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NOT the Gospel
These statements are NOT the Gospel. The church needs to start teaching the whole Gospel which starts in the first three chapters of Genesis: God’s perfect creation, God’s first warning, Adam and Eve’s sin (the Fall), why there is death and suffering, what we need to be saved from, why we need a Savior, and …
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And God said, “that’s Very Good”!
Did you know adding millions of years into the Bible is an attack on the character of God and His Word? In Genesis 1:31 God calls everything He made “very good”. Adding millions of years would mean God called death, disease and struggle very good. However, Scripture teaches that death is an enemy (1 Cor …
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Secular thinking
Secular thinking (evolutionism and moral relativism) creates many challenges for youth ministry. Are the youth in your church being taught how to answer the following 11 challenges? How can the first chapter of Genesis be true if evolution is a fact? How can we call God good when He allows so much suffering? How can …
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Not Far Away
“If it is a religious position to say, ‘Jesus is Lord of all, and by Him and through Him all things exist,’ is it not also a religious position to say – in so many words, or lack thereof – ‘Christ and the Bible are irrelevant to our discussion of biology, physics and math?’” Christian …
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What does God want us to know in Genesis 1?
1. He is the Creator 2. He is sovereign over His creation 3. He gives us the specific order of His creation 4. He gives us how long creation took (6 literal days) 5. He tells us how He created (He spoke everything into existence) With this information we can rule out all secular ideas …
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“And God said”
Some “Christians” claim the Bible does not say how God created, therefore, He could have used the big bang. This claim is an attack on the character of God and His Word. The Bible clearly states how God created. Multiple times Scripture teaches that God spoke everything into existence by His great power (Word). Genesis …
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Man’s Opinion or Truth
What is driving the controversy about biblical creation? It is not just non-believers who promote evolutionism. It is also those in the church who refuse to believe the plain reading of God’s Word in Genesis. If Genesis 1 does not mean what it states, then when does the Bible mean what it states and how …
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Foundational first 11 chapters of the Bible
As Christians we are looking upon a new year. Any New Year’s resolutions we have should be made with the following Bible verse in mind: “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. (Proverbs 16:9).” Those steps are directed by His Word, which is a “lamp to my feet and …
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The Word of God
We cannot win the battle by using our own wisdom because the battle is a spiritual battle (2 Cor 10:3-4). Our best weapon against the teaching of evolution, all false doctrines and false religions is the Word of God and not our knowledge of science or philosophy. Scripture must be our standard. It is a …
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Turn away from the kingdom of man
Evangelism is more than merely convincing people of their need for a Savior – Jesus Christ. Evangelism is about making disciples (Mat 28:19-20). It is about helping people turn away from the kingdom of man and into the kingdom of God. Therefore, in evangelism we must be equipped and prepared to confront ideas that stand …
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Thanksgiving to our Creator
Thanksgiving to our Creator Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign …
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The Plan
The church’s uncertainty about biblical doctrines (especially creation) and its reluctance to act and train its people is a major cause of why America has abandoned a biblical worldview. Despite this growing hostility towards the Bible, we are not without hope. We have the people; we have God’s Word, and we have a plan. Now …
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Practice Apologetics
Did you know that 25 of the 27 books of the New Testament give warnings about false teachers? Did you know there are 3 verses that teach we should know and practice apologetics (1 Pet 3:15, 2 Cor 10:4-5, Jude 3)? Church leaders are also required to practice apologetics (Titus 1:9). Did you know that …
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God’s Wisdom or Man’s Wisdom
In the case of Scripture, especially the creation account in Genesis, God has revealed himself and has inspired the Scripture writers to accurately record what He has revealed. This means any interpretation must be based on drawing the true meaning out of the text (exegesis) and not what we want it to mean. Therefore, when …
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Who is training the next generation?
Over 80% of Christian youth attend public schools where they spend 30 hours each week being indoctrinated with a non-Christian Worldview. To combat this, churches have developed youth programs on Sunday and Wednesday evenings. However, in most of these youth programs students get two hours of entertainment, social time and a brief sermon that rarely …
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Avoiding Controversial Topics
Today many churches are avoiding controversial topics such as creation, hell, biblical marriage, and the sanctity of human life. It is called soft teaching. Too many are letting the culture influence the church rather than the church influencing the culture. When the church stops teaching parts of the Bible the world will supply the answers.
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Communication and Teaching Skills -Course
Christian education should consist of three components: (1) Knowledge, (2) Application, and (3) Continued Growth. However, most Christian education stops at the knowledge level. The Bible was not written just for the knowledge of its content. Christian education should equip students with the ability to defend their faith and continue to grow and mature in …
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The Nine Commandments
Is a belief in a literal 6-day creation very important? God thought it was. He wrote it down on the stone tablets in the 10 Commandments: For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, … A belief in millions of years means Commandment …
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The Golden Calf
The Hebrew word for day (yom) does not always mean a literal day. It can mean a season (Gen 4:3), some future time (Isa 30:8), years (1 Kings 1:1), age (Gen 18:11). So how do we know how to interpret yom? The answer is context! In Genesis 1 the context clearly means a literal day. …
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Are there parts of the bible we don’t believe?
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6) For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, … (Eph 2:8) … and that He rose again the third …
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Truth vs False Teaching
Throughout history people have mocked and distorted God’s Word. People have added to His Word, deleted text, and even banned the Bible. The track record is all those people are dead, and God’s Word remains unchanged. Today people are still trying to change His Word. They are distorting the foundation of the gospel by adding …
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A Sturdy Foundation
A bridge is supported by a sturdy foundation. A house is supported by a sturdy foundation. Likewise, the first three chapters of Genesis lay the foundation for the rest of the Bible, including the Gospel. So why is it so many church leaders and Christian university professors do not trust the Bible’s foundation? If the …
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Measuring Up Sunday School
How should a teacher measure their success as a teacher? While there are many factors, the most important is by what the students can do with the information they heard. The Bible says we are to be doers of the Word and not just hearers (James 1:22-25). Therefore, if the students cannot do anything with …
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Today Christianity is under great pressure
Today Christianity is under great pressure (attack) to conform to the world. The church is out-numbered, surrounded and out-financed. There is also much compromise and false teaching within the church. This is not a time to have a, “woe is me” attitude. This is a time of great opportunity. Being surrounded gives Christians the advantage …
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Go and make disciples of all nations
The church is a creation of God, founded and owned by Jesus Christ and directed and energized by the Holy Spirit. Just before Jesus returned to heaven, He commissioned His disciples with an assignment – the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). Therefore, it is the church’s mission to carry out this order. It should be and …
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6 Literal Days
“When Moses writes that God created Heaven and Earth and whatever is in them in six days, then let this period continue to have been six days, and do not venture to devise any comment according to which six days were one day. But, if you cannot understand how this could have been done in …
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