of the Church Peter said (Acts 2:37-38) Repentance was what God required. This requires three things. Repent of our sins and commit to changing our behavior. One must understand that sin is the breaking of God’s law. See I John 3:4. Commit to obeying the law.…
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Pod cast Repentance
Pod prep Repentance: The real question: REPENT NOW OR LATER! If one repents later then he is allowing his sinful unlawful conduct to harm his life and character longer. The sooner we repent the less harm to self and family will be done by us. Even if this is not the only opportunity for…
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The Funny Skunk
For Parents to read to their young children 2-5 Did you know that there is a really funny skunk that lives in Missouri? His name is "Striped Skunk". He is a stinky little skunk and you will smell him before you see him. What makes him so funny? Well, when he is ready to squirt…
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Good Intentions?
Good Intentions? Have you noticed when reading the Bible concerning Christ’s death and resurrection that translators’ attempts to make statements clearer sometimes obfuscate the actual meaning instead? A good example is found in Luke 23:43. It reads, Jesus answered him, ”I tell you the truth today you will be with me in paradise.”…
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Does Grace Void the Law
DOES GRACE VOID THE LAW? The answer is an emphatic, no! The two work together. Grace is unmerited pardon given by God: The Ten Commandments are the Law given by God. If there is no law then no grace is needed because nothing can be considered wrong or evil. How can you have grace if there is no…
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Volume 1 – Chapter 6 – ABRAM JOURNEYS TO CANAAN
TWO YEARS after the Flood, when Noah's son Shem was a hundred years old, Shem had a son called Arphaxad. (Gen. 11:10.) When Arphaxad was thirty-five years old, he had a son named Salah. (Gen. 11:12.) Several generations went by in this manner. When about three hundred years had passed, a man by the name…
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Volume 1 – Chapter 5 – THE TOWER OF BABEL
FROM then on, all the people who came into the world descended from Noah's three sons and their wives. (Gen. 9:19.) After some years had gone by, there developed many inhabitants in the plains area south of where the ark had landed. Some of them moved farther down into the valleys of the Tigris and…
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Volume 1 – Chapter 4 – AND THE FLOOD CAME
PERHAPS few noticed on that morning the wind was a little stronger than usual. By noon there were violent gusts that grew into gales. People were forced to shelter. Strong winds weren't very unusual, but when swift-moving masses of unusually dark clouds boiled up over the horizon, residents began to worry. To add to the…
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Volume 1 – Chapter 3 – NOAH BUILDS THE ARK!
GOD LOOKED with sorrow on these human creatures He loved. He was so displeased at their refusal to abide by His rules for happy living that He decided to do an awesome thing. He would blot them out of existence by a worldwide Flood! (Gen. 6:7). God knew that if human beings were to continue…
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Volume 1 – Chapter 2 – THOU SHALT SURELY DIE!
LONG AGO God put true facts into the minds of a few men whom He chose. These men wrote out those facts in words God put into their minds. It was like God writing by using human minds. God does not lie. (Titus 1:2.) He does not make mistakes. Therefore every word written by those…
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