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    Formal Debate - Baptism [moved from Formal Debate Proposals]

    Baptism is God’s terms of surrender. Baptism is our signal to God we have accepted Christ’s gospel. Baptism is “calling on the name of the Lord.” Baptism is being unified with Christ in his death, burial and resurrection. Baptism is “clothing&#8221...
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    A-Millennium

    A-Millennium - Like the post-mil view, the amillennial doctrine does not believe that the thousand years is literal, but unlike the post-mil view, Amillennialists do not believe that the thousand years described in Revelation 20 indicates the rule of Christ on earth. Rather, those who have died...
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    Marriage – Divorce – Remarriage

    To understand the concept of marriage, we need to go back to the ideal of God purpose of marriage. It is very important to realize that God is Holy, and that he has a ideal. Since God had a ideal, that doesn’t mean man did what he wanted. God ideal for marriage included a male and a...
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    Purgatory

    The Roman Catholic Church teaches that those who are perfect at death are admitted to heaven. Those who are not perfectly cleansed and are still tainted with the guilt of venial sins, however, do not go to heaven but rather go to purgatory where they allegedly go through a process of cleansing...
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    Will We Know Each Other In Heaven?

    Will we know each other in heaven? There will be no "marriage and giving in marriage." The Sadducees objected to the realities of heaven by submitting the problem of one recognizing a plurality of wives in heaven. But our Lord emphasized that in glory land of the redeemed there will be no...
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    The Importance of Baptism

    One doesn't have to listen to the radio or TV on Sunday very long until you hear some preacher belittleing the importance of baptism. People will tell you they have been sprinkled, poured, and immersed, and there's nothing to any of them. It is odd that these teachers don't charge Naaman the...
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    Is "Living in Adultery" A Biblical Concept

    The Greek present tense in Matt. 19:9 and Mark 10:11,12 does not support the idea of a continuous state of adultery. The argument for the concept of living in adultery is based upon a refusal to acknowledge that divorce terminates marriage. Jesus did not deny that, but some of us do. "If...
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    Numbers in the Scriptures

    Have you ever wondered why numbers in the Scriptures seem to be important? Many writers have called attention to this great subject. May we not look for and expect to find numbers used not only with the same wondrous design but here, with significance also? Every Word of God’s Book is in...
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    Will We Know Each Other In Heaven?

    Will we know each other in heaven? There will be no "marriage and giving in marriage." The Sadducees objected to the realities of heaven by submitting the problem of one recognizing a plurality of wives in heaven. But our Lord emphasized that in glory land of the redeemed there will be no...