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Free will is an important doctrine. It explains the reality of evil co-existing with the simple truth so beautifully expressed in Ezekiel 33.11 "I [God] have...
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What did Jesus mean when he said, "I come quickly?"
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But there's hope for ultimate victory of good over evil: By stating that God will "establish the just," the verse conveys a message that despite temporary...
Yes, "the wickedness of the wicked" is bad. But we can pray that they would repent and be saved. They need to be brought under conviction for their sins of...
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Personal experience: I had a tubal ligation, had an ovary removed. Then I had a completion hysterectomy because I had a complex mass. God was generous, I had...
The Bible says: "But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law," (Galatians 4:4). Note that it says...
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Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, meditation was not a silent, passive activity but an active engagement with the text or...
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Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, meditation was not a silent, passive activity but an active engagement with the text or...
This is a solid question, Celeste! Some say that meditation can be demonic if it's a mind-emptying practice. They say that such meditation can create a...
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What is the Hail Mary that Catholics say so often? The phrase "Hail Mary" is identified with the Roman Catholic liturgicals. It is a salutation founded on...
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Israel knew they would someday bring Gentiles to God, as it is a covenant promise (still future) for them (their promised earthly kingdom of heaven). What...
Firstly, the term "eternity" is a mistranslation. Or perhaps more accurately, it is only one potential connotation of the Greek αἰών/aion, which more...
Firstly, the term "eternity" is a mistranslation. Or perhaps more accurately, it is only one potential connotation of the Greek αἰών/aion, which more...
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What a wonderful promise! "Never" means "never"! As Strongs renders the Greek, "not at all, not by any means, never, in no case, not in any wise". The Hebrew...
I have always considered the term "church hopping" to be unnecessarily derogatory towards true believers. In any location, town or city, followers of Christ...
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What a wonderful promise! "Never" means "never"! As Strongs renders the Greek, "not at all, not by any means, never, in no case, not in any wise". The Hebrew...
In my opinion, the thought being expressed is that, even before the beginning of all God's creative work (that is, from eternity past), God, in His...
Someone can "give thanks to God all the time," which means they can always praise and express gratitude to the Lord even when things get tough. This verse...
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Where does the Bible say that God will never leave or forsake us?
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Good answer, Brother Grant! I got saved going to a Billy Graham Crusade with my grandmother, Mor Mor. Billy Graham explicitly stated that Christianity was...
Acts 15:18: "known from eternity."
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I would like to provide Godly encouragement. 11 years ago, I was on the phone with a fellow parishioner, we were on the prayer team and praying on the phone....
The Bible's 2 Timothy 1:9 shows that God rescued people and invited them to fulfill a sacred mission regardless of their actions. The passage states, "...who...
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Gary, Matt 25:46 doesn't contradict Matt 10:28, Rev. 20:13-14, and other scriptural passages. Nor does the Greek imply eternal conscious torment. Consider...
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Thank you for this. I never understood what it meant that a woman should fear the Lord. I love and adore him and when I think of “fear” I think of being...
Egypt is definitely a powerful country. On the earth we are passing through on this planet we are to walk with God toward our eternal home. In biblical times...
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Hi Gary, thanks for your contribution. I think your argument sort of backfires. In Matt 25:46, we get a juxtaposition of two fates: eternal life and eternal...
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Wow. I’ll have to research further!
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“‘All things are lawful for me,’ but not all things are helpful. ‘All things are lawful for me,’ but I will not be dominated by anything.” - 1 Corinthians...
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Matthew 25:46 confirms the final states for the righteous and for the unrighteous. It requires a conscious living being to be able to experience punishment...
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Were the Salem Witch Trials biblical?
There are a number of difficulties with the theory that God simply made more humans out of the dust for Adam's children or Noah's grandsons to marry. These...
As far as I have read in the Bible, there is no evidence to say that Adam and Eve's children reproduced with one another, nor that Noah's grandchildren repro...
As have been previously stated, I agree that there is no definitive answer to this question. However, in Genesis 3:1, it is stated that the serpent was more...
Is Christianity a white man’s religion? Although I have read several commentaries submitted on this subject, I think some major questions were never asked. “...
If you are asking this question for yourself, before I answer the question let me say this: What better time could there be to trust God? I am sure you have...
When addressing a question like this one it is important to remember that human beings are created in God's direct image and have many "layers," (Luke...
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Yes, I love John's response to the religious leaders of the day: "When John realized that a lot of Pharisees and Sadducees were showing up for a baptismal...
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Christians can disagree about things, but we should be careful to say one is biblical and one is not. Disagreeing with one’s subjective opinions isn’t the...
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In my opinion, annihilation undermines the price that was paid to destroy sin. All people deserve to die physically according to Romans 5:12 and Genesis...
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I think Peter explained the meaning that baptism is designed to provide. He called it an antitype; that is, a foreshadowing of something. It's an indication...
Satan tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit instead of Adam because he believed she was more susceptible to deception, as she was newly created and might be...
Deuteronomy 33:48-50: And the Lord spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, "Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land...
Deuteronomy 34:5: So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. God the Father spoke to Moses and told...
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Why did God make salvation such a narrow path?
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Is the Holy Spirit a person?
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What did Jesus mean when He said, 'Today you will be with me in paradise'?
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