Dec 30

Can We Contact The Dead?

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Many years ago I played in a band that worked in the music recording studios of the SABC. One of the saxophone players lost his wife in death. He was devastated. After a short while he explained that he was in communication with her and this gave him much comfort. He had started attending seances [...]

Dec 26

Is Jesus God?

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Apparently this seems to be a question on people’s minds lately and so I intend giving these persons the benefit of my experience. In the 1940’s when I was growing up I used to be slightly disturbed when I found our minister at times  referring to Jesus as if he was God and then later [...]

Dec 24

Christ’s 2nd Coming and the Rapture

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Is the Word “Coming” Correct? According to “Young’s Analytical Concordance” the Greek word “parousia” is translated 22 times as “coming” and twice as “presence” in the King James Bible of 1611. Why the discrepancy? “Young’s Concordance” defines the word “parousia” as “presence” and when we examine the two occurrences that are translated as “presence” we [...]

Dec 22

What is the “Wisdom from Above”?

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(Proverbs 1:5) . . .A wise person will listen and take in more instruction, and a man of understanding is the one who acquires skillful direction, We can have knowledge and yet lack understanding. We can have discernment and yet lack wisdom. Here is a simple illustration to show what the different words mean. We [...]