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Honest Answers
Contributed by John Barry on Jun 12, 2009 (message contributor)
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1. Is The Church Full Of Hypocrisy?
Contributed on Jun 12, 2009
The editor-in-chief of Bible Study magazine addresses hypocrisy in the Church and explains how to limit hypocrisy in your life.
Is the Church full of hypocrisy? At many points in my life I have thought, "Yes. Most definitely, yes. The Church is full of hypocrisy." At other times I have thought, "Well, it is not as bad as I thought it was." But, I have never thought, "There is no hypocrisy in the Church." That would simply ...read more
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2. Cultivating
Contributed on Jun 12, 2009
The editor-in-chief of Bible Study magazine addresses the importance of a Christian’s continued growth in Christ and challenges listeners to embrace God’s plan for their lives and their communities.
We have all at one point or another asked a simple question to ourselves, "Does my life have meaning?" In a mixed up, chaotic world, we wonder, what difference am I making? Am I part of the problem, or am I part of the solution? Is my life relevant? And when it really gets hard we ask the deepest ...read more
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3. Is The Bible Reliable? Is The Bible Relevant?
Contributed on Jun 12, 2009
The editor-in-chief of Bible Study Magazine discusses the reliability, relevance and veracity of the Bible.
Is the Bible reliable? Can the Bible be trusted? Is the Bible relevant? There are people offering us answers from all directions, both from modern and ancient sources. We want to know if we can trust the sources we are being told to place our faith in. There are essentially three questions ...read more
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4. Jesus And Our World
Contributed on Jun 12, 2009
The editor-in-chief of Bible Study Magazine discusses who Jesus was, why it matters, and how he expects us to respond.
During my second year of college I had the opportunity to study abroad in London. While in London, a small group of friends and I decided to visit Paris for about five days. The first day we were in Paris we visited the Eiffel Tower. We reached the Eiffel Tower just before sunset. It was a ...read more
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5. Suffering And The Human Condition: Where Was God?
Contributed on Jun 12, 2009
The editor-in-chief of Bible Study magazine addresses the topic of suffering and God’s place in it and through it.
I was in a room close to 7:00 AM playing Jazz with my High School Jazz Band. We had band practice at 6:00 AM Monday to Friday mornings. (What kind of deranged person came up with that idea?) As I was sitting there at the drum set playing along half-asleep, the intercom began to come on and off. It ...read more