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Judgment Day is Real - Tim Conway

September 26, 2010

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Where is Anguish in the church

The Prayer of Jabez

A Sermon (No. 994) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed!"—1 Chronicles 4:10. E know very little about Jabez, except that he was more honorable than his brethren, and that he was called Jabez because his mother bare him with sorrow. It will sometimes happen that where there is the most sorrow in the antecedents, there will be the most pleasure in the sequel. As the furious storm gives place to the clear sunshine, so the night of weeping precedes the morning of joy. Sorrow the harbinger; gladness the prince it ushers in. Cowper says:— "The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the place where sorrow is unknown." To a great extent we find that we must sow in tears before we can reap in joy. Many of our works for Christ have cost us tears. Difficulties and disappointments have wrung our soul with anguish. Yet those projects that have cost us more than ordinary sorrow, have ofte

A Short KJV Detour (Part 3)

This is a continuation of our evaluation of the arguments used to support the King James Only position: ARGUMENT 4 Statement: The age of a manuscript does not determine its value. The oldest manuscripts survived only because they were faulty and did not wear out through use. Response: It is true that the value of a manuscript is not determined by its age. A late manuscript could be a copy of a very ancient one, whereas an older manuscript might be a copy of one not much removed from it in time. All things being equal, however, the oldest manuscripts are closer in time to the autographs. The shorter time interval implies fewer copies and fewer chances for error. This is a principle of all literary textual criticism, not just textual criticism of the Greek New Testament. Also, the assertion that the oldest manuscripts survived only because they were faulty is disproved by the scribal corrections evident on these manuscripts. Logic demands that faulty manuscripts would have been

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