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Jesus told Mary, “I am Not Yet Ascended” — Didn’t He Already Go to Heaven?
Apostle’s Creed Sermon Series John 17:1-5 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given…
Read MoreIs the National Debt a Sin?
Reverend Anthony R. Locke Nehemiah 5:1-13 English Standard Version 1 Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. 2 For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep…
Read MoreDid God Pollute the Environment by Creating Oil?
Genesis 1:24-31 English Standard Version 24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their…
Read MoreRemoving the Shroud of Unbelief
Curators of antiquity surmise that the Shroud of Turin is the body wrap mentioned in John 20.
Some people think that Joseph of Arimathaea saved it and that the sheet has survived to this day.
The Shroud of Turin seems to go in and out of favor with the modern day scientist.
What do you believe? And does the Shroud help your faith or does it have no impact at all? What makes our faith grow and on what is our faith anchored?
Read MoreDid Jesus Really Descend into Hell?
Apostle’s Creed Series John 20:24-31 24 Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the…
Read MoreShould Christians Watch Sunday Football? Asked Differently — Is Tim Tebow Breaking the Sabbath?
This sermon has created a lot of conversation. The premise: that believers are not obligated to observe the Sabbath. The Sabbath was the sign of the Mosaic covenant. The Mosaic covenant is no longer binding. We are bound by the new law of love.
My opinion is that the Sabbath Commandment was the only commandment with Mosaic Law overtones. It wasn’t deleted by Jesus, but re-explained to not include Mosaic worship expectations.
The New Testament Church must still observe a seven day rest. We should sanctify a day unto the Lord. How? By worshiping publicly with God’s people. That’s how New Testament saints rest in God’s provisions and enjoy His fellowship.
The other issues of play, sports, occasional work, etc are up to the individual believer.
How do you keep the Sabbath?
Read MoreAbortion: Can We Wash Our Hands from Our Responsibility?
Deuteronomy 21:1-9 English Standard Version 1 “If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him, 2 then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the…
Read MoreTo Live, Move and Have Being
by Reverend Anthony R. Locke Acts 17:24-30 English Standard Version 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life…
Read MoreGod CAN’T Leave Your Salvation to Chance
John 6:37-44 English Standard Version 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of…
Read MoreIs Inerrancy A Bible Doctrine?
Matthew 5:17-20 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is…
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