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Ken Brown | March 8, 2010

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), a famed British author and philosopher has been often quoted, “Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.”

Many modern Christian leaders also claim that for believers, death is a friend. The following was lifted from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) website:

“What is death? For the Christian death is a friend rather than an enemy. It is another step on the pathway to heaven rather than a leap into some dark unknown.”

These words from Billy Graham were no doubt meant to be comforting. They do not, however, express the view given by the Apostle Paul by divine revelation.

1 Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

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Ken Brown | February 27, 2010

A participant on our site recently e-mailed me a question. He wanted to know if one could lose his salvation. He correctly identified scriptures that show that salvation once gained cannot be lost, but was concerned that he might be wrong. I empathised with his concern. There can hardly be a more crucial quetion for a believer to have answered. He wondered why so many churches teach that salvation can be lost.

There are quite a number of ways to show from the Scriptures that one cannot lose his salvation. Presenting all of them would make this a very long article. I’ll just approach a few, and then discuss reasons why a number of churches teach otherwise. Let’s start with a passage in 1 John.

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Ken Brown | January 31, 2010

I admit it. I’m 60 years old, and I look at things differently than I used to. I think more about what is really important and also about what is really NOT. It matters much more how I live than how long I live. As we get older, things come into a more seasoned perspective. Chapter 12 of Ecclesiastes, though addressed to youth, contains a profound description of old age, the futility of life without meaning, and the conclusion of the whole matter: the one most important thing in life.

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Ken Brown | January 31, 2010

After Noah loaded up the ark, just as he was told, and went inside himself with his family, God did something: he shut them in (7.16). There they were, in a relatively small darkish place, not knowing what was going on outside, but having to shovel a lot of poop in the inside. This was not a punishment. In fact, it led to their salvation. This happens, my friend, to us today.

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Administrator | December 29, 2009

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With all of the different branches of Christianity and all of the different interpretations of the Bible, where do all of these branches get their different viewpoints? What are they basing their differences in beliefs on? In other words, if we are all reading the same Bible, where or how are we coming [...]

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Administrator | December 29, 2009

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Administrator | December 29, 2009

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I hear a lot of people say that when we die, we go to Heaven. I can’t find that in the Bible anywhere. Where is it?

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Administrator | December 29, 2009

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In the Bible it is written that people lived for hundreds of years. How is it possible that people lived for so long back then but can not right now? Were the references to people living hundreds of years allegorical or an actual fact?

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Administrator | December 29, 2009

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I know that all the accounts of Jesus in the Bible serve as pictures of who He is. There is one story that I LOVE, and I understand the lesson being illustrated, but I don’t understand how it fits into Jesus’ character. In Luke, he’s hungry, he sees a fig tree that has no fruit, [...]

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Administrator | December 29, 2009

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What does it mean when people say that Jesus was both the Son of God and God the Son?

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