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“We are only guaranteed our last heartbeat.”

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No one is promised tomorrow. This piece explores why the certainty of death should push us toward the certainty of Christ, not fear.

The power of the pulpit should come from the Lord and not from the charisma of the pastor.

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Pulpit power isn't pastoral charisma - it's the Holy Spirit working through preached truth to convict, convert, and sanctify hearts.

Life is short and death is eternal.

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Life passes quickly, but death opens onto eternity forever fixed. This piece considers what that means for how we live now.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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Voltaire's warning still stands: false belief always precedes cruelty, and only truth in Christ can guard the heart from both.

Swimming Against the Current: The Mark of Spiritual Life

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A dead fish floats downstream with no resistance - a living faith swims against the culture's current, straining toward Christ every day.

“If you think one political party is right and the other party is evil, the problem with our politics is you.“

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Tribal politics reveals a heart problem Scripture names as pride and idolatry-not which party you back, but who you worship.

“It is not wrong to have such an intimate relationship with God that you even pray for a parking spot.”

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God welcomes the small requests, not just the big ones. Intimacy with Him means bringing every detail, even a parking spot.

There is nothing “beyond Religion.” Creation is the beginning, and eternity waits at the end.

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No one steps outside God's story. From creation to eternity, every worldview answers to the same Author.

If Unbelievers are right, oh well. If Biblical Christians are right, OH NO! Today is the day of Salvation (2 Cor. 6:2).  

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Unbelief risks everything on a coin flip; Biblical faith rests on Christ's finished work. Today is still the day of grace.

Science asks more questions over time than it answers. God answers it all.

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Science keeps generating fresh mysteries with each new discovery, but only God offers complete, certain, and eternal answers to every question.

Prayer is the greatest expression of faith because it takes our efforts offline. 

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Prayer proves we've stopped relying on our own strength and started trusting God with what we cannot control ourselves at all.

Many who go down the road of “deconstruction” never make the turn toward ”reconstruction”, and sadly fall off the edge.

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Deconstructing faith without rebuilding on Christ leaves people spiritually homeless, exposed to doubt, despair, and unbelief.

Tears wiped away in Heaven (Rev. 21:4) will be partly due to how we squandered the power of prayer on earth.

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Heaven's tears may trace to prayers we left unprayed. This quote confronts how lightly we treat intercession's real power.

Sometimes God answers our prayers by not answering our requests.

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God sometimes answers prayer by saying no. His silence is not absence; it is often His deeper mercy at work in our lives.

Leaving a Bible believing church full of sinners just because of sin, is a sin.

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Every congregation is full of sinners. Walking away from one over that fact can itself be a sin against grace.

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Contending for Truth in a Culture Adrift

This week: the Babylon Bee sues over AI satire rules, Iranian and Nigerian Christians face persecution, universalist candidates stir debate, and polls chart America's fading certainty about God.
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Peace Beyond Willpower: Trusting God’s Strength Daily

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A wife's honest reflection on prayer, Scripture memorization, and why lasting peace depends on God's strength, not our own willpower.

Young Men Returning to Faith: A Prodigal Son’s Story

In the News Daryl Wilson -
A Gallup poll shows young American men returning to faith - and one writer's family history shows why that return matters so much.

Campus Evangelism: Three Disturbing Shifts in Students

In the News Jeff Hilles -
Fifty years of campus ministry reveal three shifts: truth denial, Biblical illiteracy, and rising despair reshaping evangelism today.

Critical Thinking and the Bible: Does Scripture Hold Up?

In the News Stephanie Margos -
From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the conquest of Canaan, this piece takes on Christianity's toughest objections directly and unapologetically.

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What You Need to Hear: Are You Ready for God’s Truth?

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Scripture doesn't exist to flatter us. It's meant to correct, convict, and heal - even when that message is hard to receive.

How the Holy Spirit’s Conviction Leads to Repentance

Randy DeVaul -
The Holy Spirit's conviction isn't condemnation - it's mercy, exposing sin so grace and repentance can do their healing work.

Biblical View of Productivity: Trusting God With Your Time

JM Troppello -
A quieter business day, a niece driven to VBS, and an answered prayer - one writer's reminder that God doesn't need your hustle to work.

Kenosis Theology: What Philippians 2 Teaches About Christ

Jeff Hilles -
Kenotic theology claims Christ set aside His divine attributes to become human - here's why that idea doesn't hold up under Scripture.

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Contending for Truth in a Culture Adrift

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This week: the Babylon Bee sues over AI satire rules, Iranian and Nigerian Christians face persecution, universalist candidates stir debate, and polls chart America's fading certainty about God.
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Famous Atheists Who Became Christians

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An Oxford atheist argued with friends until Christianity made more sense than materialism. These stories of scientists, journalists, and scholars who crossed from unbelief to faith still challenge and inspire.
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Why God created man?

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God created man in His image and with a purpose, but Adam lost it chasing God's likeness. Every hard thing since then is part of a plan already in motion to conform us to the image of His Son.
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“The Rod and the Staff are a symbol…”

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The rod and staff symbolize protection and guidance, with the cross embodying God’s justice and mercy.
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One World Religion – From the Pope

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Pope Francis told a Singapore interfaith gathering that all religions are different languages leading to the same God. Revelation warns of exactly this convergence, and the signs are worth taking seriously.
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Young Men Returning to Faith: A Prodigal Son’s Story

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A Gallup poll shows young American men returning to faith - and one writer's family history shows why that return matters so much.
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How to Love God with All Your Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength

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The article explores loving God, growing in Christ, prioritizing His kingdom, and aligning life with His will. There is a need for a genuine relationship with God and loving Him with all one’s heart, mind, soul, and strength.
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The Argument Between Creation and Evolution

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The article explores the creation vs. evolution debate, examining perspectives, the fossil record, and evolutionary mechanisms. It also highlights the mystery of the universe’s origin and the Christian theological perspective.
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We are Defined by our Perception of God

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A deer strains for leaves just beyond its reach, and so do we when grasping the nature of God. Expanding our perception of who He truly is reshapes everything: our emotions, our choices, and our capacity to love Him more deeply.
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Three Major Ways Satan Tries to Get Us

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Satan rarely charges in loud. He warms us slowly, pulls our eyes to the physical, and quietly distorts who Christ is. Knowing his three tactics is the first step to standing firm in the armor of God.
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Living With an Eternal Mindset

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A father counting down days until he drives his son to college glimpses what Jesus meant by preparing a place for us. The ache of that coming separation makes the reunion sweeter, and eternity closer.
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Bearing Fruit that Lasts

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Busy schedules and packed ministry calendars can mask a quiet drought within. The nine qualities Paul names in Galatians 5 are not moral achievements but evidence of a life rooted in Christ, and they only grow through abiding, not striving.
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Peace Beyond Willpower: Trusting God’s Strength Daily

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A wife's honest reflection on prayer, Scripture memorization, and why lasting peace depends on God's strength, not our own willpower.
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Living Out Christian Faith in a Secular Environment

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In today’s world, people of faith often find themselves...
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It Is Well With My Soul: The Story Behind the Hymn

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Born from one of the most heartbreaking tragedies in hymn history, "It Is Well With My Soul" anchors believers in the unshakable hope of the Gospel through every storm of life.
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Biblical Terms for Hell: Gehenna, Sheol, Hades, and the Lake of Fire

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The Bible names Hell in several ways - Gehenna, Sheol, Hades, Tartarus, and the Lake of Fire - each describing a distinct reality.
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Not Fake News: He Is Risen… He is Risen Indeed!

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The empty tomb on Easter Sunday is the foundation of Christian hope. Because Jesus rose from the dead, believers can rest in a finished salvation, a living Savior, and the promise of eternal life.

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What the Bible Actually Says About Pride and Homosexuality

Scripture does not open with a rule about sex—it opens with a design. From Genesis to Romans to a single past-tense word in First Corinthians, the Bible's case is clear and consistent and offers hope for every sinner on the list.

Why did the female minister go to bed?

Scripture reserves the pastoral office for qualified men. Here's a gentle, verse-by-verse look at why and what the SBC's 2025 vote revealed about the debate.

Church: You’d Love To Help, But Stacking Chairs is not Your Spiritual Gift

God doesn't only use our strengths. Sometimes He calls us into the work we'd rather skip, reminding us that every member of His body matters.

Bible Receives Modern Update With ‘Morally Gray Edition’

A Babylon Bee satire imagines a "Morally Gray Edition" of the Bible that removes God's absolute moral standards. The joke lands because progressive theology really is trying to soften Scripture.

Besides Adam and Eve, what person in the Bible had no earthly parents?

Joshua led Israel into the Promised Land after Moses died, conquered Canaan in obedience to God, and pointed forward to Jesus through his very name, which means "Yahweh saves."

Daily Bible Reading: Why No Christian Should Regret Time in the Word.

A satirical Babylon Bee headline pokes fun at our excuses, but the punchline is should not be true... no Christian has ever truly regretted opening the Bible. Here is why daily Scripture reading must be your soul's first meal of the day.

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Young Men Returning to Faith: A Prodigal Son’s Story

A Gallup poll shows young American men returning to faith - and one writer's family history shows why that return matters so much.
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Campus Evangelism: Three Disturbing Shifts in Students

Fifty years of campus ministry reveal three shifts: truth denial, Biblical illiteracy, and rising despair reshaping evangelism today.
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DSA Religious Socialists: A Coalition Built Without Christ

A socialist coalition invokes Dorothy Day, Malcolm X, and liberation theologians as religious cover, but their theology diverges sharply from Scripture.
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Critical Thinking and the Bible: Does Scripture Hold Up?

From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the conquest of Canaan, this piece takes on Christianity's toughest objections directly and unapologetically.
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Getting Right with God Before the Diagnosis Comes

A woman facing terminal cancer got baptized to 'get right with Him' - and her son followed her into the water that same day.
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Christianity and Division: What Truth Claims Reveal

Christianity's critics call it divisive, but every claim of objective truth divides people, Jesus included, and that isn't a flaw.
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Abortion Up to Birth: A Biblical Christian Response

Massachusetts now permits abortion up to birth. A Biblical Christian response to what Scripture says about life in the womb.
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Biblical Terms for Hell: Gehenna, Sheol, Hades, and the Lake of Fire

The Bible names Hell in several ways - Gehenna, Sheol, Hades, Tartarus, and the Lake of Fire - each describing a distinct reality.
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Grace and Mercy: What They Actually Mean for Trusting God

A reflection on the difference between grace and mercy, and why trusting God with daily worries brings more peace than trying to control everything.
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Forgiveness and Justice: A Gospel Answer to an Agnostic’s Anger

A store clerk's inverted cross sparked a real conversation about oppression, forgiveness, and whether God's justice can be trusted.
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Alive in Christ: How God Raises the Spiritually Dead

Before Christ we weren't wounded but dead - Ephesians 2 explains how God's grace alone brings the spiritually lifeless to life.
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Make Disciples: Why the Church Quits After the Beginning

A wedding charge to mentor newlyweds and the Great Commission's call to make disciples share the same overlooked ending we all need to fix.
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Why Church Attendance Is Declining Across America

Church membership in America has fallen below half the population for the first time in decades. What's really behind the drop?
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Entire Sanctification: Can Christians Stop Sinning on Earth?

A reader's question about 1 John 3:6 leads to what Scripture actually says about sin, sanctification, and Paul's own struggle.
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Is God Morally Evil? What Scripture Says About His Justice

Atheists call God cruel for His judgments, but Scripture reveals a holy God who disciplines in justice and offers mercy through Christ.

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Comparing Churches with and without a ‘Statement of Faith’

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A reader argued that posting a Statement of Faith repels seekers before they ever walk through the door. But a church with no doctrine may have no anchor, and the difference matters eternally.

He Calls His Sheep By Name

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At dawn, shepherds called each sheep by name and only their own flock responded. Jesus claims that same intimate bond with His own, the ones who hear His voice through the noise of every competing call.

Fulfilled Prophesy and the Atheist – Part 1 of 2 

Jeff Hilles -
This two-part article results from a simple and reasonable...

He Is: The Eternal Nature and Majesty of God

Donald Pay -
When you bow at the feet of Jesus in...

How to Love God with All Your Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength

Gabriel Ololade -
The article explores loving God, growing in Christ, prioritizing His kingdom, and aligning life with His will. There is a need for a genuine relationship with God and loving Him with all one’s heart, mind, soul, and strength.

This world is evil, but two are still better than one.

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Oppression with no comforter, toil that ends in loneliness, a world so broken Solomon envied the dead. Yet even there he found a sliver of hope: two are better than one, and the Source of that bond points beyond this world.

Ask And Keep On Asking

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Jesus commanded us to ask and keep on asking in faith, not nag out of selfish desires. We should align our prayers with God’s will, seeking His kingdom and daily provision, rather than material wealth.

Where do we find happiness in today’s world, and where is home?

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Happiness eludes even the most comfortable lives, but Paul wrote his most joyful letter from a prison cell. True joy is not tied to circumstances but to knowing God holds every chain for a purpose.

Devotions

Faithful in Little Things: A Father’s Prayer for Grace

Rich Holt -
When we excuse small disobedience as harmless, we teach our hearts - and our children - that God's rules are negotiable. Today's devotional calls us back to faithful, wholehearted love.

No Other Name: The Only Way We Can Be Saved

Rich Holt -
Like the ugly duckling who discovered he was a swan, some treat Jesus as a mere success story. Peter's bold words in Acts remind us salvation is found in Him alone.

Walking the Two Tracks: Salvation and Sanctification in His Name

Rich Holt -
When Peter healed the lame man in Jesus' name, he revealed the full meaning behind Jesus Christ of Nazareth: God's salvation, humble origins, and the Anointed One who make our sanctification possible.

Give an Account: Walking in the Spirit Today

Rich Holt -
A CPA's insight on giving an account becomes a picture of walking in the Spirit, where one act of kindness reflects the King's work in us.

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Contending for Truth in a Culture Adrift

News Portal Jeff Hilles Jeff Hilles -
This week: the Babylon Bee sues over AI satire rules, Iranian and Nigerian Christians face persecution, universalist candidates stir debate, and polls chart America's fading certainty about God.
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Peace Beyond Willpower: Trusting God’s Strength Daily

JM Troppello JM Troppello -
A wife's honest reflection on prayer, Scripture memorization, and why lasting peace depends on God's strength, not our own willpower.
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What You Need to Hear: Are You Ready for God’s Truth?

Jeff Hilles Jeff Hilles -
Scripture doesn't exist to flatter us. It's meant to correct, convict, and heal - even when that message is hard to receive.
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Young Men Returning to Faith: A Prodigal Son’s Story

Daryl Wilson Daryl Wilson -
A Gallup poll shows young American men returning to faith - and one writer's family history shows why that return matters so much.
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Faithful in Little Things: A Father’s Prayer for Grace

Rich Holt Rich Holt -
When we excuse small disobedience as harmless, we teach our hearts - and our children - that God's rules are negotiable. Today's devotional calls us back to faithful, wholehearted love.
In the News

Campus Evangelism: Three Disturbing Shifts in Students

Jeff Hilles Jeff Hilles -
Fifty years of campus ministry reveal three shifts: truth denial, Biblical illiteracy, and rising despair reshaping evangelism today.
Biblical Theology

How the Holy Spirit’s Conviction Leads to Repentance

Randy DeVaul Randy DeVaul -
The Holy Spirit's conviction isn't condemnation - it's mercy, exposing sin so grace and repentance can do their healing work.
Biblical Theology

Biblical View of Productivity: Trusting God With Your Time

JM Troppello JM Troppello -
A quieter business day, a niece driven to VBS, and an answered prayer - one writer's reminder that God doesn't need your hustle to work.
Devotion

No Other Name: The Only Way We Can Be Saved

Rich Holt Rich Holt -
Like the ugly duckling who discovered he was a swan, some treat Jesus as a mere success story. Peter's bold words in Acts remind us salvation is found in Him alone.
Devotion

Walking the Two Tracks: Salvation and Sanctification in His Name

Rich Holt Rich Holt -
When Peter healed the lame man in Jesus' name, he revealed the full meaning behind Jesus Christ of Nazareth: God's salvation, humble origins, and the Anointed One who make our sanctification possible.

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Question #27: Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ?

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Answer: No, only those who are elected by...

Question #39: With what attitude should we pray?

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Answer: With love, perseverance, and gratefulness; in humble submission...

Question #44: What is baptism?

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Water poured in the name of the Trinity is more than ritual. Baptism publicly seals a believer's adoption into Christ, the washing away of sin, and a lifelong belonging to God and His people.

Question #3: How many persons are there in God?

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Answer: There are three persons in the one...

Question #15: Since no one can keep the law, what is its purpose?

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Answer: That we may know the holy nature...

Question #35: What is our only hope in life and death?

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Answer: That we are not our own but...

Question #31: What do we believe by true faith?

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Answer: Everything taught to us in the gospel....

Question #21: What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?

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Answer: One who is truly human and also...

Question #45: Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?

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Only the blood of Christ and the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from sin,

Question #40: What should we pray?

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Answer: The whole Word of God directs and inspires...