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RAPTURE – FACT OR FICTION?

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U.S.A. The Rapture Theory is of Catholic origin. In 1590 Spanish Jesuit Francisco Ribera first published this theory. The theory gained foothold in Protestantism in Britain in the 19th century through John Darby of the Plymouth Brethren, from whom Scofield obtained his  notes. (LADD, Geo E., (Fuller Seminary) Blessed Hope. The Rapture Theory has been…

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GOSPEL DEFENCE LEAGUE

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P O Box 587, SEA POINT, 8060 RSA TEL (021) 510-6854 Email: dscarborough@telkomsa.net Web: www.gospeldefenceleague.org July/August/September  2015 Dear  Friends, On 21 June 201 , five Cuban intelligence officers arrived in South Africa to a heroes’ welcome. They had served fifteen years in a US prison for conspiracy to commit espionage and  murder.  They had  come, …

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WHO WERE THE ANCIENT IRISH? from Great Britain’s Rank Among The Nations

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(Otago, NZ 1883) “Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, Thou  hast  increased  the nation:  Thou art glorified:  Thou has removed it far unto all ends of the earth.“- Isaiah xxiv. 7. The name of Sparta, or the Spartans, is enough to bring forward remembrances of much that we read in our early days. The…

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THEY – AND YOU – ARE CALLED “CHRISTIANS” – WHY?

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USA ..And the disciples were  called  Christians first  at Antioch  (Acts 11:26) We all understand this verse -or do we’? Obviously it means that the name “Christian” was not applied to anyone until it was given to the Israelite disciples of Christ that day in Antioch. But Who Called Them Christians? Did the Jews? Did…

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THE SIN AGAINST NATURE

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Canada The United States Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on the issue of homosexual marriage rights in the next few weeks, and this issue has been.much in the news. The liberal-left media has begun a campaign of confusion on this issue, with claims that the Bible does not oppose homosexuality, or that the Bible…

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