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When we think or talk about salvation we usually mean the process of having our sins forgiven by repenting of them and putting our faith in Jesus Christ. From the human point of view this is what salvation is but from God’s viewpoint this is only one of several steps. The complete process is...

There are many doctrinal divisions among Christians. For example, some believe that human beings repent and believe because God causes them to do so by choosing them to be saved while some believe that people believe and are saved because they choose to do so. What does the Bible say about...

God commands parents to teach their children the Bible. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise...

There are people who are sexually attacted to others of the same sex but they refuse to give in to temptation and act on their desires because they know they would be violating God's laws. Should someone like that be barred from preaching? If you want to know what life is like for someone like...

January 31 is Chinese New Year. A good way to observe this holiday would be to spend some time praying for the Christians in China. You can find some information about them here: http://www.opendoorsusa.org/searchresults?q=china

If the rapture takes place before the tribulation then the ones who are martyred during the trubulation will be the only believers who need to be raised.

The Bible says that no one will be allowed to buy or sell unless he has the mark. How could such a prohibition be enforced unless the mark could be seen by others? I have a post in the eschatology section that might be relevant to this thread...

This topic made me think of this: http://www.answersingenesis.org/media/image/cartoons/after-eden/fishy-morality

A law prohibiting homosexual behavior would be almost impossible to enforce because all of the participants in such acts consent to it. Prosecuting two people for something they chose to do together could be seen by others as persecution and the defendants could end up being portrayed as...

If you don't like the forum and intend to stop posting here is would be better not to delete your account. You might change your mind some time in the future and it would be easier for you to return if you don't have to go to the trouble of starting a new account. That has happened to me...

Have you considered that Rev. 20 demands the "rapture" after the thousand years are ended? -- Thus my amusement. No. Where in that chapter does the rapture occur? Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we...

This is from Alexander Pope’s poem An Essay in Criticism. A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. (In Greek mythology the Pierian spring was a fountain which was...

Have any of you ever read Carl Sagan's novel Contact? It begins with astronomers receiving signals of the first tv broadcasts ever made. It turns out that they were sent back by aliens as a way of establishing contact with us. Is it possible that fiction is now becoming fact?

A pullout would mean the lives already lost are wasted but staying would simply mean the waste of more lives. We need to face the fact that our military intervention has been a failure. Christians need to undertake a spiritual invasion of Iraq. We should pray for that country and try to reach...

My new year's resolution for 2014 is to move out of Ephesus. I mean this in a spiritual rather than a geographic sense. Here is the last message of Jesus to the Ephesians: "I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested...

Imagine that you are a captain of a ship in the North Atlantic in 1912 and you happen to be present when the Titanic hits an iceberg and begins to sink. The Titanic is doomed and nothing can save it. What do you do now? The obvious answer is to rescue as many of the passengers as you can...

On November 7-10 a series of messages by Billy Graham called My Hope America will be broadcast on tv. Here is a list of the stations: Watch My Hope America with Billy Graham For more information go to Graham's website: BGEA: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

The author of the book I mentioned in my post was born into a Christian family and never was exposed to any outside influences that could have caused his condition. Here is a good site for anyone who wants to find out more about Biblical teaching on this subject. (If anyone reading this...

What do you mean by homosexuality? The word has two meanings. It can mean a condition in which a person finds himself attracted to others of the same sex or it can mean engaging is sexual activity with someone of the same sex. These are two very different things and need to be considered...

I never write in my Bible but I keep an index card in each of my Bibles to make sure I will have something to write on if I want to make a note about something I read.