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Rebecca Davis takes on Caroline Newheiser Again in Part 3

This is the third part of Rebecca Davis' expose of the horrid, cruel teaching Jim and Caroline Newheiser are disseminating.  This is full-blown enslaving patriarchy that worships the idol of Marriage. The Pharisees and scribes would have made these two...

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An Absolutely Accurate Description of the State of today’s Church

Our friend Dale Ingraham gave the following assessment of the state of the visible church today. He is saying exactly what I have been preaching increasingly this last year. I believe the church today is much like Israel in Jesus'...

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The Reprobate Wicked Always Cast Blame, Never Acknowledge Their Guilt

The following verses from Malachi perfectly illustrate the mentality of the wicked who have crept into the visible church. They are never to blame. Someone else is always guilty, not them. In this case, they are blaming God Himself. Read...

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How to Watch for the Rise of Evil in Your Church

The following verses from Paul's letter to the Galatians outline a flow of events that has continued to replay itself in every era of church history, and it continues to thrive today. This sequence inevitably introduces evil (through evil persons)...

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Why Does the Lord Describe the Motives and Methods of the Wicked for Us?

We have been learning about this category of person called the reprobate. The kind of false teacher described by Peter (2 Peter 2-3), Jude, Hebrews 6, and many other Scriptures. Peter says of such people: These are waterless springs and mists...

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When Churches Exceed Their Authority, Evil Comes into the Church

This is a guest post kindly submitted at my request by James and Linda Sander. They are the authors of Rethinking Biblical Divorce: Let Scripture be Your Guide, which I highly recommend. Let me introduce their article with a few words: Without...

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Evil Always Has an Element of Betrayal – And this is Very Telling

Matthew 26:47-49 While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. (48) Now the betrayer had given them...

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A Common Door Through Which Evil Enters the Church

This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'(Matthew 15:8-9) It is, therefore, of the greatest importance for every believer, and particularly...

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