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Jul 3
5 min

A house divided

On June 16, 1858 Abraham Lincoln delivered one of his most famous speeches just three hours after being nominated by the Republican party...

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Rick LoPresti

Jun 26
6 min

Newspeak

George Orwell published a book in 1949 called “1984”. It is about a dystopian society of total government control and surveillance. They ...

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Rick LoPresti

Jun 20
4 min

Apathy, empathy, and sympathy

This life and this world are not heaven. Sometimes people foolishly think they can make this world perfect and eliminate adversity. This w...

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Rick LoPresti

Jun 6
3 min

The queen of Sheba is coming

Solomon was the son of David and became king after him. One of his early acts as king was to go the high place at Gibeon and offer sacrif...

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Rick LoPresti

Apr 20
5 min

Repentance and forgiveness

Repentance is a necessary step in salvation (Lk 13:3-5, Acts 2:38). Repentance is not an emotion, but a decision. There can be emotion, e...

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Rick LoPresti

Mar 23
12 min

The power of music

Jimi Hendrix said that music is a spiritual thing. Sadly, the spirits that influenced his music were not from God despite his upbringing ...

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Rick LoPresti

Mar 23
5 min

Questions on Matthew 28:19

There are two main baptismal formulas practiced by those who call themselves Christians. One is "in the name of Jesus Christ" and the oth...

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Rick LoPresti

Mar 3
7 min

The touchstone

There have always been false teachers, and there will always be. The most dangerous ones are not those who teach an obvious lie, but thos...

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Rick LoPresti

Feb 6
8 min

Paul's doctrine of salvation

The apostle Paul was an aggressive persecutor of Christians before the Lord saved him (Acts 7-9, Acts 22, Acts 26, 1Cor 15:9, Gal 1:13 & ...

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Rick LoPresti

Jan 9
7 min

One language

One language There have been a number of movies made based on the concept of animals being able to speak like people. From Mr. Ed the tal...

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Rick LoPresti

Dec 24, 2019
14 min

Overview of Revelation

The first five words of the book of Revelation state its purpose and the purpose of the whole Bible. They are “The revelation of Jesus Ch...

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Rick LoPresti

Dec 22, 2019
6 min

The rapture and the second coming

The next two major events in prophecy are the rapture and the second coming of Christ. These are not the same event. This is evident by t...

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Rick LoPresti

Dec 22, 2019
9 min

Signs of the times

With the advent of the internet came a great surge in the flow of information. Like most things, this has its pros and cons. Some of the ...

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Rick LoPresti

Dec 22, 2019
10 min

The 70 weeks

Daniel 9:24-27 is a prophecy about 70 weeks. Many students of prophecy consider this one the most important prophecies in the Bible. It p...

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Rick LoPresti

Dec 22, 2019
6 min

Eschatology

Eschatology - that part of Christian theology concerned with the final events of history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity (end-time p...

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Rick LoPresti

Dec 5, 2019
8 min

This is your conscience speaking

The conscience has often been depicted as an angel sitting on one shoulder speaking into one ear telling us to do right, and a demon on t...

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Rick LoPresti

Nov 28, 2019
5 min

How do we ask?

It is very beneficial to our relationship with God to examine what we ask for. Many prayers go apparently unanswered but not because God ...

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Rick LoPresti

Nov 27, 2019
4 min

What was Jesus thankful for?

There is much confusion over doctrine. This is true comparing different religions and different denominations of one religion. Christians...

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Rick LoPresti

Nov 15, 2019
6 min

Plant based romance

King Solomon is noted for having led the building of the temple in Jerusalem (1Ki 5-8). He is also famous for his great wisdom. Early in ...

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Rick LoPresti

Nov 13, 2019
4 min

Renew your mind for the kingdom and truth

There is a lot of teaching about the makeup of man. People often quote 1Thessalonians 5:23 which says, “And the very God of peace sanctif...

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