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The Holy Kiss

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By Mark W. Christy, PhD In the New Testament, the practice of kissing as a method of greeting and offering public displays of brotherly and sisterly affection seems to have been quite common. Once, when Paul was about to board a ship after having announced his departure and leading the believers to sense that they would never see him again, they “we[pt] aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him” (Acts 20:37).[i] Throughout the epistles, one finds Paul and even Peter repeatedly telli...
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Romans 1:1-2 – Part 2

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This sermon covers three theological issues raised in the first sermon on Romans 1:1-2. These three issues include the conditional nature of God's love, the nature of Christ's flesh, and whether or not Christians should ask God for forgiveness. Dr. Mark ChristyDr. Mark ChristyPosted by Memorial Baptist Church on Sunday, January 10, 2021
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Common Grace – The Solution to God’s Sovereignty Over Sin and Human Responsibility

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By Mark W. Christy, PhD According to Scripture, all people since the fall of Adam and Eve are conceived in sin (Ps 51:5), born into a state of spiritual deadness (Eph 2:1), utterly hopeless in and of themselves as they are born into a state without God (Eph 2:12), “alienated and hostile in mind” (Col. 1:21), lovers of inequity (Jer 14:10; cf. Col 1:21), enemies of God (Rom. 5:10), hostile to God (Rom 8:7), completely incapable of pleasing God (Rom 8:8), “darkened in their understanding, excl...
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Why is God Sorry in Genesis 6:5-6?

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By Mark W. Christy, PhD In Genesis 6:5-6, the writer (Moses) says that God was “sorry” when He “saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”[i] Given that God was sovereignly aware of the fall of humanity and even His divine plan of redemption through the blood of Christ (Acts 2:23; 4:28; Rom 8:29-30; 11:2; 1 Cor 2:7; Eph 1:5, 11; 1 Pet 1:1-2), one wonders how God could be sorry for any events that unfol...
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