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Of First Importance Go Fish

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“Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures."  (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)  From several passages, we read Paul the apostle reminding the saints about important truths and traditions the church should jealously guard. Sometimes it is not a reminder but a charge. The church today must take heed of these things also. He sent Timothy to remind the Corinthians of his “ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church” (1 Corinthians 4:17) .  He also reminded Timothy who at one time was at Ephesus to “fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my ha

Book Review: Overcomer - Courtesy Of Struik Christian Media

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Dr. David Jeremiah is one of those teachers that captures the heart with thorough Biblical teaching unlike any other. In this book he covers the armour of God based on Ephesians 6. He uses the illustration of the armour to prove the endurance of the one who would believe in the Scriptures more than anything else. Each chapter begins with a heart warming and sometimes emotionally fuelling tears true life story, that fits in perfectly with the teaching of the specific part of armour that he talks about. He engages every part of the mind of the reader and allows the reader to become encapsulated through his every word by leading them deep into the scriptures. There is a difference with Dr. David Jeremiah when compared to other Bible teachers. (In fact, he is only one of two preachers that I would prefer to watch on Christian television, the other being Dr. Charles F. Stanley). There are only a handful of Bible teachers in my personal opinion that teach accurately and Dr David