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    Church Dedication Service

    We are dedicating our new church faciliy this Sunday and I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas for the service. I have put together a slide show of the building of the new church and have a couple of songs in mind -- but really need some input on what you've seen or been a part of that...
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    Vegas Style Tithing

    Had an interesting conversation with my Mother and Father-in-law the other day. They are believers (charismatic, but we'll save that for another thread) but they also go to Vegas regularly and gamble. While they were talking about their latest trip I asked them a question -- "Suppose you won...
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    User Friendly Churches

    The church today seems a lot off balanced. We have entered the age where we are trying to make our services appealing to sinners in order to get them to attend. Some churches have even passed out textbooks that teach them how to make their church a "user friendly" church. But my thought is...
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    predestination

    Does God predestine according to foreknowledge? Romans 8:29 -- "For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son . . ." and 1 Peter1:1-2 -- ". . . who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father . . ." At first glance these verses...
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    judas iscariot

    I am new to the forum so forgive me if I don't do everything quite right. My question has to do with Judas Iscariot. Was he saved? I have definate opinions about it and would like to discuss it with whoever is interested. What I find from Scipture is that Judas was constantly characterized...