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 "I am the Way the Truth and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father but by Me."
—Jesus Christ, John 14:6

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Picture: Prison at Philippi 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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Picture: Ox Yoke The Easy Burden and Light Yoke of Jesus
When Jesus spoke this portion of scripture, he had just finished condemning the cities of Galilee: Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum. Jesus began his ministry in his own territory, Galilee. He was rejected in his own home town of Nazareth for claiming to be the Christ. He left there...


Picture: Baptized 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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Picture: Lightning 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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The Planet Venus From the Hubble Telescope 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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Picture: Greek Manuscript from CC-Art.com 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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Picture: Pulpit I Suffer Not a Woman to Teach
The authority and teaching about which Paul spoke applies to spiritual matters only. These spiritual matters include church and home. A woman is not to have authority over men in church leadership positions, nor is she to have authority over her husband. It is implied in the context that this...


Picture: Greek Manuscript from CC-Art.com 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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A frequent question I am asked here at The Bible Church is this. Pastor, do you know of a good church in my area that teaches chapter by chapter and verse by verse? An addendum to that question is, my pastor teaches...

 


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I have a variety of Bible study tools and reading materials that I use in Bible study. The Bible Church has put together a listing of such study tools and reading materials for your convenience. Each of these is available for...

 


Picture: Food Must We Obey the Old Testament Food Laws?
There is a tradition that states that we Christians should obey all of the food ordinances. The New Testament clearly says that we are no longer subject to the food ordinances. Those who claim we are still bound by those ordinances must take the scripture and contort it to make it say...

 


Picture: The Cross Does God Hate?
I read an op-ed in the newspaper not long ago, allegedly written by a Christian. This person wrote in opposition to a billboard placed by a local Church. The billboard listed seven things that God hates. The op-ed writer said he was a Christian. He said that the Church should not ...

 


Picture of an Open Bible Is the Bible truly the Word of God?
The Bible is a cohesive book produced by many writers over a long period of time. Approximately forty authors wrote it over a span of about 1600 years. That is a period of about forty generations. It was written in three languages on three continents...

 


Picture Inside of PHBC Pleasant Home Baptist Church
Pleasant Home Baptist Church is located in the Eastern part of Santa Rosa county, approximately eight miles north of Harold, and ten miles south of Munson, within the Blackwater River State Forest. It is thought of, by many, as being isolated (which is easily understood)...

 


Picture of Caesarea Maritima 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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    * Or, as the Masoretic text spells it, ירושלם (Yerushalam instead of   ירושלים, Yerushalayim, which is the plural form)
    * שאלו שלום ירושלים is transliterated "shaalu shalom yerushalaim".