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Casting The Children’s Bread To Dogs

Casting The Children’s Bread To Dogs What did Jesus mean when He said don’t give children’s food to dogs? FIVE THINGS YOU DON’T NEED IN ORDER TO BE AN EFFECTIVE MINISTER OF JESUS CHRIST One of the verses to which you refer is Matthew 15:26- “But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and…

Steps to Victory Over Cigarettes

Practical and Biblical Steps to Victory Over Cigarettes The Gospel of Christ, and It’s DeclarationLetter to David Reagan(the author of the article) I am a born again believer and I can’t put my cigarette smoking habit away. How do I overcome this? I will not take the pain and deny my flesh for too long, and it really discourages me….

Vow, Oath, Swear and Pledge

I will start from the general definition of the terms and then get to your particular situation.The four terms you mention–vow, oath, swear, and pledge–are referring to three very different situations. Only three, because swear and oath go together. In the Bible, to swear is to make an oath and an oath is what someone swears. Consider these meanings: Oath,…

Christ and Death Penalty

Would Jesus Oppose the Death Penalty? Reagan, David Scripture Passage: Matthew 5:17 While campaigning for the presidency, George W. Bush was interviewed by Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly pointed out that Bush had named Jesus Christ as his model political philosopher and suggested that this might be a contradiction with Bush’s own support of the death penalty. Bush replied, “I can’t justify…

Is It Sinful for Women to Wear Pants?

What about Women Wearing Pants? How to be Filled with the Spirit I have to admit that I dread answering this one. Is it sinful for women to wear pants in this modern society that we live in? Not that it is unimportant and not that it is an improper question. It is a good question. But it seems to…

Culture and the Bible

Culture and the Bible In Noah Webster’s 1828 dictionary, there is no meaning of the word culture as it can be used at times today. The 1828 meaning basically defines it as any labor for improvement or growth. When did this word change its meaning? The reason I was thinking about this is because some people who call themselves Christian…