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The fruit of rejecting our Creator-God: A rush downward toward death

… all they that hate me love death. Proverbs 8:36 We heard a news report a few weeks ago about the decline in the national birth rate; that it is now below the replacement level of a national population. We further learned that when broken down by race, most of
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Perfection and Sons of God

Note by Dr. Bruggeman: The following essay comprises the highlights of a sermon presented by Pastor John Lovell in August 1953. Pastor Lovell (1907-1974) was the founder of First Covenant Church in Irving, Texas and of their publication, Kingdom Digest (KD), which has ceased publication. From our library collection of
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Archeologists claim ‘vast underground city’ beneath Giza pyramids

“Underground city” might be hyperbole, but there is something truly astonishing here. This news broke only a couple weeks ago and is utterly fascinating to those of us who have studied the Great Pyramid for decades, especially in connection with the Bible and Bible prophecies. (See the books we offer
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A Look at the Timing of Jesus’ Crucifixion, Death, Burial, and Resurrection, part 5—Conclusion

This is the conclusion of Dr. Howard Rand’s thought-provoking essay on the chronology of Holy Week. As we post this finale, this is Friday and this culminating installment deals with what happened on what the church in general calls “Good Friday.” Could the church have it wrong? Did Jesus
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A Look at the Timing of Jesus’ Crucifixion, Death, Burial, and Resurrection, part 4

Today is Thursday and this installment deals primarily with what happened on the Thursday of Holy Week. Consider it carefully. This is part four of our serialization of Dr. Howard Rand’s treatise on the titular topic. Since Dr. Rand has used boldface type to set apart Scripture verses, we
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A Look at the Timing of Jesus’ Crucifixion, Death, Burial, and Resurrection, part 3

With the calendar approaching the time of year that the church calls Holy Week, it seems appropriate that we set forth this chronological perspective on the events leading up to the trial, death, and resurrection of our Savior. This perspective is part three of our serialization of Dr. Howard Rand’
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A Look at the Timing of Jesus’ Crucifixion, Death, Burial, and Resurrection, part 2

This is a continuation of our serialization of Dr. Howard Rand’s treatise on the titular topic. Since Dr. Rand has used boldface type to set apart Scripture verses, we use only underlining and italics for our emphasis—unless otherwise noted. All comments in [brackets] are ours. For easier readability,
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A Look at the Timing of Jesus’ Crucifixion, Death, Burial, and Resurrection

From time to time, readers inquire of us about which day is the true sabbath day. We have in our files material which makes a case for about five different answers to that question. We have read them all years ago. We have concluded that if a person reads copious
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Does the Bible Predict a Future Roman Empire Ruled by THE Antichrist?

In the immediate years after surrendering my life to the Lord Jesus Christ, I was a member of a fundamentalist church in Columbus, Ohio. I immersed myself in studying THE truth of the Bible (as asserted and taught by the fundamentalists) including the basics of baptism, salvation by faith, repentance,
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