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Freedom: Test of True Faith
1. False Religion Enslaves There are those who love religion for selfish and self-serving reasons, for the benefits it provides to themselves (like control of people, properties, jobs, praise/respect from people, easy money, power, opportunities to exploit, abuse, cheat, etc). False religion enslaves. Galatians 2:4: “Some false believers had infiltrated
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From Pain to Gain
1. Series: God’s Message to the Church in Smyrna This is part of a series on the seven churches in Asia Minor (Revelation 2-3). This article covers the message to the church in Smyrna (Rev 2:8-11). The video messages of letters to churches in Ephesus (Rev 2:1-7), Smyrna (Rev 2: 8-11),
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United in a Resurrection Like His
1. Hope of a Meaningful Life The gospel is God’s promise that our life, values, actions, the cross, death, and resurrection in some way will follow a pattern of Jesus’. Christ’s life/death/resurrection is the hope of a meaningful/purposeful life – along with Christ, in the current creation as well as
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To Be Born… Again!
1. Love for the Nation of Birth 1.1 Serving and Protecting One Another Anyone who has followed electoral politics for a while (in democracies like USA and India), would have come across some election where one of the candidates is born in a foreign country (or suspected to be). In