Taking Thoughts Captive
There are times when we think about things that are unseemly. Such thoughts include things that are not Godly such as hating people in our hearts, fornication, idolatry, nor adultery, theft, murder, covetous thoughts, etc. Sometimes lustful, hateful, or ungodly thoughts seem...
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The Memra
In his Gospel, the Apostle John tells us that, in the beginning, the Word was with God and the Word was God. Christians understand that John was speaking about Jesus. A new convert may be taught that this is correct, but would he understand why? Do you understand why the Word is Christ?...
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Will Jesus Return at Any Moment?
It always amazes me that Bible believing Christians, who are almost 100% doctrinally correct, have a blind spot when it comes to this passage of scripture. I was reading some material published by a well-known church that has a worldwide television outreach...
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Lucifer
The word, 'proverb', is rendered from the Hebrew root word, משׁל, mashal (the actual word used here is המשׁל, hamashal, "this proverb"). משׁל can be rendered parable, by-word, lamentation, allegory, taunt, similitude,...
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Ancient Corinth
Corinth (Κορινθος, Korinthos), a city located on the isthmus (known as the Isthmus of Corinth) between mainland Greece and Peloponnese, was well situated for land and sea trade. This made it a very important ancient city. Today, it is ...
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Is Jesus the Only Begotten or the One and Only?
Some translations of the Bible use the phrases, "one and only" or "only", instead of "only begotten", when referring to Christ in John 1:14, 1:18, 3:16, 3:18, Hebrews 11:17, and 1 John 4:9. What is the difference you may ask? It is simply...
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Did Paul Write the Epistle to the Hebrews?
There are many who say that he did. One of them was Eusebius who lived at Caesarea Maritima in the fourth century, where there was a great library containing many volumes no longer available to us...
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