April 15, 2024 by Rick Combs Continuing from my last article entitled Christ and Satan, I would like to post an excerpt from Corneluis R. Stam’s 1963 book, The Controversy pages 66-67. This book is available for free online in a .pdf file. It is worth the read for this challenge; “do not fear to […]
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March 20, 2024 by Rick Combs 2 Corinthians 11:4 “For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.” Another Jesus – spirit – gospel. The greatest imitator of Jesus
Dispensational Changesby Rick Combs Are there dispensations in the Bible? More specifically, is there the dispensation of the grace of God? Well, I guess so. The Apostle Paul mentions it in Ephesians 3:2. “If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward.” There it is. In
January 25, 2024 by Rick Combs I have often wondered what the Gold – Silver – Precious Stones are in 1 Corinthians 3:12. Other earthly elements are also mentioned; wood – hay – stubble. It is obvious that these are consumable while the gold, silver, and precious stones endure fire. I want to focus on
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by Rick Combs Richard Jordan of Grace Impact sited the importance of embracing the real miracle of Christmas during this season in the Fall 2023 issue of The Grace Journal. That miracle is the conception of Jesus in Mary’s womb. Scholars have sheepishly admitted that December 25 is probably not the actual birth of the
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THE GREATEST EPIC OF THE AGES In only 3 weeks of the release of this book, the reviews have been very good. Here are a few: You did indeed do a great job of leading us from Genesis to Revelation. Your way of summarizing and giving key points is good. It really helps one to
October 18, 2023 by Rick Combs Many confess that they have faith. But what do they have their faith in? Is it in Jesus’ earthly ministry teachings and the gospel of the Kingdom? Or is it in the Old Testament promises given to Israel? We can have faith in things biblical or non-biblical. As Christians,
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by Rick Combs The phrase “according to” occurs 174 times in 67 verses in the Pauline Epistles – KJB. This is an important topic. The entire Bible records this phrase 1,796 times in 670 verses. It would be interesting for you to do a study on this. The result would be very interesting. This teaches us that what we believe
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August 22, 2023 by Rick Combs For the next 2 or 3 articles, I am going to discuss each of Paul’s important phrase, “according to”. To begin this topic, here is a reprint of my article from July 5th 2021. In the early 1980’s while pastoring in a small community just west of Vinita, I
by Rick Combs Romans 6 begins a section discussing the sanctification of the believer. It is of importance that we notice the phrase – “even so we”. This presents the truth of our intimate oneness with the ascended glorified Christ. After all, He is the Head, and the believer is a member of the Body