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
by Rick Combs My books have the following preface that gives the clear gospel of grace. It is at the front so that the way of salvation is clear and easily seen. I thought it prudent to post it again. My main goal is from 1 Timothy 2:4 “Who will have all men to be
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by Rick Combs We have a very incomplete view of what sin is. Most think that it is our behavior and what comes out of our mouth. Others go a little deeper and recognize that it reaches issues of the heart such as thoughts, desires, will, and attitudes. So, sin involves both our outward behavior
by Rick Combs Colossians 1:9-11 “For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful
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by Rick Combs [This article is an excerpt from my new book The Greatest Epic of the Ages to be released in June of this year.] All is Good in God’s Creation! In order to understand what things were like “in the beginning”, we can look ahead to the final goal of reconciliation in the
March 18, 2023by Rick Combs This section concerning the Talmud is from my upcoming book, The Greatest Epic of the Ages. The Talmud has long been designated as the literary reservoir of Rabbinic Judaism. It was officially added to the Sacred Literature of Israel during the Hellenistic Age in 250-200 BC in Jewish history. As
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