The Bible recognizes the ability of alcohol consumption to impart joy or gladness (Ecclesiastes 9:7; Psalm 104:15), and even beneficial physical effects (1...
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For sure, brother. The only way we’re going to be a light in this dark, dark, dark world is to be unified, like-minded (Philippians 2:2) and for all of us to...
The Word and Christ are simply saying that those who follow and believe in Him will never die. They will go on living in the spirit with Him in heaven......
While Yashua came to fulfill the Law, He in no way ENDED the requirements of the Law. Covenant came through Abraham, not the Jewish nation. I have to wonder...
God is gracious to us because He loves us. Before the world was completed He planned our salvation. Think of Adam and Eve and the fall. God did not reject...
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Nate, Thanks for your valuable contribution to this discussion. We all have different struggles but our propensity for sin is the same. Thanks to God for his...
To me, the accounts in the two chapters cited in the question are not redundant or in conflict, but are complementary. I would say that Genesis 1 is meant to...
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This is a very highly debated topic and question in the field of psychology and psychiatry and has been for decades especially with the occurrence of the...
In response to your question the best answer I can provide for you is that they aren’t born gay or homosexual. Being a Christian and a doctor of psychology I...
I humbly submit for your consideration the annual Baal worship service held around labor day annually in Nevada within the Black Rock Desert. The mainstream...
Peace be with you all... The appearance of Jabez's prayer right out of the blue (as it were) in the middle of a structured genealogy makes it a very curious...
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I believe that Jesus forgave Judas in betraying Him. Judas had to do what he did to fulfill scripture. It was foretold that Jesus would be betrayed and that...
In Ephesians 1:1, the Apostle Paul declares that he is the author of Ephesians. In Ephesians 3:1-7, "For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus,...
Seventy times seven is an indirect reference to the Lament of Lamech in Genesis 4:24: "If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold". In this...
The Hebrew word (rendered as "kabowd" in English characters) that is translated as "glory" in the verse and translation of the Bible cited in the question...
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Michael, I like what you said about the psalmist loving God’s Word and his dedication to remembering and living by it. The reason we know that the word of...
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To supplement Grant’s answer, I think the original question could better be worded, “If God is against sin, why are people born sinful.” Everyone is born...
Trials and temptations are common to all people everywhere. In God’s eyes they can serve the same purpose, if we remain faithful and allow God to complete...
Worshiping anything other than God could be considered Baal worship. It doesn't have to be specifically Baal or any other god for that matter. Basically,...
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I like your opening statement, Grant, " God only made two perfect human beings, Adam and Eve." God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.
In Strong's Concordance peirasmos means “an experiment, a trial, temptation.” The original word is πειρασμός, οῦ, ὁ The Englishman's Concordance has Matthew...
God only made two perfect human beings, Adam and Eve. When they rebelled against God’s command and sin entered the world, their human spirits died and their...
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That's great Sandra! Very succinct!!
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Matthew 7:21 Is for those that have never done the will of His Father in heaven, and are trusting in their own works. John six: 40 and John six: 29. Our...
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What is the canopy theory?
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What’s wrong with pleasure? (Ecclesiastes 2:1–2)
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Why did God condone lying at times when it's clear in the Bible that He hates lying?
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Why does God allow natural disasters, i.e., earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis?
I would say that Jesus and James were talking about two different things. In my opinion, trials are not the same as temptations. Trials are external...
Jesus taught his disciples to pray, “do not lead us into temptation” (Matt. 6:13). But James says here, “count it all joy when you fall into various trials.”
James 1:2
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Brother James Kraft, your commentary gives me hope for my son who accepted Christ as a child but now professes to be an atheist. He has become very bitter...
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We will have spiritual bodies in heaven. I think it's impossible for us to know what that means. When we think of a body we think of flesh. So our...
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Flesh ages. Spirit doesn't. Flesh doesn't go to heaven. There is no flesh to age or not age in heaven. A baby has the same spirit as an adult. The spirit...
This is what I found: It's Psalms, Chapter 51, Verse 5: Behold, I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Perhaps human nature is...
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Another example of straining out the gnat & swallowing the camel is claiming to be against abortion, but not caring for the living. In that it's okay to...
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Pierce, your thinking is under man's interpretation of marriage and not God's. The Bible never requires anyone to be married under some sort of civil or...
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Was Jesus black?
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I agree. “The Sea of Glass” by SG Whetherholt goes into great detail to explain what happened between Gen 1:1-2. Scripture and science do agree.
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My opinion is that THE act of divine intervention is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. (NLT)
Psalms 27:2
Every human being born into this world is a new creation. We are not the product of evolutionary processes. Every person is endowed with a spirit in the...
I believe Jesus is affirming that, in the eyes of God, the only valid reason for a divorce is sexual immorality = adultery = unfaithfulness. If the divorce...
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