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AOTS Number 21

Laughter is great medicine, and when you learn to laugh at yourself, well, then you have won a great victory in your life.

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Definition: Militant (Wikipedia) “The word militant has come to refer to any individual or party engaged in aggressive physical or verbal combat, normally for a cause…”

“…The word militant comes from the 15th Century Latin “militare” meaning “to serve as a soldier”. The related modern concept of the militia as a defensive organization against invaders grew out of the Anglo-Saxon “fyrd”. In times of crisis, the militiaman left his civilian duties and became a soldier until the emergency was over, when he returned to his civilian status.”

The term militant initially had a positive connotation. As seen by the etymology cited above, the idea of a militant centered in the defense of a cause, and referenced a man pressed into military service in defense of country.

However, in recent years the word militant has often been used as a pejorative.

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Paul’s ministry took him to Ephesus, as recorded in Acts 19. The text indicates to us truths about the Holy Spirit, conversion, and the power of faith.

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One of the most edifying and encouraging facts upon which the Christian faith is based in the certainty of our Lord’s second coming. It will be visible, audible and personal. It will result in the resurrection of the righteous, and an eternity in the presence of our God!

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AOTS Number 20

I live in a house. And the fact that I do disproves the general theory of evolution. It’s called the cosmological argument, and it is stated in Hebrews 3:4.

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Podcast Number 49

To be a friend with the World is to become an enemy of God. Christians should submit in humble obedience to God, and resist the devil. Only in doing this can we overcome the siren call of worldliness.

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Bill Crews’ sermon documents the tendency of man to choose to sin. Using the history of the Jews, as well as New Testament and modern digressions and sin in the church, he points out the need to be on guard against apostasy.

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AOTS Number 19

Gossip is destructive. And it may include “true” things that should nevertheless not be repeated. It is a sin, condemned by God, and can harm the one who is spoken against, the one guilty of the sin, and even the one who hears it.

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Bill Crews’ sermon points out that though the word “unselfishness” is not used in most English versions of the Bible, the concepts of “unselfishness” and “selfishness” are certainly prevalent in scripture.

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Bill Crews’ sermon answers skeptics claims that Stephen, in his sermon in Acts 7, made some mistakes in relating Jewish history.

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AOTS Number 18

Proverbs 6 reveals among six other things, that God hates a proud look. There is nothing more foreign to the spirit of Christ than for one saved by the grace of God to be haughty.

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Bill Crews’ lesson establishes the responsibility of Christians to be an influence for good in the midst of an ungodly world.

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AOTS Number 17

If you are a good listener, people will repay you with their friendship, admiration, appreciation, kindness, and from time to time wisdom.

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Bill Crews’ sermon asks the question, Does God see what He should see when he looks down upon his creation? (cf. Genesis 1:31). More to the point, does God see what He should see when he looks at me?

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AOTS Number 16

Some people will turn to God only when desperate, only when they are forced to by circumstance. To think that such an attitude will be acceptable to God is to be mistaken!

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