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Our Bodies Matter

  12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. . . . I will not be enslaved by anything. 13 “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, . . . 14 And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a […]

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‘Hate-filled’ Westboro not Southern Baptist

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–An independent Baptist church famous for its hate-filled protests is back in the news, and one Southern Baptist leader wants to make clear to the public that the church has no affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention.

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Atheism: The Faith of the Fatherless

   Sigmund Freud felt contempt for his father, Jacob. After all, Jacob was weak and unable to provide for his family, relying instead on money from relatives. When persecuted for his Jewish heritage, the elder Freud allowed ruffians to knock his hat off and call him a “dirty Jew.” Jacob also was a sexual pervert1 whose sins caused his children to suffer acutely. Yet he spent hours studying the Bible and other Jewish literature with his son. So it should have been no surprise when Sigmund associated God with his weak, perverted father and rejected Him.2

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Herbert Spencer (1820-1903): Prophetic Critic of Socialism

   “The function of Liberalism in the past was that of putting a limit to the powers of kings. The function of true Liberalism in the future will be that of putting a limit to the powers of Parliaments.”1 These words of the British philosopher Herbert Spencer encapsulate the prophetic wisdom of nineteenth-century English classical liberalism, which correctly anticipated that restraining the power of government would be the principal challenge of politics in the democratic age.

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The Worship of Feelings—Dallas Willard (1935 – )

  Since receiving his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1964, Dallas Willard has served the University of Wisconsin, the University of Southern California, U.C.L.A., and the University of Colorado, either as a regular faculty member or through visiting appointments. Adept in the history of ideas, he is well qualified to put contemporary hedonism in perspective.

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Men’s Bible Study Method’s Class

 The next Bible study methods class for men will be 5 PM, Sunday, April 18 at the First Baptist Church of Perryville, MD. Even if you do not come to the study, you can learn and practice this method to grow and stay fresh in your study. Men can come without doing the assignment and still learn. But you will learn more if you take the time to study and practice this method. This month’s Bible study method is about paraphrasing.  Here is the assignment:

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War of the Worlds – The Dangers of Online Escapism

   This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship president Mark Earley. The irony could not possibly be crueler. A South Korean couple let their 3-month-old baby starve to death at home while they spent all their time at Internet cafes — raising a virtual child.

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