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Faith and its place in the Christian's life is both essential and undeniable. Because of these realities it is possible that from time to time Christians can become lax when evaluating the means by which their faith can and should be acquired. A point in mind has to do with matters where the...

I'll start with 2 Thessalonians 1:4-2:12 which reads: 4 We also take special pride in you among all the called ones of God, because of the endurance and faith that you’ve shown through all the persecutions and difficulties that you’ve been enduring. 5 So, the righteous judgment of God is...

Someone once told me that it was apparant that I had a respect and love for God's Word but they could not tell that I had a relationship with God. When asked why they responded by saying that I was too practical and that I relied too much on book, chapter, and verse and didn't approach life with...

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Today my answer to this is 'I don't know', in the past, I would have said yes in a heartbeat based on Job alone. But as I reread Job I noticed that when the sons of God went to stand before God that we are not told the whereabouts of their location. This subject in interesting to me because it...

What does the Bible teach us about what life will be like after the last resurrection? Jesus said to the Sadducees in Luke 20:34-38 that in the resurrection men would not marry but be as the messengers of God. Little more is said about this life other than what is written in Revelation 22 and...

In Daniel 10:14, an impressive messenger tells Daniel that he'd come to help Daniel understand what would happen to Daniel's people in the future. This messenger describes the future as 'the last or later days' depending on how the phrase is translated. Using the entire context from chapter 10...

What is sound doctine? Forums like this have 1000s of threads created that faciliate countless doctrinal debates about a myriad of subjects from faith to works and beyond. The point of this thread is to define and bring to the surface what the Bible points out pertaining to the subject of...

I believe that a belief in God can have some very real tangible positive benefits for the individual. Man has always had an apparant need to have God or gods and many have wondered why. Those answers, in my opinion have to do with man's limitations and the belief that God or gods can help man...

For this thread I would like to challenge each person to look inside of their own hearts and consider some of the closely helds beliefs you may have and ask yourself why it is that you believe as you do. Was you believe something that you developed through a vetting process, is there a...

After contemplating much of what has been posted in some of the threads I've been involved in whether it be about church organization, the Holy Spirit, etc.; it occurred to me that despite the number of times I have either posted or read other posters that post Hebrews 10:24-25 that I had been...

I have children and I at times have felt the pull of church, so from time to time I do attend (I never contribute to the offering though as my conscience will not allow me to, instead I try to make note of those on the prayer lists and I send them something anonymously if I can). For me, it...

I a previous thread I made a statement relating to the Trinity and other potential conclusions that prompted the following request. For this thread, my intent is to have the scriptures opened so that we can take a wholistic look at what is revealed about God and his nature in hopes of coming...

The issue over the importance, the purpose, and the very necessity of water baptism invariably comes up ever so often when any group of individuals that study the Bible share ideas. There never seems to be a resolution or at least a consensus reach in the end when dealing with this subject. Does...

Covetousness is defined as an envious eagerness to possess something that belongs to someone else and Greed is defined as a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed. These two concepts are often spoken against in the Bible and are classified as sinful...

One thing that has puzzled me about the devil and the satan is its mortality. Is the Satan who tempted Jesus the same one who possessed the serpent in Eden? When I read passages like the one in 1 peter 5:8 that says "your adversary (satan), the devil (opposer) is like a roaring lion seeking whom...

The following quote in a separate thread along with a discussion about facts therein prompted me to want to begin a discussion that truly analyzes the growth of Christendom throughtout history. A few of the items I wish to discuss are as follows: 1. What was the plan for the church...

In the course of reading the Bible, if one spends a lot of time studying, undoubtedly one will encounter passages that bring them pause. For me one of the most hard to deal with passages is found in Judges starting in chapter 19 and extending into chapter 21. The story of the Levite and his...

A cursory evaluation of the NT yields that there are anywhere from 300 to 365 instances of Jesus fulfilling something spoken of in the Hebrew scriptures. When these claims of prophetic fulfillment are examined under the microscope and fully analyzed, what we see is that many of the supposed...

We have all read in Exodus how God hardenned the heart of Pharoah and how subsequently Pharoah's hard heart led to plagues and death. A question that doesn't get asked enough in my opinion is this: If God could harden Pharoah's heart, couldn't God have just as easily softened Pharoah's heart...