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. • Gal 4:6 . . And because you are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of His son into your hearts calling out: Abba! Father. That verse reveals something very important. The Spirit of His son compels Christ's believing followers to call out to his Father rather than his mother, and the reason...

. For most of my life I was led to believe that Jesus was born in a barn. But now I'm not so sure because it appears to me that he wasn't. Nor does it appear to me that Mary was forced to shelter her baby in a stable because the inn had no vacancy. Here's how my mind was conditioned to think...

. • Matt 2:8-9a . . And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said: Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. . . .When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east...

. • Gen 3:22 . . And Jehovah God said: The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Actually, the Serpent had predicted that very thing. • Gen 3:5 . . God knows that when you eat [from the tree in the midst of the garden] your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God...

. The human mind consists of consciousness and sub-consciousness. The sub area is where we our minds store suppressed thoughts, feelings, and desires; in other words: things we'd just as soon forget rather than think about. For example: most Christians cannot admit, even to themselves, their...

. NOTE: This topic isn't meant to attack God and/or somebody's belief in God; it's only to initiate a roundtable bull session; so please try not to become defensive. ___________________________ • Gen 6:5 . . And the Lord saw that the evil of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of...

NOTE: Please try not to become defensive. The topic isn't meant to attack God and/or somebody's belief in God; it's only to initiate an academic bull session. ___________________________ • Gen 6:5 . . And the Lord saw that the evil of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of his...

. Hello; Bibles can be purchased at any well-stocked book store like Barnes & Noble. Christian supply stores are another source and can be found listed in the Yellow Pages along with regular types of book stores. Thrift stores like Good Will and Salvation Army usually have some...

. • Matt 1:18-20 . . Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows. When His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her, desired to put her...

. Eve wasn't made directly from the soil the way that Adam was. She was made of human material taken from Adam's body. In effect then, Eve was Adam's offspring, i.e. his first child. Hence, from then on, even if all of Eve's children had been 100% virgin conceived, they would've still been...

. ● Matt 1:18-19 . . Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows. When His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her, desired to put her...

. It's tempting to make this a tutorial but seeing as how it's supposed to be a testimonial, I'll endeavor to stay on track. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Not very long after my conversion back in 1968, I ran across a passage in the New Testament that caused me some...

. I was christened an infant into the Roman Catholic Church in 1944, and eventually attended catechism to complete First Holy Communion and Confirmation. My siblings are Catholic, my mother was Catholic, my eldest brother entered the priesthood and made it to the rank of Friar before passing...

. ● Rom 8:9 . . If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. Back in the decade of the 1970's, during my era as a relatively new covert to biblical Christianity, I reasoned that if the Spirit of Christ was actually inside my body, I should be able to detect His...

. A Jehovah's Witness with whom I dialogued some years ago said that the Spirit birth that Jesus spoke of at John 3:3-8 is for people going to heaven. Seeing as how his ranking in the Watch Tower Society limited his future to the Earth, then he didn't need to undergo the procedure. Well; the...

. Communion services are supposed to be the topic of a brief sermon. ● 1Cor 11:26. . . For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. Below is my favorite communion service homily; perhaps others have a favorite of their own they'd like to...

. The passage below is deliberately misquoted. "The supper shall be a sign for you, in the houses where you are; and when I see you eating, I will pass over you, and no plague shall fall upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt." (Ex 12:13) No, that's not right. The angel of...

. I feel confident that in order to properly understand the Lord's Supper (a.k.a. Communion) it's necessary to begin with the origin of Christ's body. His blood began its curious odyssey first by divine edict. ● 1Pet 1:18-20 . . For you know that it was not with perishable things such as...

. FAQ: Was it really necessary for Christ's crucified dead body to return to life? Why couldn't he leave it here and continue on to heaven without it? A: Well, for one thing; abandoning his crucified dead body was out of the question seeing as how Jesus predicted its recovery in John 2:19-22...

. In the beginning, all creatures great and small-- and the really small --lived in peaceful co-existence with Man. ● Gen 1:26-27 . .Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the...