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The things coming out of the church world recently have been very concerning. Many comments made on Social Media reflect a lack of knowledge of scripture, and reflect doctrines that are men's doctrines rather than God's. There is a command in scripture to get wisdom and understanding, and to pursue good doctrine : "Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine , forsake you not my law...He (my father) taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live . Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding." (Prov. 4:1-7). The doctrines of God come from the Word of God. However, our culture wants to dictate what everyone should believe: in a one-wo...

There are billboards along the roads with the word, " Dad ication" on them. Their message is that fathers are essential to the American family. We have seen that everything around us is tryin g to destroy the concept of the nuclear family. This goes back to the idea that God, Who is our Father, is an absent, or distant, uninvolved Being. However, God has always wanted a daily fellowship and a relationship with us as He had with Adam in the Garden. There is a oneness to God, and a oneness that God desires in His relationship with us. This oneness as expressed in Hebrew is echad . It signifies a unity, but that unity includes plural parts. This is mentioned in Gen. 2:23-24, when Adam said of Eve, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his ( aleph-tav ) father and mother, and they shall be one ( echad ) flesh." The LORD describes Himself with that same echad o...