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T. A. McMahon of “The Berean Call” defines apostasy.

“Apostasy is the desertion of one’s faith or religion. It is the forsaking of the belief to which one had previously adhered.”

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Scripture’s warning against walking in the counsel of the ungodly, standing in the path of sinners, or sitting in the seat of the scornful reveals a progression, which is actually a regression – from waywardness to wickedness. By listening to and heeding what the lost – and even the enemies of the faith – have to say, one settles in comfortably with their perspective and eventually practices what they preach. The tragic result is that the heart becomes hardened to God’s truth, and one’s attitude turns to scorn when confronted with it.

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Did you know that your brain is more complex, that is, it has more “switches” than all the computers in the world put together? Scientists at Standford University have just done research on the brain of a mouse that Stephen Smith, a professor of molecular and cellular physiology, describes as almost beyond belief. Smith is the senior author of the paper describing the study. Read the whole article.