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The History of Apostasy, Part 1

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A sheep in the wilderness

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Published January 19, 2019
Apostasy is the opposite of Godly faith. Apostasy is a false faith that produces disobedience to God and his commandments. In this sermon, Rod Reynolds discusses the historical record of apostasy against God. Understanding what has happened in the past can help us avoid the same mistakes in the future. And it can also help us to better understand the prophecies of the future and what to expect in days leading up to the return of Jesus Christ.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

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Does God Lie?

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Does God lie? Did Jesus Christ speak in parables to deceive people?

A reader asked for my comment, writing to me, “I know of someone who said that Christ deceived. He was referring to the… parable of the sower and the seed. [He inferred] that Christ used the parables to deceive people so they wouldn’t understand.” The reader went on to say that some who think of themselves as Christians justify lying if one’s motive is to achieve a “good end,” for example, “to get the abortion law altered” so there would be fewer abortions.”

Should we lie? Should we do evil that good may come?

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The Two Covenants (Part 3)

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As we’ve seen in previous installments of this series, the overall reason for the giving of the Old Covenant was because of transgressions – sin – lawlessness (Galatians 3:19). “Why then was the law [the Old Covenant] made? God gave it… because so many people were doing what was wrong” (Galatians 3:19; Bible in Worldwide English version).

But within that overall framework, there are at least five major reasons for the institution of the Old Covenant that we find in Scripture. Let’s examine these five reasons now one at a time: Continue reading →

Who Made America Great?

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In the 2016 Presidential campaign in the United States, Donald Trump campaigned with the slogan, “Let’s Make America Great Again.”

The slogan and the ideas behind it caught the public’s fancy enough that Mr. Trump was elected to become the forty-fifth President of the United States. But while it may be the desire of many Americans to “make America great again,” perhaps we ought to ask the question, who made America great in the first place?

Wherein lies America’s greatness? Who made America great? Continue reading →