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~ If there is such a thing as soul sleep, I won't know it; here's why: I've been under anesthesia once for appendicitis, once for a scalp lump, once for kidney stone, twice for inguinal hernias, once for wisdom teeth, twice for total knee replacements, once for colonoscopy, twice for...

~ FAQ: Why are Christ's followers at liberty to eat whatever they want whereas Jews are limited? REPLY: Jews associate with God by means of the covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy; whereas Christ's followers associate with God per a...

~ 75) 1Cor 7:10-11a . . Unto the married I command-- yet not I, but The Lord --let not the wife depart from her husband: but and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. Divorcing a spouse for any cause other than infidelity is unacceptable. (Mat 5:32) However...

~ 74) 1Cor 7:8-9 . . Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn. Paul said it's good to remain single; but he didn't say it's best. The Greek word...

~ A story is told of a group of smug super saints who boasted that their diet consists of only fruits and vegetables just like Adam's in the garden. And then somebody pointed out that all those people back then except for eight were wiped out in Noah's flood and afterwards God revised Man's...

~ It appears to me that Isa 66:17 condemns people eating swine and mice relative to pagan rituals rather than sitting down to an ordinary meal. _

~ At the great white throne event depicted by Rev 20:11-15, certain people's sins will determine their permanent afterlife circumstances; whereas according to John 5:24 and Rom 6:14, certain people's sins won't determine their permanent afterlife circumstances. FAQ: How is it that certain...

~ 73) 1Cor 7:5 . . Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan not tempt you by means of your lack of self control. I think it goes without saying that spouses have an inalienable...

~ ● Matt 7:13-14 . . Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. ● Matt 22:14 . . For many are called, but few are chosen...

~ 72) 1Cor 7:3-4 . . Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not authority of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not authority of his own body, but the wife. What we're talking about in that...

~ 71) 1Cor 7:2 . . To avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. The above is especially pertinent in 2022 America. Fornication is everywhere: on a pandemic scale. It's in our music, in our schools, in the White House, in our offices, on our...

~ ● Gen 4:4-5 . .The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering He did not look with favor. The thing to note is that God looked upon the men + their offerings, rather than looking only upon their offerings. So Cain himself is where we need to focus our...

~ 70) 1Cor 6:20 . . For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. Christ's crucifixion and resurrection ransomed his followers from facing justice and the second death in the scene depicted at Rev 20:11-15. That was a mighty big favor, and I should think it earns him the...

~ FAQ: Supposing some of the atoms that made my body go into making another person's body after mine is dead and dissolved back to dust? How will God reconstruct both our bodies seeing as how He will have need of the atoms of each of us to do so? REPLY: The chemical constitution of the...

~ Jehovah's Witnesses believe human life is entirely physical which, for them, isn't exactly true. They hold to something called "life force" which is basically a mysterious energy that enables the core of one's being to exist. In other words: it was life force that made the dust of Adam's body...

~ 69) 1Cor 6:18 . . Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that commits fornication sins against his own body. The Greek word for "fornication" is porneia (por-ni'-ah) which doesn't especially mean pornography; it means harlotry; a term that Webster's defines...

~ Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot released a sentimental song back in 1975 that speaks volumes about sympathy. Its lyrics are very touching. Here's a few that I feel especially appropriate when talking about things like sickness, death, and the hereafter. Rainy day people always seem to...

~ 68) 1Cor 6:1-6 . . If any of you has a dispute with another, dare he take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the saints? Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? Do you not know that...

~ 67) 1Cor 5:6a . .Your boasting is not good. The Corinthian church was liberal in its attitudes about intimacy. That's no surprise considering that particular city's culture in their day and age. Then, as now, liberals tend to think of themselves as sophisticated and progressive; and vastly...

~ ● Matt 26:30 . .When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Hymns are cultural feature among God's biblical people. For example: Miriam led the women in song after God drowned the Egyptians in the Red Sea. (Ex 15:20-21) Paul and Silas sang hymns while they were locked up...