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" . . . that ye  should earnestly contend for the faith . . . " Jude 3

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- [50 Reasons a Saved Person Can Never Be Lost](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/50-reasons-a-saved-person-can-never-be-lost/) - 50 Reasons a Saved Person Can Never Be Lost 1. ETERNAL LIFE IS ETERNAL! John 3:15; 10:28; Romans 6:23; 1 John 2:25; 5:11; 5:13; etc.; By definition eternal means never 2. EVERLASTING LIFE IS EVERLASTING! Daniel 12:2; John 3:16; 3:36; 5:24; 6:40; 6:47; Romans 6:22; etc.; Likewise, everlasting life can never end. It is everlasting
- [The Deity of Christ](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/the-deity-of-christ/) - The Deity of Christ Since the Deity of Christ is such a fundamental and foundational doctrine of Biblical Christianity and essential to our salvation, I felt it was very important to include this study on Earnestly Contending. It all boils down to one of two options: Either Jesus Christ is God or He is not.
- [Theological Dinosaurs](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/theological-dinosaurs/) - Theological Dinosaurs NEWS FLASH Theological dinosaur fossils discovered in Canberra Seminary “A complete fossil skeleton has been unearthed at Unity Theological Seminary in Canberra,” The Rev. Dr. Ms. Barbarous Theorem commented to the press, “This is the most exciting discovery in the history of the Seminary. We have cause to believe this is the first
- [Christ Our Passover](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/christ-our-passover/) - Christ Our Passover "For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us." —1 Corinthians 5:7 The more you read the Bible, and the more you meditate upon it, the more you will be astonished with it. He who is but a casual reader of the Bible, does not know the height, the depth, the length
- [The Comfort of the Scriptures](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/08/28/hello-world/) - The Comfort of the Scriptures "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope." – Romans 15:4 I shall speak to you for a little while this morning about the use of the Bible. It is represented in the above verse
- [Christian Cussing](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/christian-cussing/) - Christian Cussing Author Unknown The Third Commandment. Exodus 20:7 “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” What does it mean to take the Name of GOD in vain? Is it just swearing and cussing? Or
- [No Scientifically-Proven Evidence for Evolution](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/no-scientifically-proven-evidence-for-evolution/) - No Scientifically-Proven Evidence for Evolution January 25, 2011 (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org; for instructions about subscribing and unsubscribing or changing addresses, see the information paragraph at the end of the article) Charles Darwin did not offer any scientifically-proven evidence for his theory. The book
- [Cussing, Swearing, & Profanity; A Matter of Opinion?](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/cussing-swearing-a-matter-of-opinion/) - Christian Cussing, Swearing, & Profanity; A Matter of Opinion? Timothy S. Morton - “Words Mean Things“ “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” [Matt. 12:37] Cussing, Swearing, & Profanity; A Matter of Opinion? Needless to say, the Bible says a lot about words. It was with words
- [Evolution Losing Ground](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/evolution-losing-ground/) - Evolution Losing Ground (Friday Church News Notes, June 25, 2010, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) – A 2005 poll by the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Social and Religious Research found that 60% of American medical doctors reject Darwinism, stating that they do not believe humans evolved through natural processes alone. Thirty-eight percent of the American medical doctors
- [NIV Bible Test](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/niv-bible-test/) - NIV Bible Test It has been said by many that the NIV is the most readable and accurate Bible on the market today and that it is based on older and more reliable manuscripts than the King James Bible. In regard to the above statements an “acid test” is the only fair way to put
- [Our Leader Through The Darkness](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/our-leader-through-the-darkness-2/) - Our Leader Through The Darkness Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. ” Isaiah 50:10. Behold I have given him for …. a leader. ”
- [How I Know The King James Bible is the Word of God](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/how-i-know-the-king-james-bible-is-the-word-of-god/) - How I Know The King James Bible is the Word of God Copyright © 1997 James L. Melton Published by Bible Baptist Church, Sharon, TN There are many good works that one can read on the authority of the King James Bible, and this particular effort offers nothing really new. However, it does attempt to
- [Bible Versions – Does It Matter?](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/bible-versions-does-it-matter/) - Bible Versions – Does It Matter? I have been comparing Bible versions and it is amazing how much deception is out there. I can see where the United Church Moderator gets his beliefs from – straight out of the NIV Bible without even twisting the text. The NASV and NRSV are just as corrupt. I
- [A Sermon For The Time Present](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/a-sermon-for-the-time-present/) - A Sermon For The Time Present C. H. SPURGEON “In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in
- [Name Dropping and Man Praising](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/name-dropping-and-man-praising364/) - Name Dropping and Man Praising By Buddy Smith Brother Joe was one of a kind. He only ever pastored one church. It was the church he started when he moved to a town near us in 1939. He never received a salary from his church. He said he would simply trust God for his needs
- [Bread Enough And To Spare](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/bread-enough-and-to-spare/) - Bread Enough And To Spare C.H. Spurgeon “And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!” Luke 15:17. “He came to himself.” The word may be applied to one waking out of a deep swoon. He had been
- [Ten Reasons Why I Believe the Bible is the Word of God](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/ten-reasons-why-i-believe-the-bible-is-the-word-of-god/) - Ten Reasons Why I Believe the Bible is the Word of God By R. A. TORREY - (1898) I was brought up to believe that the Bible was the Word of God. In early life I accepted it as such upon the authority of my parents, and never gave the question any serious thought. But later
- [Principles Of Bible Preservation](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/principles-of-bible-preservation/) - Principles Of Bible Preservation By Jack Moorman (From Missing In Modern Bibles) One hundred years ago John Burgon wrote: “If you and I believe that the original writings of the Scriptures were verbally inspired by God, then of necessity they must have been providentially preserved through the ages.” This is the crux of the matter;
- [Myth Of Early Revisions](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/13/myth-of-early-revisions/) - Myth Of Early Revisions (of the King James Bible) By Pastor David F. Reagan INTRODUCTION Men have been handling the word of God deceitfully (II Cor. 4:2) ever since the devil first taught Eve how. From Cain to Balaam, from Jehudi to the scribes and Pharisees, from the Dark Age theologians to present-day scholars, the
- [Is It Right to Judge?](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/12/is-it-right-to-judge/) - Is It Right to Judge? IS IT RIGHT: To Judge, To Expose Error, & To Call Names? By Pastor E.L. Bynum. Tabernacle Baptist Church, Lubbock, Texas. USA http://www.tbaptist.com Many today believe that it is wrong to expose error and to name names. Liberals have always seemed to believe this, but in recent times it has
- [Seven Reasons I Believe the Bible Is the Word of God](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/12/seven-reasons-i-believe-the-bible-is-the-word-of-god/) - Seven Reasons I Believe the Bible Is the Word of God From the book CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONS by Dr. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley THE BIBLE IS the Grand Charter of Christianity. To undermine, discredit and reject the Bible is to undermine, discredit and reject Christianity. Christianity is rooted and grounded upon the Bible and if the
- [Bunyan’s Computer](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/12/321/) - Bunyan’s Computer John Bunyan’s name is familiar to most Christians. Some months ago I came across one of his short books, ‘The Acceptable Sacrifice’. It was originally a sermon based on Psalm 51:17, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise”. It was
- [Bring The Books](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/12/bring-the-books/) - Bring The Books The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. 2 Timothy 4:13 Of all the gifts I receive I like books the best. It’s a simple fact of life, books make the best gifts. Chocolates? Soon eaten and forgotten.
- [The Stepchildren Of The Churches?](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/12/the-stepchildren-of-the-churches/) - The Stepchildren Of The Churches? Gardiner was the last to die. One by one he and his companions had been weakened through starvation, cold, and disease until they could no longer stand. In vain Gardiner watched and prayed for the supply ship from England until his eyes, too, were dimmed in death. The last entry
- [Missionary Support](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/12/missionary-support/) - Missionary Support I. Deputation/Pre-Field Ministry A. Help “your own missionaries” B. Listen, pray and advise them C. Be faithful in giving II. Practical Support A. Invite them over to your home B. Help them put together their presentation C. Service their car for free D. Pray for and with them E. Distribute updates of their
- [Missionaries Are People Too](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/12/missionaries-are-people-too/) - Missionaries Are People Too At 4:00 P.M. a dusty van pulls up to the church. The passengers peer through finger-printed windows at the only car in the parking lot. Is it the pastor’s? The janitor’s? Or just an abandoned vehicle? “Oh, please let the church be open,” Mom breathes. Dad hops out with an “I’ll-only-be-a-little-while”
- [Communicating With Your Missionaries](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/12/communicating-with-your-missionaries/) - Communicating With Your Missionaries “Missionaries need communication. It can get really lonely at times. OF course we didn’t have the blessing of email and if it got windy our phone went out so the post office was our life line.” 1. “We’re praying for you” 2. News about your family/their family 3. Church news –
- [Ideas for a Well-stocked Missionary Cupboard](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/ideas-for-a-well-stocked-missionary-cupboard/) - Ideas for a Well-stocked Missionary Cupboard As a missionary arrives to minister at your church, it is a real pleasure to be able to take them (all of them or just the wife) to the missionary cupboard and allow them to get things they need. The number of items given will be up to the
- [Have You Knelt At Gethsemane?](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/have-you-knelt-at-gethsemane/) - Have You Knelt At Gethsemane? Matthew 26:36-46 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith He unto
- [How to Kill a Church](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/how-to-kill-a-church/) - How to Kill A Church The following is by the late Davis Huckabee: New Testament churches do not naturally die; they are so constituted that they cannot die a natural death. They may, however, be killed, but even in this, they can hardly be killed by outsiders except by the annihilation of the entire membership.
- [Scientists Who Believe the Bible](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/scientists-who-believe-the-bible/) - Scientists Who Believe the Bible In April 2009, Terry Mortenson of the Creation Museum in America, said: There are literally thousands of scientists around the world that believe the Bible. There is an organization in the United States with 700 scientists who have a Masters or Ph.D. in the hard sciences. [Enlarged September 5, 2009
- [Gashmu Saith It!](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/gashmu-saith-it/) - Gashmu Saith It! The following is excerpted from the booklet The Technique Catastrophe by Evangelist Bob Creel (P.O. Box 4548, Sevierville, TN 37864, 865-712-4537 or 865-908-4244). It is subtitled An explanation of the multitudes of false professions in the Independent Baptist movement. Remember back in Nehemiah chapter six, when Sanballat and Tobiah, the enemies of
- [Global Warming Data Sets "Simply Made Up'](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/global-warming-data-sets-simply-made-up/) - Global Warming Data Sets "Simply Made Up' Criminal charges are being pursued in what is being dubbed as “ClimateGate.” Pete Chagnon – OneNewsNow – 11/30/2009 10:50:00 AM It all started when an alleged whistleblower from the UK’s Hadley Centre leaked e-mails detailing how temperature data was being forged to prove alleged “manmade global warming.” Lord
- [What do Baptists Believe?](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/what-do-baptists-believe/) - What do Baptists Believe? I want to share with you the account of a day that began as the worst day in my life and ended as the best day in my life. I will tell you first how I got to that day, and then I will tell you what happened on that day.
- [Dr. John Grebe's Challenge to Evolution](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/dr-john-grebes-challenge-to-evolution/) - Dr. John Grebe's Challenge to Evolution May 19, 2010 (Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org; for instructions about subscribing and unsubscribing or changing addresses, see the information paragraph at the end of the article) – The following is excerpted from David Bradbury, A Reluctant Convert from Evolutionism, Persuaded
- [Grace Displaced](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/11/grace-displaced/) - Grace Displaced Occasionally I hear it said, “Somebody ought to write a book¦”. We tend to use that phrase when we come across a subject it seems no one has ever addressed. I can suggest a few titles for the brave author who would undertake such a task. Somebody ought to write a book called
- [Praying Specifically for Missionaries](https://www.earnestlycontending.com/2021/09/12/praying-specifically-for-missionaries/) - Praying Specifically for Missionaries Each week you can spend time praying in a specific way for your particular missionaries: Day 1 PRAY FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL LIFE AND WALK WITH GOD *their Bible study time – that their love for God’s Word will grow *their prayer life – that it will become stronger and be consistent

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