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What else can one conclude? She kept her first marriage a secret till just recently. Why? She knew eventually it would out. So take the pain early. Barbara Walters’ recent interview with Judi and Rudy (doesn’t that sound cute?) could not get a satisfactory answer out of the double-talking duo. They were mum about the news-delay on husband number uno. What does that tell you, voter? Judi married U.S. surgical salesman Jeffrey Ross when she was 19. Why did Judi keep it a secret? Could it be that as she stole Rudy from his second wife, knowing she was going...

God demands a genuinely repentant heart, confession of sin, and restitution for one to receive His saving, redeeming love. God sets conditions before experiencing the love provided by Christ's death on Calvary's cross. If those conditions are not met, then a mortal does not know God's forgiving, merciful, grace-filled love. God knows nothing of a willy-nilly love, a weak-type of love, a limp illogical love. God sets conditions. You won’t find unconditional love anywhere in the Bible. It’s just not there. It’s an “American doctrine.” Something like “everything’s comin’ up roses” and “walk on the sunny side of the street.”...

Mark it down as biblical truth: There is no pre-tribulation rapture. However, untold thousands believe in the "secret rapture of the church" prior to the tribulation period. This is because untold thousands don't want to have to think of suffering through a tribulation time frame. The late Corrie ten Boom called this pre-trib rapture teaching the "American doctrine." Go figure. The belief in a secret rapture of believers before the tribulation is also because of a best-seller, "The Late, Great Planet Earth," by Hal Lindsey which was set loose in the l960s. It has been a paperback aggressively pushed by...