God's Law

God's Law serves an important purpose, both historically and in modern times. God's Law shows His character, His justice, and points forward to His Son, Jesus Christ.

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This Is the Way, Walk in It: Forgiving the Unforgivable

Today our world is besieged with a seemingly never-ending cycle of violence. Unfortunately, this cycle of "payback time" appears alive and well wherever humans draw breath and are willing to use their last ounce of energy to exercise their own...
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Debate About Islam Continues: Is It a Religion of Peace?

Muslim officials have declared their peaceful intentions through messages at their annual hajj. U.S. President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair have publicly praised Islam as a religion of peace. Others challenge that assertion, as the debate goes on.
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Gray Bathwater Isn't Good Enough!

My childhood experiences trying to come clean have some interesting parallels for the Christian life.
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Asking the Tough Question: Has Religion Failed?

Public figures speak warmly of all religions, attempting to foster unity and to ratchet down the hostility in the many current religious-based confrontations. But let's ask the tough question: Has religion done for mankind what it purports to do? Is...
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Restoration... Going Safely Into the Unknown

This generation is facing a time of testing unlike any it has seen. Already many from all walks of life have stepped forward to provide a stabilizing influence. The days ahead will require further resolve and heroic actions.
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God's Wake-Up Call

The United States and most other nations are at war against terrorism! In this crisis many people are returning to their churches in search of peace and comfort. Some religious leaders claim that God is displeased with the United States...
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Breaking the Spell of Harry Potter

While America wages war in a "just cause" in Afghanistan, audiences are flocking to two current movies dealing with witchcraft and sorcery. How does God view this scene? Can a nation call for God's blessing while it exports witchcraft?
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World News and Trends: Display of Ten Commandments endangered?

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a lower court's ruling that the city of Elkhart, Ind., may not keep a granite pillar engraved with the Ten Commandments on its town-hall lawn.
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Colossians 2:14 Paul Speaks of “Ordinances” Nailed to a Cross: What Does This Mean?

Was God's Law done away through Jesus's first coming?
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America's Religious Roots

America's citizens "all were reared in a British climate of opinion, with the Ten Commandments at the back of their minds, when not in the forefront."
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Written by the Finger of God

God is looking for people who recognize the importance of His law -- who want to have God write it on their hearts.
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In Brief... Ordination of Gay Priests Defining Issue for Anglicans in Australia

The recruitment of homosexuals to the priesthood will be a big issue for debate at the Anglican Church of Australia's General Synod later this year.
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The Gift of Life

The Christian world recognizes an important event that occurred almost 2,000 years ago in the late spring.
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Has the Law Changed?

While nothing has passed from the law, there have been three critical changes in the law, and those changes all have to do with the way the law is administered. Once we thoroughly understand these changes, we gain a better...
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What Did the Early Church Believe and Practice?

Shouldn't you look into your Bible to see if your beliefs and practices square with what Jesus Christ and the apostles practiced and taught?
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Separation of Church and State?

The First Amendment went through extensive discussions and nearly a dozen drafts. They show the clear intent of the founding fathers-that they didn't want one Christian denomination running the nation. They did, however, firmly believe Christianity and biblical principles should...
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Right & Wrong Who Decides?

Are we equipped to decide right and wrong for ourselves? The record of history isn't encouraging, so is it time we looked somewhere else?
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10 Million AIDS Orphans: A Disaster for Africa

AIDS has taken a horrible toll, and the plague is far from over. What will stop the horror?
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AIDS: How a Killer Plague Can Be Stopped

The AIDS epidemic, increasingly compared to the dreaded black death of the 1300s, has taken millions of lives and promises to take millions more. Yet, tragically, we ignore the only real solution to this deadly plague.
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Great Leaders Knew Their Source

Where does great leadership come from, and where has it gone?