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Eat Anything You'd Like

3/29/2009

 
Some churches teach that a person cannot eat certain foods, and that some foods can only be eaten on certain days. Like fish on Fridays and certain meals of so-called Holy days or holidays.

In the Old Testament the people of God were commanded to eat certain foods (Leviticus 11). But now we aren't under the Old Testament because that part of the Bible isn’t binding on men anymore (Hebrews 8:6-13; 2 Corinthians 3:6). The New Testament said men would teach false doctrine instructing people that they can’t eat foods which God has permitted. Today we can eat anything, as long as one gives thanks (1 Timothy 4:1-5).
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Stick with God's Definition of Marriage

3/22/2009

 
“Traditional marriage.” What is that? The word tradition means practices created and acted out by men being handed down to future generations. But marriage isn’t anything like that, so the term “traditional marriage” ought not to be. There is no such thing as a marriage meaning this, or a marriage meaning that; there is only “marriage.”The institution of marriage was created by God, defined by God, joined by God, and God warned man not to tamper with it (Matthew 9:6).

Man doesn’t need to be promoting something opposite of what God created and calling that a marriage (Proverbs 30.7). God created male and female and placed them in marriage (Genesis 2:18-25; Matt. 19:4-5). God will not join a man and doll as marriage. God will not join a man and dog as marriage. God will not join a man and plant as marriage. God will not join two men as marriage. Some may argue about how much love is present, but that makes no difference to the Lord. The reason is simple, it must fit the profile that God ordained (1 Corinthians 11:3:7-9; 1 Cor. 7:1-4; Colossians 3:18-19; 2 John 8-9).

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Don't Panic about the Economy

3/8/2009

 
​I don’t need to begin a long talk about how bad the economy is, but here is a piece of information that we all may not know. The suffering we are enduring should cause everyone to remember that wealth doesn’t last forever. The money in the bank can be here today and gone tomorrow. We need to reflect more upon the uncertainty of things.

For so long we never imagined our money being gone—for some reason we always thought it would be there. But lo and behold, men steal it, or the economy eats it away like cancer (Matthew 6:19-21). Uncertainty is all around us and blows against our skin like the wind (James 4:14; Luke 12:13-21). While it is true that we need to save our money for the future, we need to also meditate upon what the Lord said about riches. He taught us not to make it our number one goal (Mark 9:36-37). He taught us to keep in mind that it could disappear (James 5:2-3). He thought us to put our main interest in things eternal (1 Timothy 6:17).

Try not to panic about lost money, just do your best to preserve what you can and use this experience as a time to reflect upon your soul and where you will spend eternaity (2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 14:9-12).
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Too Much Crime Comes from Not Learning from the Past

3/1/2009

 
Too many police officers have been killed in Philadelphia, and we need to learn from it. People must learn to comfort those who are suffering (Genesis 37:34-35). People must learn to respect the officers who protect us (1 Peter 2:13-14). People must stop committing crimes! (Jeremiah 25:4-5).

If criminals of the past have ended up in jail, why do current criminals think that they won’t get caught? (Galatians 6:7). That man who killed the last officer knew other cop killers are either in jail or dead, but he didn’t learn and took it upon himself to kill a police officer. Now the officer is dead, his family in grief, and this offender is in jail along with the other cop killers (Colossians 3:25). Young men of the future must look at this situation and not do this kind of thing, but they should learn what makes a better city (Proverbs 11:11). People must not protect offenders, there is too much of that going on, and it is wrong. If you are law abiding, those who commit crimes aren’t your friends, they are felons, and you need to do the right thing and give them up (Judges 20:11-13).
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