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Good News Translation of Galatians 3:16 -- Now, God made his promises to Abraham and to his descendant. The scripture does not use the plural "descendants,"...
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"Paul Believed in Verbal Inspiration: "Paul based an argument upon the fact that a particular word in the Old Testament is singular and not plural. Writing...
God, who is considered perfect and truthful, inspired the authors of the Bible to write down His message, thus guaranteeing its accuracy in the original...
Christians all have a need to study and meditate on the Bible. I know I do! We should read and study the Bible because it is God's word to us, providing...
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Sure, discussion tab if you'd like :-) As for the Rapture, though it's possible there's a gap of time between the dead rising and our transformation, I...
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Right, and I agree that Israel and the Body of Christ are separate entities in prophecy. Thank you as well! And IMHO, we're watching the Ten Kingdoms form...
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Thanks Paula! I like the chart, but disagree with a few details (imagine that..lol) regarding timing of certain prophetic events for Israel. However, the...
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Here is a chart I made that might interest you as well, Mark: https://tgnt.faith/downloads/charts/Tribulation.jpg
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Thank you Mark! All glory to God of course :-)
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Paula, I haven't considered a gap of time between the "catching away" of the church, and the signing of the 7 year treaty. It makes sense that there is...
As John 6:44 should not be studied in isolation from its context, let's look at the audience, surrounding discourse, and Jesus' own explanation. Audience: In...
As John 6:44 should not be studied in isolation from its context, let's look at the audience, surrounding discourse, and Jesus' own explanation. Audience: In...
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Bible centered believers will not pray to the dead. They will never assign divinity to a person other than members of the Holy Trinity. Praying to Mary or to...
I have been a proponent of 72, based largely on the 12 (Luke 9) + 72 (Luke 10) = 84 = 7 (completion) * 12 (tribes); however, I then came across this and am...
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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."
Acts 15:1 - 21
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. “...
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