Category Archives: Repentance

Get the Beam Out of Your Own Eye, Already!

11And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, … Continue reading

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Jesus Brought a Sword and not Peace

34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and … Continue reading

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The Blame Game, or “It’s Not My Fault”

Just when you thought you’d heard it all… ROME (AP) — Seven scientists and other experts went on trial on manslaughter charges Tuesday for allegedly failing to sufficiently warn residents before a devastating 2009 earthquake that killed more than 300 … Continue reading

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Anger and Hatred? Or, Just the Truth?

When you look at the prophets and even Jesus, you can see that people were willing to label them as troublemakers.   Consider: 1. Jeremiah was accused of spying for Babylon. 2. Elijah was accused of being the one who caused … Continue reading

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Earth Shattering News

Well, I woke up Monday to some earth shattering news.  I flipped from a news broadcast about Kim Kardashian’s wedding to another news broadcast with the top headline of … Kim Kardashian’s wedding.  No, it does not seem that the … Continue reading

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False Teacher James Malm Makes More Dubious and Dangerous Claims About the Unpardonable Sin

For all his pontificating and supposed calling of the Churches of God to repentance, James Malm has certainly undercut his own supposed reason for his blog recently by claiming that those who do not make it in this age are … Continue reading

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Unworthy to Take the Passover

 27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.  28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and … Continue reading

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Right in His Own Eyes

I kicked off the Book of Judges study series discussing the dual themes of lack of centralized control and lack of internal constraints.  While the former was much of the impetus behind actually putting some of my own studies down … Continue reading

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Repentance and the Church

Rev 2:5: “…except thou repent.” v 16: “Repent…” v 21: "And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not." v 22: "Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with … Continue reading

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The Bible is Never Popular

 22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. (Luke 6:22, King James Version) An … Continue reading

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