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BELIEVE IN A REAL FAITH (1 OF 7)

by Tony Thomas

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4
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Believe in a Real Faith (1 of 7)
Series: Authentic Christianity
Tony Thomas
1 John 1:1-4


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SINGLE BLACK FEMALE seeks male companionship, ethnicity unimportant. I'm a very good-looking girl who loves to play.

I love long walks in the woods, riding in your pickup truck, hunting, camping and fishing trips, cozy winter nights lying by the fire. Candlelight dinners will have me eating out of your hand.
I'll be at the front door when you get home from work, wearing only what nature gave me. Call, and ask for Daisy.

Over 15,000 men responded to that ad -- but the number was answered by the Atlanta RSPCA. Daisy, you see, was an 8-week-old, black, Labrador retriever!

We're starting a new series called Authentic Christianity. It's based on the five-chapter letter called 1 John near the end of your New Testaments. There are 105 verses - and I'll break it up into seven bite-sized chunks.

In the introduction, John tells us to Believe in a Real Faith:

1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.

Justin ''Jussie'' Smollett is an American actor and singer. He was indicted on February 20 for disorderly conduct after staging a hate crime and assault on himself. Chicago Police allege that Smollett staged the attack because he was dissatisfied with his pay on the hit show, Empire.

In case you've been sleeping under a rock, here's a timeline of his fall from grace. On January 22, Smollett received a threatening letter that depicted a stick figure hanging from a tree with a gun pointing towards it. It also included white powder which turned out to be Tylenol.

On January 29, Smollett claimed he was attacked by two, masked assailants. They supposedly called him racial and homophobic slurs, and they wore red MAGA (Make America Great Again) hats. The suspects ...

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