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I would first start with the Old Testament, since it was written first. There were actually two versions of the Old Testament floating around when the Bible was compiled into one book in the late fourth century. One was Hebrew and one was Greek. Before Jesus was incarnated, there was a large...

Oh, it's not about forcing anyone to do or not do anything. It is about informing them about right and wrong. Once they are informed, your responsibility to God is over. It helps to be clever about how you inform them. Doing so charitably usually works better. But, in any case, something...

MatthewG, it's not about "reporting" the evil to anyone else. It's about alerting the person engaged in evil that they are endangering their eternal soul. That is, by definition, an act of charity/love. What is an act of selfishness is to be silent in the face of their evil actions, and...

Remember that Satan is the father of lies. How much easier it is to lie if we redefine the meaning of words. A good working definition of insanity is to be separated from reality. And what is the ultimate reality? God! If we recall the story of the Garden of Eden, where Eve was tempted by...

Most people get this "judging" thing wrong because they take things out of proper context, or worse, try to twist it to rationalize some sin. In my long experience, those who keep harping on the "judge not, lest ye be judged" are doing something wrong and don't want anyone to say anything about...

I hear you. My view is that everyone has a backstory, usually that we don't know, that can explain why they think what they think, etc. Here's something to think about, thought... The Old Testament, believe it or not, is every much a part of the expression of the Word of God as the New...

The action of dividing, rendering asunder, etc., isn't the evil in and of itself, but can be a sign to alert us to the presence and action of evil. Not all dividing, rendering asunder, etc., is from evil. Evil, remember, is not a thing in and of itself, just like darkness is not a thing in and...

Unfortunately for us, English use of "you" can be singular or plural. But, in regard to the "you" in that phrase, it is meant to be plural, not singular, i.e., it means "you all" (or "y'all" if you're from the South LOL). In other words, the translation reflects the meaning of the Greek text...

My parents are long gone, God rest their souls. I'm a septuagenarian and a grandfather of 10. I was educated before the educational system was coopted by Marxists in order to dummy down the population. My comments are quite informed, thank you.

Apache1, look around. How many 500 year old people do you know or have you seen? I would think none. We all die. It's just a question of when, where, and how. Nobody gets out of this life alive. My advice is to stop whining and start praying, subjecting yourself to God's will and...

Apache1, you sound very much like you think that you are, in some way, equals with God. That God should be judged according to your personal human standards, and that God certainly doesn't know more than you do. I would offer for your consideration that we are closer in intellect to an amoeba...

Satan didn't ask to sift Peter as wheat, but all of them. Luke 22:31-32 says, 31 “Simon, Simon, behold Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, 32 but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail; and once you have turned back, you must strengthen your brothers.” Then He tells...

That's a good quote. We are not to judge the state of anyone's soul. But we are to judge their actions, and speak out to help them avoid evil. See Ezekial 3:18-21 18 If I say to the wicked, You shall surely die—and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade the wicked from their evil...

Setting the proper context is not trivializing. If you single out a tiny percentage of an atrocity, ignoring all the rest, then your goal is clearly not about the atrocity, but about politics. Even the most casual of observers, if they are able to reason, can see this. We are under attack...

Missed history class, didn't you? Slavery was a human institution since history began to be recorded. It was never restricted to the U.S., which came along very late in the slavery game, historically. And the black slaves it brought over were almost always captured and sold by other blacks in...

Keep in mind that God created all the angels. About a third of them, through an act of their will, rebelled against Him. They were led by Lucifer (now called Satan). And all of this happened long, long before the first letter of Scripture was written. And, Satan and his demons can do...

Satan knows Scripture better than any human. He has angelic intelligence and powers. And, he existed long before the first line of Scripture was ever written. In fact, he watched every event that happened that was written in Scripture. He just rejects God and anything to do with God. And...

Brakelite, I'm not sure if you know this or not, but the majority of Christians in the world are Catholic. The thousands of splintered denominations that make up Protestantism account for just over a third of Christianity. I find an interesting link there, to the third of the angels who...

Thousands of years ago, prior to the fullness of Revelation with the Incarnation of Jesus Christ (see Heb. 1:1-4), God dealt with the ancient Israelites where they were, which included the owning of slaves. Slaves were considered property in ancient Israel, as they were in the surrounding...

Names are not like social security numbers, in which they are never again used. I know many people who have the same first name.