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The Cure For Religious Confusion

We’re going to turn in our Bibles again to that second portion of Scripture that was read by Chris from Acts chapter 4, and I want to take as my text – though it’s very much in the context of both chapters that were read, 3 and 4 of Acts – but I want to take verse 12 of chapter 4 as my text this evening. I want to preach under the title ‘The Cure For Religious Confusion’, for in verse 12 Peter says: “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved”.
Let there be no confusion. Enshrined within chapter 4 and verse 12 of Acts is the exclusive claim of Christianity: there is no other Saviour, no other way to God other than Christ…

Let us pray: Father, we thank You that we come to the One who has the name above all other names, the True and Living God. We come through the Lord Jesus Christ, though despised and rejected of men, humbled for a season, the One who has been given a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow. That’s why we preach His name tonight, our Father, that men and women and boys and girls should have another opportunity to bow the knee and confess Him as their Saviour and their Lord. So, Lord, we will preach none other than Christ, and Him crucified and risen again, and able to save to the uttermost all who come unto God by Him, seeing He lives. So, Lord, may we know the presence and the power of the Living Redeemer tonight by His Spirit. May any who are confused in mind and heart over this matter of the Gospel, we pray that You will clear it all up tonight, and make their mind clear and their heart open to receive the word of God, and to repent of their sin, and embrace the Gospel as it is presented in the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank You for everything that we’ve enjoyed already; but Lord, bless Your word we pray, help the preacher, help those in the meeting, and particularly those without Christ – Lord, save them this evening, and bring those who are cold in their faith back to Yourself. To the glory of the Lord Jesus we pray, Amen.

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Beyond Today: Leading by Example

True Christianity is more than professing a faith in Jesus. It is exhibited by following Jesus’ example in everything we do. Watch Beyond Today on WGN America on Sundays at 8:30 AM EST. (Find a station in your area – www.beyondtoday.tv )

Atheism and the Fighting Christian

Why get so worked up over a few athiest? I often wonder, but when looking at the Internet there are a lot of so called Christian who like a good fight.
INTRODUCTION
Sometimes they tease me about being old. I know there are days when I certainly feel old, but generally that opinion comes from the fact that I’m over the half-century mark in my life. Along with that, the hair I have left on my head is gray. My point? Younger people take the Internet for granted. Many of them can’t remember when there wasn’t an Internet. I, on the other hand, still find the Internet one of the most fascinating inventions in my lifetime. It is a universal library of the thoughts of humanity at my fingertips. I can type in a word or phrase and the thoughts of a million minds reveal themselves to me. Often I read the secrets of an unknown fellow human from far across the world.

This week I sat at my computer with a thought in my head about how the Moslems are constantly exalting God. (By the way, the ALLAH that Islam is constantly referring to is God (YHWH.) They will say something like, “You cannot fight God (may his name be exalted…).” Christians don’t do that, and I was wondering why so, I typed in the phrase exalting God.
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