My Time

by Chadwick Brewer “And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?” (Matthew 6:27). One of my biggest self-deceptions is that my time is my own. I often feel and act as if I am the rightful owner of 24 hours each day. The truth is, my…

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The Clock Is Winding Down

by Terry Wane Benton With each second, minute, and hour that passes, our time is winding down, and we are that much closer to death and facing eternity. We have never been this close, yet we keep inching closer as we live. God commands all men everywhere to repent because He has appointed a day…

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An Old Body with a Young Heart

by Orlando Gonzalez Time: one of the great many banes of our existence. It’s a useful tool to measure how long we’ve been at a certain place or how long to bake a cake in an oven, but it is also an unstoppable process that leads toward the end of countless things on Earth, including…

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Make Me Know My End

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Make-Me-Know-My-End.mp3 Text: Psalms 39   I.         Psalms 38-40 cover related themes regarding the problems caused by sin             A.        God has punished David because of his sin – Psalms 38:1-2             B.        Between God’s punishment and the burden of the sin itself, David feels overwhelmed – Psalms 38:3-8             C.        Even close friends and family avoid you when you are suffering because…

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Too Busy Doing the Wrong Things

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/TooBusyDoingTheWrongThings.mp3 I.         Some of us are careful shoppers. Especially when it comes to expensive items, such as our cars             A.        You could buy the cheapest thing on the lot. It will run, but we understand that it won’t last long. It is not worth the investment.             B.        Rather, most of us understand that it is better to save…

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Is time just an invention of man and doesn’t really exist?

Question: Hey Jeffrey, I talk to these new age types of people, and I’ve heard them say multiple times that time doesn’t exist but is an invention of man to keep track of things. How does one respond to that? Didn’t time begin once God began the creation? Answer: Yes, the Bible starts out, “In…

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Does II Peter 3:8 mean God’s days are different from people’s days?

Question: “But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day” (II Peter 3:8). I don’t understand this verse? Didn’t you say that God’s days and people’s days weren’t different? Answer: “Knowing this first: that scoffers will come…

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Does God exist outside of time and sees all of time at once?

Question: First, I wanted to thank you for the web site.  I come here often whenever I find that I have a problem that needs addressing. Anyway, on to my question. Lately, I’ve been wondering about something after something my preacher told me.  He once told me that God is not confined to time as we…

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Is God bound by time?

Question: We had a small discussion in our college group last week and I wanted your thoughts. Is God bound by our time? What I mean is angels are waiting to see things unfold; I think that’s somewhere in Hebrews. And then Job, of course. God calls the angels to Him twice, so we see…

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