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95 Theses

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Post date December 3, 2003
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Martin Luther

Here are the 95 Theses Martin Luther nailed on the church
door at Wittenburg.

1. When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, “Repent”
(Matthew 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one
of repentance.

2. This word cannot be understood as referring to the
sacrament of penance, that is, confession and satisfaction,
as administered by the clergy.

3. Yet it does not mean solely inner repentance; such
inner repentance is worthless unless it produces various
outward mortification of the flesh.

4. The penalty of sin remains as long as the hatred of
self (that is, true inner repentance), namely till our
entrance into the kingdom of heaven.

5. The pope neither desires nor is able to remit any
penalties except those imposed by his own authority or that
of the canons.

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The Chronicles of the Disciples Walk

Post author By milkandhoney
Post date November 9, 2003
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The Spirit Made Me Do It

R. P. Amos

The Chronicles of the ?Disciple?s Walk? are various exhortations. The goal is to encourage the believer in the Lord Jesus to follow Him according to His Word rather than tradition or popular thinking.

Many are familiar with the worldly saying, ?the devil made me do it.? By that, people usually mean that it wasn?t their intention to do wrong but the enticement of the evil one overpowered them.

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Hasting Unto What?

Andrew Shelor

In 2 Peter 3:12 we are told that we are to be looking forward to the Day
of God with eager anticipation as if our eagerness might somehow hasten its coming.

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Spiritual Weight Watchers

Post author By milkandhoney
Post date November 9, 2003
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Steve Hulshizer

The statisticians tell us that the majority of Americans are overweight.
This is no surprise since many spend most of their day sitting behind a desk, or in front
of the TV. Add to this a steady diet of fast-foods, and you have the perfect formula for
being overweight.

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The Scandal of the Catholic Priesthood (2 of 2)

Post author By rey
Post date October 26, 2003
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John F. MacArthur, Jr.

this is a continuation of part 1

And then came the idea that this was in imitation of the virgin Mary, with utter disregard for the fact that after the birth of Jesus, Mary and Joseph had a whole family full of children. But the lie of the system is that she was a perpetual virgin to her death. And they also elevated the celibacy because they said Christ was celibate, and this was the approximation and the imitation of Christ. And the idea began to develop that if people did this voluntarily, if lay people did this voluntarily and ascended to this high level of spiritual devotion, that wouldn’t it be imperative for their leaders to go to this high level? And again, this was the influence of some of these philosophical ideas. Shouldn’t bishops and priests be the models of asceticism? So by the third century, you started having celibate priests. And it was for the first time in the third century the Council of Elvira in Spain put down the first law that we can find in history enforcing celibacy. Bishops and priests and deacons also were to be deposed if they lived with their wives and begot children after their ordination. They would allow the ones that were married to stay married. But if you were ordained, that in itself said you will never marry. A similar decree was enacted by a Roman Council under Pope Serichias in 384 to 399.