Worshipping Jesus

Posted by on Sep 19, 2007 in Ask the Pastor | 0 comments A visitor to our website asks: “If, in Exodus 20, we are forbidden from worshiping any other gods but the one true God, then is it wrong to worship Jesus?” * * * * * * * * * * Dear friend, In Exodus 20 – the passage in which we find the ten commandments (along with Deuteronomy 5), God gave this as the first commandment: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the...
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Creation for the Birds

Posted by on Sep 8, 2007 in Ask the Pastor | 0 comments Creation Question for the Birds A visitor to our website asks a questions about Creation: He reads these words in Genesis 1:20-21; “Then God said, ‘Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.’ So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the...
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Unforgiveable Sin

Posted by on Sep 7, 2007 in Ask the Pastor | 0 comments A visitor to our website asks this question about the “unforgivable sin”: “I’ve been told by different people different things about the “unforgivable sin”. Some say that it’s the sin of rejecting Jesus Christ when the Holy Spirit reveals Him to be the Savior. Others say that it’s the sin of attributing the miracles of Jesus Christ to Satan. While...
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Abram & Sarai

Posted by on Jun 8, 2007 in Ask the Pastor | 0 comments A visitor to our website writes: I was recently talking to some friends about church involvement. One friend said that they consider their church an extension of their family, and they try to be as involved as possible in the church activities and family. The other friend said her family thinks of their church the same way they think of school and work: as a part of their lives, but not an...
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Old Names

Posted by on May 19, 2007 in Ask the Pastor | 0 comments A recent visitor to our website asks: “Who was Cephus in the Bible?” * * * * * * * * * * Cephus is actually someone you know very well, if you are a reader of the Bible. That’s just another name for the Apostle Peter. He is actually called by several names in the Bible; and that sometimes makes for a little confusion. ‘Cephus’ is his Aramaic name. Aramaic is the...
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