The phrase 'died and went to heaven' does not occur in the Bible. The Hope of the Christian is Resurrection unto eternal life, not mere survival of death.
The Latin word is rapturo. That's where it comes from. It was derived from the Greek phrase, "caught up."
Some folks object to drinking fermented wine, others have allergies to grape juice. The wine might be fermented, or it might be just juice. One could conduct...
A person doesn't become a car by sitting in his/her garage for an hour a week. Neither does one become a Follower of Jesus by doing the same thing in a...
Christians continue to sin after they are saved - we will not be completely free from sin until we die or Jesus comes back. However, becoming a Christian...
How do we reconcile the idea that the Earth is about 6,000 years old (beginning at about 4000 B.C.), and the timeline of historic inventions that would have ...
For example, can a Seventh Day Adventist attend a Catholic baptism or a Muslim wedding if either was held on a Saturday?
The word dominion means "rule or power over." God has sovereign power over His creation and has delegated the authority to mankind to have dominion over the...
Heather has stated it quite well. If one attended services in a word-faith church, where tongues are spoken and demonic deliverance is commonplace, along...
No. Nowhere in the Christian writings, the Covenant of Grace through Faith, is there an oath or local church requirement for membership in the Body of...
I don't know of anything in the bible that states clearly a right or wrong answer to this question, however I will tell you that it can create what I call a...
'An eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth' in the OT expects a self protective response equal to, but no more and no less than the initial act of aggression....
Moral relativism is more easily understood in comparison to moral absolutism. Absolutism claims that morality relies on universal principles (natural law,...
Many people take the idea of gift giving at Christmas back to the scripture in Matthew 2:10-11 which talks about the Magi (wise men) giving gifts to Jesus at...
To start with...easter is simply pagan. Yeshua was not resurrected on easter.. Yeshua Himself said as Jonah was 3 days AND 3 nights in the belly of the great...
Matthew's genealogy traces the ancestors of Joseph, the legal father of Jesus. The structure of the genealogy descends from father to son, beginning with...
In their 2008 book Pagan Christianity, authors Frank Viola and George Barna present the surprising origins of many of the practices commonly found in...
It is wrong to attend two different churches (faiths), such as Christianity and Islam. There is only one church (body of believers) under Christ. It is not...
A husband and a wife attending separate churches is a situation that is more common than one might think. It's also common for the children of such a couple...
Christians are all members of ONE body, the Church. We are to be ONE, Eph 4:4,5,6 Where ever we go we should feel that we belong and we should feel welcomed....
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Jeremiah 1:5 We were already...
If I got the question right, this is asking if a person can attend different churches, not different branches of the same church. As always, we let the bible...
Hebrews 10:24-25 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the...
It just so happened that the topic was church membership at our church last Sunday. Several points stuck with me. 1- Church is not a volunteer organization....
All our modern day celebrations have historical origins, some of which can be traced to certain pagan rituals due to their era or structure. This does not...
Please note that John 3:16 does not use the word church or religion. In fact, when church is referenced in the Bible it does not mean a building, a religion...
To be fishers of men simply means to do all that you can to reach men for Jesus.
Why I believe... God Hates Christmas! I believe with all my heart that God is disgusted and saddened about what Christmas has deteriorated into in the minds...
The New Testament does not directly address the subject of attending two or more different churches. Paul's letter to the Corinthians begins, "To the church...
The Lord's Table is one of the two ordinances that Jesus commanded his church to observe, the other being baptism of believers who come into saving knowledge...
The word perfection carries the idea of wholeness and a lack of nothing. If something is perfect, then it's complete. So how can heaven be perfect if some...
I think that when we are highly ecstatic about the situations we find ourselves in, we never really grieve for those who are not there with us. We do not...
Your question is sort of self-fulfilling; the Church, the Body of Christ, the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Heaven, the Fellowship of Believers, the...
In Mark 1:14-22 and Matthew 4:17-23 we see this phrase used. In both cases, we see it happening right after Jesus begins teaching, "The time has now come,...
There is also a danger of dabbling in the paranormal by becoming enamored with so called aliens and UFOs. Science fiction is infested with this form of...
Does a person have to go to a gym to work out or could they stay at home and workout? Church is the gym of your Christian workout. Its ok to stay at home and...
Romans 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law. Revelation...
No. Salvation is not contingent on a list of dos and don'ts. It is based on faith in and surrender to the resurrection and Lordship of Christ (Romans...
Each of the seven sacraments have different effects: 1. Baptism brings you into Christ's family. 2. Eucharist feeds you with Christ himself. 3. Confirmation...
Each of the seven sacraments have different effects: 1. Baptism brings you into Christ's family. 2. Eucharist feeds you with Christ himself. 3. Confirmation...
Simply put, the righteous will go to heaven - and one becomes righteous by being charitable. At the end of time, the Son of Man will come and separate...
For Catholics: You are at the wedding of a beloved family member or friend, which is taking place at a Lutheran church. You gladly accepted the invitation to...
The Truth, the reality, that you need to tune in to is that you won't go to Heaven if you aren't born again, John 3:3. Becoming a believer in Jesus as your...
Face it. The day we step into eternity may come sooner than we think. In preparation for that moment, we need to know this truth-not everyone is going to...
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you SHALL be saved. www.booksie.com/Don_Watson
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