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“TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH”
The Acts Of The Apostles falls neatly into two parts. Chapters 1-12 deal with the start of the early church in Jerusalem as it radiates outward. The apostle Peter is the prominent figure in these early chapters. Chapters 13-28 deal almost exclusively with the spread of the gospel to the Gentiles through the missionary journeys of the apostle Paul. These chapters of Acts are the flesh and blood background of the 13 epistles (letters) of the New Testament which Paul wrote…
CROSS BRANDED
So Hershey teamed up with Starbucks a few years ago and they helped each other sell chocolate and coffee. Napa Auto Parts promotes Nascar on their advertising and vice versa. Coca Cola became the official brand of the Olympics and both benefited. The NBA figured to make $100 million by adding advertising patches to its uniforms. This sort of thing is called cross marketing or cross branding. Each product is branded by the other’s label. They are identified with each…
REPENTANCE GETS PERSONAL
The subject of the end times, of the second coming of Christ, is intriguing. The sinful nature sometimes seizes on those parts of the Bible which deal with the last things in the same way conspiracy buffs get worked up over UFOs, aliens and who shot JFK. Christian book stores have made a mint on books entitled Left Behind, a series of novels filled with false teachings about the rapture, the millennium, and half-baked political views of Biblical prophecies. This…