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#1 The traditional account of the birth of Jesus includes a number of critical flaws. These include: Joseph was a royal, which meant he was from the family of King David. Bethlehem was known as the City of David. Everyone knew that Jerusalem was the City of David.
#2 The traditional Christmas story, that Jesus was born the same night the holy family arrived in Bethlehem,...
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#1 The Bible tells the story of how God brought judgment on the world due to the lawlessness and violence of humanity. Only Noah, a righteous man, and his family were spared.
#2 The first book of the Bible is about God and his continuing relationship with his creation, including his disappointments and the actions he takes to overcome obstacles.
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#1 When I was in high school, I went to a Christian camp in Muscatine, Iowa, with my girlfriend Kris. I was not particularly open to spiritual things, but when I prayed, something powerful happened. I went to breakfast a new person.
#2 I had no idea that I would go to college in Grand Rapids and become a bookaholic, buying books with money I didn't have. I had no idea...
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#1 In session 1, we introduce the often overlooked, underrated, and misunderstood command to love ourselves. We often quote the saying, Love what God loves, hate what God hates, and don't get them mixed up. But many Christ followers struggle with the opposite: hating what God loves — themselves.
#2 I have learned that you can't chop out the second half of the verse...
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#1 The four initial stages of meditation are: making the groundwork and foundations solid, then moving on to the bliss states of meditation. You should spend a lot of time making the groundwork and foundations solid, then move on to the higher stories when they are ready.
#2 When you work with your mind, you find that it is so strange. The mind can do wonderful and unexpected...
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#1 The experience of a life without lack depends on the presence of God in our lives, because the source of this life is God himself. We must come to an awareness in our own minds concerning the nature of God.
#2 The most important thing about your mind is what it is fixated on. The ultimate freedom you have as an individual is the ability to select what you will allow...
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#1 The first hint by Jesus to his parents about what they would have to expect was the saying above, which was the first indication that his life would be completely dedicated to God. All parents should start their children on the right road in life by making them proficient in contacting God and doing everything with God consciousness.
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#1 The offense of prayer is that it does not essentially tie in to mental efficiency. It is conditioned by one thing alone: spirituality. One does not need to be spiritual to preach, but preaching cannot be done without spirituality.
#2 The church today is standing on the sidewalk, watching with frustration as the sin-dominated evil geniuses of Moscow strut down the...
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#1 The desire to cheat death and live forever, to achieve immortality apart from God, has been a driving force throughout history. As for Jones, a few weeks after the initial call, a specialist realized there had been an error in the diagnosis.
#2 Jones's research found that much of philosophy is dedicated to conquering the fear of death. For example, Plato wrote that...
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#1 The Church has long lacked a ministry dedicated to casting out demons, and as a result, most victims of demonic oppression have been left to suffer without any help from the Church.
#2 The ministry of expelling demons is important for evangelism. It demonstrates the existence of two opposing spiritual kingdoms: the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan. It also...
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#1 I was called to leave the room. I was compelled to leave college, and I felt a deep, undeniable summons disturb my sleep. I was ready to meet the source of the summons.
#2 I was a new Christian, and I was consumed with a new passion: to study Scripture and learn how to pray. I wanted to make my life count for Christ.
#3 The beginning of Genesis 1 is not the start...
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#1 The Christian leader of the future is called to be irrelevant, and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but their own vulnerable self. That is the way Jesus revealed God's love.
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#1 I was very unhappy during that period, personally, professionally, and emotionally, and my life was feeling like a failure on all levels. I wrote a letter to God, asking him what I had done to deserve a life of struggle, and how I could get it working.
#2 The tools of communication are feelings, thoughts, and experience. The challenge is to distinguish between messages...
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#1 We demand truth in nearly every aspect of our lives, but we refuse to accept religious and moral truth. We simply don't want to be held accountable to any moral standards or religious doctrine.
#2 Truth is not relative, but absolute. It is what corresponds to its object, and it describes an actual state of affairs. Truth is not affected by the attitude of the one...
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#1 Patriarchy is the natural rulership of men. It is what makes society function, and it is not something that can be changed. Men were made to rule, and they always will.
#2 The natural state of the world is patriarchy, which is the rule of men. But because patriarchy is contrary to God's law, it can be turned to unnatural ends. Evil patriarchy is that which does not...
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#1 My mother's family history is rich with tradition. She told me stories of when she was a little girl, and I loved hearing about her family's history. It gave me a sense of continuity.
#2 We have lost our culture and our faith, and we are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We have adopted a bourgeois mediocrity that would make it seem like...
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#1 I had come to visit the anti-church, a shrine to the science and reason that many skeptics believe squeezes out the legitimacy of faith. I was meeting my polar opposite: a skeptic who had turned from faith to doubt.
#2 I wanted to interview Shermer because I wanted to hear his side of the story about miracles. I wanted to understand why he was against them, and I...
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#1 I was born a member of the only church on Earth whose congregation was going to heaven. I was taught from birth what happened to everyone who wasn't. I loved to write down the torments of hell in my notebook, because that's where my church said you were headed.
#2 I was taught from a young age that outside of the WBC, life was full of sin and corruption. I was afraid...
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#1 We must experience God's holiness, because words will not do. God must be experienced. This is a frightening proposition, because few people have been able to contain the joy after such an encounter.
#2 I had questions about the holy subject, and I wanted an answer for: If God is holy, then He can't sin. If God can't sin, then He can't sin against me. If He can't...
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#1 Treat yourself to a slow walk through your neighborhood. Notice the gift of life that your breath is, and take time to think about your breathing as you walk. Notice things of beauty that might have never appeared beautiful to you in the past.
#2 Pay attention to the world around you and observe the people around you. When you are waiting in a line, watch for the...
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