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harder to find one where the full counsel of the Bible is unasham- edly preached and taught? In the politically correct culture we live in, is there the distinct possibility the government will place restrictions on Scripture? Consider that “North Korea punishes any possession of religious literature by death or imprisonment.” 3 Though it hasn’t reached that point in America, we’re seeing the beginnings through restrictions on prayer and removal of the Ten Command- ments in public places. Worsening suppression of distribution andproclamation of God’sWord certainly looms on the horizon. Surely you must be asking yourself at this point, “What can I do about this?” Jesus gave the answer when He said, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (Revelation 3:6). The word He uses for “hear” in the original means to consider, learn, comprehend, and understand. Paul certainly got it, writing, “Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God” (Colossians 3:16). W.C. Fields, famous actor and comic from the early 20 th Century, was a lifelong agnostic. So it came somewhat as a surprise when someone discovered his reading Scripture on his deathbed. “Why are you reading the Bible?” they inquired. “I am looking for loopholes,” he replied. Scripture contains no loopholes. And while the famine of its hearing is here, and will worsen, God’sWord will stand the test of time and remain throughout eternity.

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