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| 1994 A Conversation With God |
How do we pray? Dart goes over Jesus’ John 17 prayer in great detail, analyzing what prayer is, the parts of it, and why those parts are important. Are we too narrow in our prayers? Too brief? Too lengthy? Prayer is far more than a series of requests. It is a conversation. |
| 1994 Can Man Become God? |
It sounds blasphemous. Dart starts out by defining God. Herbert Armstrong’s teaching that man is made after the God-kind. A family with God as Father, Jesus as Son, humans to follow Jesus as sons and fellow heirs. This is not an analogy. What does being glorified mean? Is “born again” an analogy or literal? Origin of the Sanhedrin. God reproducing Himself puts in perspective all the suffering in life, and provides a reason for it. The spectacular destiny of man. |
| 1994 Christ's Power |
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| 1994 FOT Oklahoma 9-21-94 |
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| 9442 Is Life Worth Living? |
Given all the despair of Job and Solomon, is life worth living? Or is it vanity? Euthanasia, assisted suicide, selective abortion, population reduction, prolonging life. Nearly everyone says their own life is worth living, but Dart asks the question of those who think others are so disabled, aged, or suffering that maybe their life isn’t worth living. It is one thing to decide to end your own life, but quite another to decide to end another’s. What will happen if an impersonal government gets involved in such decisions? Simply to ask the question “Is Life Worth Living?” assumes life has no purpose. But it very much does and is very much worth living, as Dart shows from the scriptures. |
| 9469 The Law and the Covenants |
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| 94-01-02 Predictions for 1994 |
It is not wrong to criticize our government -- Herbert Armstrong’s repeated proclamation of the coming kingdom of God implies our current government is not right. Jesus and the prophets similarly criticized government. Dart strikes a parallel between ancient Israel’s desire for a king and our onerous government. He proceeds to comment on the economy, healthcare, and welfare; and he issues a strong criticism of the U.S. society with the primary cause being the neglect of God. With reference to Deuteronomy 28, this country’s blessings have been abundant, but now the cursings are coming upon us. Subjects: abortion, homelessness, kidnapping, prayer in school. While the message is quite negative, it ends with great hope and encouragement. |
| 94-03-19 A Prescription For Passover | Ron Dart has given many sermons on the Passover. This may be the best. He explains Passover timing and the symbolism of the timing. Discusses the meanings of The Lord's Supper, The Christian Passover, the Jewish Passover. We know about the blood, but what about the body? The bread and wine are NOT New Testament symbols for the Old Testament dinner, but rather New Testament symbols for the Old Testament sacrifice of the Lamb. Passover on the 15th? 3PM on the 14th? Early on the 14th? What does "as often as you do it" mean? What about eating it unworthily? Dart credits Herbert Armstrong with helping Dart to understand why the body. Why did Jesus have to suffer? Discussion of the type of the suffering servant that the Jews see in Isaiah 53 and it's parallel to the movie "Schindler's List." Of course, for the Christian, Christ was the antitype fulfillment of the Isaiah suffering servant. |
| 94-11-05 An End to Violence | Is poverty the cause of crime? Evil can look ordinary and reasons for it can be trivial. Dart shows that violence is the main reason God opts for destruction (before flood, Sodom, Israel, and perhaps us today?). Who is responsible for this escalation of violence in our society? Who will get punished? Is there any escape? |
| 94-11-12 Blessing of the Children | Stories illustrating the role of children in worship and praise. The importance of children to the church. The responsibility of parents and the church to children. Laying on of hands, blessing, birthright examples from the Old Testament and New Testament and today. |
| 94-12-10 Anointing the Sick |
Dart discusses James 5’s distinction between an affliction and sickness. Neither Jesus nor the disciples healed everyone – were they not able or was it by choice? The significance of oil. The definition of sanctify, sacred, holy. The pool of Bethesda. What is the role of belief? Persistence? Sin? Intercessory prayer? Why Christ suffered. We are a community of faith and our prayers for each other are very important. |
