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What Does it Mean to Rightly Divide the Word of Truth?

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When you open your mouth to talk about God, how much do you care about being true? How much do you care about correctly representing that God? How much do you care about being a faithful witness to the very King you claim to speak on His behalf? I care to tell you, without a doubt, that most of the problems we are facing in the Church today are a direct consequence of careless men when dealing with Biblical truth. Men of loose tongues, who are not afraid, and certainly unmoved by the fact that most people who listen to our messages will live to hear us for the last time on this earth. Hence there is nothing in this wide world that is as serious as the delivery of God's word, in a way that God would have us deliver it, whether anybody likes it or not. If you care enough about these things, then you are moving in the right direction. Here are things that you must do in that regard…  1.) Believe the inspiration of Scripture - Fundamental to all Christian truth is that the Bible is t...

Is it the Job of the Church to Solve the Problems of the People?

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I was thinking about the idea of heaven a while ago and was just wondering why it seemed to be the least talked-about thing among us believers these days. Sometime in the past, you would go home after church, having been overwhelmed by the idea that this world is not our home; we are merely passing by because there is a place somewhere after death that has streets of gold and gates of pearl. A place where all our joys will be fulfilled and pleasures satisfied in the presence of the King of eternity. All that has slowly but surely disappeared, especially in the sermon notes of our preachers. It's no longer a thing of interest – sort of. I have observed that, as a replacement, the church has now projected itself as the problem-solving institution for people who are facing various challenges in this brief life. For example: “Here is our depressed teenager, they have come to church so that we can cure it.” “Here is this old granny having health issues, she must not leave this service ...