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What I Learned From Acts -- Travis Main

What I Learned From Acts — Travis Main

During the time I lived in the state of Ohio, I developed a good friendship with a young man outside of the church.  We would occasionally engage in conversations based his observations or curiosities about religion.  One day as we drove past a community church building, he expressed that he found a great deal of hypocrisy in the large gatherings there.  He noted the gatherings appeared to be for…

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Loving Our Enemies -- Travis Main

Loving Our Enemies — Travis Main

Negative feelings, prejudices, harsh experiences, previous conflict, tarnished expectations … these and more lend themselves to a desire not to engage compassion toward real or perceived adversaries.  During World War II, a German pilot by the name of Franz Stigler had an opportunity to destroy American soldiers.  They were the enemy.  His target, a B-17 bomber, served to destroy German cities. …

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"Will A Man Rob God?" -- Travis Main

“Will A Man Rob God?” — Travis Main

The book of Malachi was written to the Israelites who have returned from captivity in Babylon. Israel had been taken into captivity around 586 BC by the Babylonians as punishment from God for their disobedience to His law given at Sinai. As prophesied, after 70 years the Medo-Persians allowed Israel to return to their homeland and rebuild the temple. They completed this with God’s blessing and…

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Old Testament Insight Into Fellowship -- Travis Main

Old Testament Insight Into Fellowship — Travis Main

The word fellowship is not something you will quickly find in the Old Testament. Psalm 94:20-23 is likely the verse you will find: “…Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?”

The thought presented in the verse is an interrogative statement. It is asking a rhetorical question to make the point that God cannot fellowship sin. When leaders use their…

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The Interrelatedness of Dispensations -- Travis Main

The Interrelatedness of Dispensations — Travis Main

I once witnessed a conversation in which the premise put forth was that the older generation did not understand the times. Culture changes! Ages go by. Therefore, the beliefs of the older generation were no longer considered correct. In part, there is truth to this. Traditions, skills, and knowledge which have been passed down over time aren’t always acceptable. Speaking in the language of an era…

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The Law Of Moses Doesn't Apply To Christ's Church -- Travis Main

The Law Of Moses Doesn’t Apply To Christ’s Church — Travis Main

Perhaps the subject of this article strikes you as something that is obvious. However, there are many religious bodies, proclaiming to be the church Christ founded, which validate some of their religious practices not from Christ’s new covenant, nor from the eternal principles of God, but from the Law of Moses. God gave the Law of Moses to Moses upon Mt. Sinai. Part of the law involved what the…

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Learning From Nadab and Abihu -- Travis Main

Learning From Nadab and Abihu — Travis Main

Numbers 3:4 states, “And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord…”  The topic of our examination appears from this verse: Nadab and Abihu.  They died in the presence of, in the face of, or before the Lord.  The occasion involved an offering and the offering was strange.  The Hebrew term for strange means, “foreign, estranged, loathsome, or profane.” …

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The Merciful And The Pure In Heart -- Travis Main

The Merciful And The Pure In Heart — Travis Main

Matthew writes:  “‘The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles — the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.’  From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand’” (4:15-17). Early in His…

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