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Where You Put The Emphasis Matters

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The Old Cross and the New

(Written by A. W. Tozer in 1946)

All unannounced and mostly undetected there has come in modern times a new cross into popular evangelical circles. It is like the old cross, but different: the likenesses are superficial; the differences, fundamental.

From this new cross has sprung [...]

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The State of Gospelessness

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Gospelessness – [gos-puhl-less-ness] – The state of one who boasts of preaching the gospel while never actually getting around to preaching it.

A while back I was telling my Dad how we were going to start some weekly believers’ meetings and that we were going to keep the focus on Jesus and the gospel [...]

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Knowing The Times – Reloaded

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Almost one year ago, Knowing the Times hit the blogoshpere. My initial focus was to log my thoughts and persuasions in the arena of Bible prophecy. Who would have known that outing certain unscriptural giving practices was going to take center stage? As I found myself compelled to write about what seemed at the [...]

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Beck’s Red Phone Syndrome

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Glenn Beck, while challenging certain White House staff members to prove he was reporting wrong information, placed a red phone on the set of his show on the FOX News Channel. He sent the dedicated phone number to the White House by certified mail to make sure they received it and then practically begged someone, [...]

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Would The Real Word of Faith Preacher Please Stand Up?

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Recently, an acquaintance of mine questioned my regard for Word of Faith teaching due to my stance on living a generous toward others, but tithing-free lifestyle. It’s not surprising since it seems that late-comers to Word of Faith have had a gluttonous affinity for NT tithing. So, not following the pack on this one [...]

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