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QA: Why Should We Attend Services?

My QA: Our Elders teach that our whole life is "worship". Why should we attend services? is now available in Bible Content on Misunderstood Scriptures. It is also available in Questions Answered from November, 2018.

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Recipe For Building a Better Church

Gerald Cowan's articles, Recipe for Building a Better Church and How We Can Build a Better Church, are now available in my NEW PAGE dedicated to his unpublished works, Publications from Gerald Cowan.

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Words of Wisdom Radio, February 14 - 18, 2021

My Words of Wisdom Audios are 1-minute radio lessons which are studies from the Bible for our current times. They are broadcast on www.wecoradio.com / FM 101.3 after the noon news; and they are also available in Words of Wisdom Radio, with transcripts available at Words of Wisdom Radio Transcripts. This week's lessons are:

- 14/2    Love Is Not a Valentine  
- 15/2    Love the Church of…

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Donnie Barnes' Happy New Year

Donnie Barnes' Happy New Year Resolutions is now available in Publications from Guest Authors.

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QA: Do Devout Friends Have to be Baptized?

My QA: Do devout friends have to be baptized and go to the same church to be saved with me? from September 1, 2019, is now available in Questions Answered.

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Forgiveness and Faith

Jesus Christ said: "’Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him.’ And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith" (Luke 17:3-5).

(1) Who are you to judge another person’s heart? Legislation d…

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Are You Part of the 5G Network?

Edd Sterchi's Are You Part of the 5G Network? is now available in Publications from Guest Authors.

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QA: Where Did Mother's Day Come From?

My QA: Where did Mother's Day come from? dealt with in May, 2019, is available in Questions Answered.

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The Golden Church: Sermon Slides Now Available

In light of Patrick's Day, my sermon The Golden Church, taken from Ephesians 3:8-12, is now available in Sermon Powerpoints.

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Together Again - Sermon Slides Now Available

In light of continued COVID measures, my sermon Together Again, taken from        1 Corinthians 14:23-35, is now available in Sermon Powerpoints.

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QA: Are People Wrong If They Love God?

In light of the holiday season, QUESTION: Are people wrong who love God?  - February 9, 2020

ANSWER: Jesus Christ is the discerner of who does, or does not, love God. (John 5:42) Since He knows the hearts, the rest of us must be determined by the following: "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments." (1 John 5:2) "If anyone says, 'I love G…

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The Danger of a Potluck - Sermon Slides Available

My sermon slides for The Danger of a Potluck, based on 2 Kings 4:38-41, are now available in Sermon PowerPoints.

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Bob Turner's "Abilities, Motivation, Attitude"

Bob Turner's short article, Abilities, Motivation, Attitude, focusing on Ephesians 4:11-16, is now available on Publications from Guest Authors.

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Choices of Difference: Sermon Now Available

My sermon from July 12, 2020, Galatians 6Choices of Differenceis now available in Sermon PowerPoints.

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QA: Why Does Anyone Need to Assemble?

QUESTION: If the church exists in homes, why does anyone need to assemble? - May 17, 2020 [Full answer is available in Publications On COVID Quarantine 2020]

ANSWER: Because Scripture teaches the need for assembling as saints. Our worship is NOT determined by the place, but by the action and attitude. Our word "worship" comes in two parts: 1. When Jesus quoted Isaiah 29:13 in Matthew 15:9, ... …

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QA: Why Are People Who Believe in Jesus, and Already Saved, Not Christians?

Question: Why do you feel people who believe in Jesus, and have already been saved, are not Christians? - January, 2019

Answer: What I “feel” has nothing whatever to do with what I preach and teach. And no one has been saved by their own understanding, but without doing what Jesus commands. “Feelings” do not establish “doctrine.” Jesus said: “And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines …

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