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HOW OLD Is the EARTH According to the Bible?
The Bible does not say what the age of the Earth is and so people draw conclusions based on various data. It’s a non-essential issue and believers can hold to one position or another without it affecting their relationship with God or their Christian service. The more important an issue..
12th August 2023
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Q&A on Sex, Romance and Marriage
Is It Okay to Be Promiscuous? Over and over in the Bible’s Song of Songs, the Shulammite maiden advises “Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires” (2:7, 3:5 & 8:4). The Berean Study Bible phrases this as “Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is..
12th August 2023
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Q&A on SHEOL / HADES, the Intermediate State of the Unsaved
What Does the Bible Teach About SHEOL / HADES? Sheol or Hades involves the intermediate state of unsaved souls between physical death and later resurrection when they’re judged (Revelation 20:11-15). It is “the world of the dead,” as scholar James Strong defined it, or “the assembly of the dead,” as..
11th August 2023
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What Couldn’t Jesus Tell the Disciples Because They Couldn’t BEAR IT?
The Lord made this interesting statement to His disciples: 12“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what..
11th August 2023
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What Does It Mean That THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD?
Let’s read the passage in question with focus on verse 13: 11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before..
31st July 2023
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What Does Being BORN OF WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT Mean?
Let’s read the passage in question: 3Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again. ” 4“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”..
20th July 2023
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What Are the SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD From Revelation?
In John’s apocalyptic vision there are several curious references to the “seven spirits of God”: John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne,..
4th July 2023
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Did the Crucified Thief Go to Paradise THAT DAY?
When the Messiah was crucified, two thieves were crucified simultaneously with him: One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We..
4th July 2023
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Are Gentile Believers SPIRITUAL JEWS?
While Gentile believers are obviously not Jews in a physical sense, they are indeed spiritual Jews. Let’s consider the scriptural evidence for this from three angles… “A Person Is a Jew Who Is One Inwardly“ God’s chosen nation in the Old Covenant was the Israelites, aka the Hebrews (Exodus 6:7, 19:5 & Deuteronomy..
2nd July 2023
