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Ten Virgins

Ten Virgins

In the parable of the ten virgins, Jesus is telling the Disciples what the kingdom of heaven will be like. By doing so, he actually describes who will be in the Kingdom, by contrasting them with those who will not be in heaven, and what the difference was between those who would end up in heaven and those who will not. After all, we know that the kingdom of God will be filled with only true believers. So in this parable of the virgins, we have five who are true followers and five who are false followers.

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Please join me in my new study in the book of Ruth.
Ruth is a poignant story of faithless disobedience, that leads to death, sorrow, bitterness, and then loyalty and finally redemption. It’s my prayer that you will realize that if an inconspicuous Moabite peasant woman could achieve royalty for her descendants in Israel, then anyone can gain Salvation.

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Get on the Man Scale

Ken Graves, the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Bangor ME, offers up his opinion of the, “Man Scale”. Ken’s scale has men like Mr Rogers on one end, and men like to Mr T on the other end. His advice to all men is to get on the man scale and be a man. So, are you some place between Mr Rogers and Mr T? If not, then you better look to God through Christ to find out where you are lacking, because God wants all men to be men.

Did Jesus Truly Say,
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The Catholic Church has been making a mockery of Scripture for many years. There are many beliefs the Catholic Church holds that I have problems with, but for now I will explain why they are wrong in their interpretation that Peter is the rock upon which Christ has built His church.

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