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David and His Nephew Joab – Part 16: Spiritual Surgery

2 Samuel 18:32,33; 2 Samuel 19:1-8 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as … Continue reading

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David and His Nephew Joab – Part 12: Idolatry

2 Samuel 15:1-6 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was … Continue reading

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Organized Crime Prosecuted

Deuteronomy 5:7-9; Isaiah 2:18 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that … Continue reading

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The Idolatry of Modern Environmentalism

Ecclesiastes 1:9,10 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may … Continue reading

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The Heart of Idolatry

Exodus 20:3; 1 Corinthians 10:14; 1 John 5:21 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. JOHN ANGELL JAMES (1785-1869): The first commandment says, “Thou shall have … Continue reading

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Solomon’s Worldly Extravagance & His Son’s Stupidity

1 Kings 7:1,2,9-11; Ecclesiastes 2:4-11 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon….Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken … Continue reading

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The Insidious Deceptiveness of Modern Idolatry

Exodus 20:3; 1 John 5:21 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. D. L. MOODY (1837-1899): You don’t have to go to heathen lands today to find false gods. America is full … Continue reading

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The Idolatrous Strange Fire of Roman Catholic Worship

Leviticus 10:1,2 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out … Continue reading

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Franken-Self: the Monster that Man Made of Himself

Genesis 2:16,17; Genesis 3:4-6       And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: … Continue reading

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God’s Guidance: The First Reason Christians Fail to Obtain it

Ezekiel 14:3,4        Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them? Therefore speak unto them, and … Continue reading

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