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Will hell be everlasting? All the way back in the Old Testament, Daniel 12:2, “Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.” Matthew 25:46 “These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” In this verses, the word translated “eternal” is the same one used for both heaven and hell. Heaven and hell parallel each other for eternity. They both stand or fall together. Jesus in Matthew 18:8 calls hell and “eternal fire.” Three times, Mark says of those in in hell, “Their worm will not die” (Mk. 9:44, 46, 48; cf. Isa. 66:24). When Jude speaks of false teachers in hell he says “for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever” (Jude 13). 2 Thessalonians 1:9, “These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power.”

Randy Smith

Recently Leadership Magazine commissioned a poll of a thousand pastors. The pastors indicated that 12 percent of them had committed adultery while in ministry – one out of eight pastors! – and 23 percent had done something they considered sexually inappropriate. Christianity Today surveyed a thousand of its subscribers who were not pastors and found the figure to be nearly double, with 23 percent saying they had had extramarital intercourse and 45 percent indicating they had done something they themselves deemed sexually inappropriate. One in four Christian men are unfaithful, and nearly one half have behaved unbecomingly! Shocking statistics! Especially when we remember that Christianity Today readers tend to be college-educated church leaders, elders, deacons, Sunday school superintendents, and teachers. If this is so for the Church’s leadership, how much more for the average member of the congregation? Only God knows!

Kent Hughes

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Skillet-Glazed Baby Carrots And Sugar Snap Peas

January 26, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Garden2	4	servings

INGREDIENTS

8	oz	Baby carrots; peeled
8	oz	Sugar snap peas; strings removed
1	ts	Butter
1/3	c	Low-salt chicken broth
1/2	ts	Cornstarch

INSTRUCTIONS

Fill large saucepan with water, add salt as desired, and bring to a boil.
Add carrots and boil for two minutes. Add peas; cook until carrots and peas
are crisp-tender, about two minutes longer. Drain. (Can be made a day
ahead. Cover and chill.) Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add
vegetables, saute to coat. Mix broth and cornstarch in small bowl. Add to
skillet. Saute until vegetables are heated through and liquid thickens,
about one minute. Season with salt and pepper. Serves 4.
Recipe Source: Home & Garden TV -- Home Grown Cooking - Episode 131
Formatted for MasterCook by Nancy Berry - cwbj78a@prodigy.com
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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