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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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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Brief Evaluation of Problems with The Christian Passover, by Fred Coulter
By: Dr. James Ricks and Natalie Ricks Brief Evaluation of Problems with The Christian Passover, by Fred Coulter Fred Coulter theorizes that Ezra the Prophet made editing mistakes as he chronicled the Book of Deuteronomy. Is this because the Book of Deuteronomy does not agree with Mr. Coulter's Passover Theory? The basic conclusion of the theory…
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Climate Change And Its Prophetic Implications
By: Dr. James and Natalie Ricks What's So Bad about Carbon Dioxide? Environmentalists and politicians decry that we are all going to be killed because of the carbon dioxide (greenhouse gases) that our industries and cars emit around the world. They are planning on changing our entire way of life because of faulty science. Our…
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Four C's for More Bible Understanding
By: Dr. James and Natalie Ricks Commitment Commit ones heart to God Mt. 11:25, 1 Cor. 2:14, Mt 7:21, Ja. 1:22 Constancy Constantly continue to seek God. Ask God for insight, and every day for guidance. Prov. 16:2, 25, Ps. 119:18-34, Isa. 59:2 Consistency God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Heb. 13:8. Nothing…
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New Moons
By: Dr. James Ricks Are New Moons Celebrations Necessary Today? The common wisdom and understanding of God’s Church down through many centuries has been that New Moons were special days in ancient Israel, but were not raised to the level of Holy Days and Convocations which we are commanded to keep in Leviticus 23, Numbers…
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The New Testament Passover Service
THE N.T. PASSOVER SERVICE MUSIC is played before services begin. It allows people to file in, help set up the room as needed and then get themselves in the proper respectful LOVING APPRECIATIVE mood. We all thoughtfully wait for Sunset and darkness while listening to the music. Read Aloud I Cor. 11:26-33 John 6:44-58 7:15-8:…
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Difficult Scriptures
By: Dr. James Ricks Romans 14:1-6 No major teacher of Christianity was in Rome at the time when this epistle was written. Therefore Paul is explaining the very basics to the Roman brethren. The people he is teaching thru this letter are all Jews or Jewish Proselytes because no Apostle has as yet been in…
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