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“Strange Fire”

   by John MacArthur Have the miraculous sign gifts in the New Testament like apostleship, prophecy, healing, and tongues ceased or do they continue today? John MacArthur answers that question in a new book.  Here, Dr. MacArthur briefly summarizes the biblical reasons why he concludes that those gifts have ceased and are not operative today. Ed.

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Does the Qur’an Incite Violence?1

 Dr. Mark Durie is vicar of St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Caulfield, Melbourne, Australia. He is fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities and the author of Revelation? Do We Worship the Same God? Jesus, Holy Spirit, God in Christianity and Islam.

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Invest Sensibly in the Future….Yours!

  17 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. 18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, 19 thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. 1 Timothy 6:17-19 (ESV)

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“Muscular Christianity” and the Transformation of Sport

  One of the most striking social changes in England in the Victorian era (1837-1900) was the way in which the cruel sports like cock-fighting and bear-baiting, which had been such a feature of the previous century,1 were gradually replaced by new mass spectator sports like football (rugby and soccer), cricket, and tennis. As one historian has put it, this together with the widespread establishment of new public parks and sports grounds “contributed to the emancipation of the body and mind of millions. They have altered the spirit and the physique of our people.”2

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Idleness is the Hour of Temptation – Ralph Venning (c. 1622 – 1674)

  Ralph Venning was co-pastor of a London Non-conformist (non-Anglican) church and an editor of the first English lexicon of New Testament Greek. In this passage from his book The Plague of Plagues, he, in effect, argues that “the idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” But he also lifts up the positive – that a mind occupied with God’s calling is safe and fruitful. The message and contemporary application are quite clear.

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The City of Man and the Verdict of God

  1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” 5 And […]

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There Goes the Bride—The Decline of Church Discipline, 19th Century

  Pastor William B. Johnson addressed Elizabeth Jones, whom the church had just dismissed for habitual sin. He reminded her of the obligations she had taken upon herself when she claimed the name of Christ—and of her failure to meet these obligations. Though hers was an “awful censure,” his words were “enforced upon her heart & conscience with encouraging words to induce her to turn from the error of her ways to the Lord for mercy & pardon.”1

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