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Left Behind (1 Thess 4:13-5:12)

Truth Encounter: The Rescue - Our Best Days Are Ahead (I Thessalonians) - June 30, 2019 05:35
Everything from burning incense to daily meditation times are the vogue. The practice of connecting with the deity is scientifically demonstrated to be just plain good for you. If the Apostle Paul were alive today, would he applaud this reemergence of devotion to religion practices?

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A Grace Not Afraid to Say No (1 Thess 4:1-12)

Truth Encounter: The Rescue - Our Best Days Are Ahead (I Thessalonians) - June 23, 2019 19:41
Your son is twenty one, living in your house, and doing nothing by day and partying by night. Doesn't Christian love demand that you keep housing and feeding him?

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Really Live (1 Thess 2:17-3:13)

Truth Encounter: The Rescue - Our Best Days Are Ahead (I Thessalonians) - June 17, 2019 01:06
How quickly life dreams can explode. Where can we find a life purpose that oil spills, hurricanes, accidents, or disease can't muck up? An ancient 1st Century letter gives us better support than either BP or the US government. Check it out!

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A Preacher You Can Trust (1 Thess 2:1-16)

Truth Encounter: The Rescue - Our Best Days Are Ahead (I Thessalonians) - June 10, 2019 01:50
One of my major reasons for rejecting Jesus Christ would be the tricks, hypocrisy, and impurity of so many who claim to proclaim Him. But before you conclude that all preachers are Elmer Gantries, investigate this 1st Century example of a missionary you can trust. 1 Thessalonians 2 challenges you...

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The Big Turn (1 Thess 1:4-10)

Truth Encounter: The Rescue - Our Best Days Are Ahead (I Thessalonians) - June 02, 2019 10:58
Businesses spend millions to get the right "label." What did the 1st Century Thessalonian believers do that caused their entire country to be buzzing about what happened to them?

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The Rescue (1 Thess 1:1-3)

Truth Encounter: The Rescue - Our Best Days Are Ahead (I Thessalonians) - May 27, 2019 01:22
Like the dark gunk edging its way toward the beautiful marshlands of the Gulf Coast, you feel that something terrible is going to happen and you won’t be able to clean up the mess. Our feelings of imminent disaster could be an early warning system. This internal siren could save our souls.

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Changed Lives (1 Thess 1:1-10)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 30, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
The Thessalonian letters of the Apostle Paul were written to a young church that was situated in an extremely dangerous world. Within twenty years of their writing, the whole of the ancient East was convulsed in warfare and rebellion. In 70 A. D., the armies of Titus surrounded the city of Jerus...

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Whatever became of Integrity? (1 Thess 2:1-12)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 29, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Last week I was in Southern California, meeting with some thirty pastors from large churches all over the country. A new phenomenon in the church in America is the rise of the mega-church. A congregation of two or three thousand members is today regarded as just a moderate-sized body, although w...

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The Mysterious Word (1 Thess 2:13-16)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 28, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
What a week this has been! On top of Christmas shopping and through the kindness of some friends, I had the delightful experience last week of flying by private jet to Kalispell, Montana, and speaking to a Christmas party of both Christians and non-Christians on the theme of the Babe of Bethlehe...

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A Father's Joy (1 Thess 2:17 - 3:13)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 27, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Real father love is in short supply in our world today. What we see is a frightening increase of child abuse, of fathers actually attacking their own children. A simple little song, "Dear Mister Jesus," the tale of a child who remembers the abuse she suffered at her father's hand, is being playe...

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Handling your Sex Drive (1 Thess 4:1-8)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 26, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
I must say that 1987 was one of the most depressing years that I have lived through. Looking back, it seems the headlines continually spoke of disasters, murders and scandals. As I reflected upon the year, I wondered if there was not some way to eliminate, or at least cut back, all this evil. I ...

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Comfort at the Grave (1 Thess 4:9-18)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 25, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
No one knows what circumstances he is going to face tomorrow. That is characteristic of the future. But there is something that comes before tomorrow. It is called today, and that is where we must live. We cannot live in tomorrow, but we can live today. This issue was troubling the Thessalonian ...

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The Fate of the Earth (1 Thess 5:1-11)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 24, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Having just returned from the Middle East where I was able personally to observe many of the turbulent currents that are challenging the peace of the world in that area, I realize afresh why people are concerned about the fate of the earth. This title is borrowed from a book by the same name by ...

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Living Christianly (1 Thess 5:12-28)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 23, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
I heard a man say, "The most important thing in learning to relate to others is personal honesty. Once you learn to fake that," he added, "everything else is easy!" Many people, unfortunately, seem to follow that philosophy. Perhaps one of the most discouraging aspects of modern-day living is no...

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The Fire next Time (2 Thess 1:1-12)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 22, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
I am greatly encouraged that the Apostle Paul had to write a second letter to the Thessalonians to explain his first letter to them. I have had to do that on occasion. Some of my writing is not always as clear as it could be and I have had to write a second letter. The apostle's second letter wa...

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The Man who Claims to be God (2 Thess 2:1-12)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 21, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
We come to a passage now where we must confront the question of whether the church will go through the great tribulation. Does the Lord come for his church before the great time of trouble that is coming; does he come in the middle of it; or does the church in fact go through the tribulation and...

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Stand Firm (2 Thess 2:13 - 3:5)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 20, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
As a boy, growing up in the State of Montana, I loved to read stories of the Wild West. These tales convinced me that those days were perilous times. There were hostile Indian bands roaming around, seeking someone to torture and scalp; lawless gunmen waited in saloons, ready to shoot down anyone...

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Is Work a Curse? (2 Thess 3:6-18)

Thessalonians: Hope for a Hopeless World - September 19, 2018 00:00 ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Our final study in Paul's letters to the Thessalonians deals with the value of work. It is a rather strange subject for Sunday worship, but one that we should find profitable.

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Exhortations - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18

Living in the Last Days - October 26, 2017 14:23 - 34 minutes
A study in 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18.


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Understanding the Antichrist - Part 2

Living in the Last Days - October 02, 2017 18:42 - 30 minutes
A study concerning the issue of the Antichrist.

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Understanding the Antichrist - Part 1

Living in the Last Days - September 12, 2017 17:48 - 22 minutes
A study concerning the issue of the Antichrist.





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Understanding the Rapture

Living in the Last Days - August 07, 2017 17:28 - 39 minutes
A study concerning the issue of the Rapture of the Church.