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  1. bdavidc

    The Shocking Contrast Between Biblical Giving and Modern Churches

    I agree that material comfort is a real test, especially when wants start getting treated like needs. But I would be careful not to make poverty or personal hardship the measure of true faith. Scripture warns against the love of money, not the ordinary use of possessions. “For the love of money...
  2. bdavidc

    Do we have free will or are we predestined?

    You are not showing contradictions. You are assuming contradiction before letting Scripture speak fully. Matthew says Judas returned the silver, left, and hanged himself: “he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself” ~Matthew 27:5. Acts says the...
  3. bdavidc

    Nicodemus' Faith

    I did not omit the point. I answered the point you were making with those passages. The issue is not whether Mark 9 quotes Isaiah 66 or whether Mark 9:49 connects with sacrificial salt language from Leviticus 2:13. Those connections are there. The issue is what you are trying to make those...
  4. bdavidc

    When the Witnesses Take the Stand

    There comes a point where unbelief is no longer a lack of information. It is refusal. In John 5:24-47, Jesus does not merely make a claim, He calls witnesses to the stand, and every one of them points straight back to Him. Jesus begins with one of the clearest promises in Scripture. He says...
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  5. bdavidc

    Nicodemus' Faith

    As you asked, this is the meaning, and it's not twisted like you are trying to do. Jesus did not tell Nicodemus, “Go master Torah symbolism.” He did not tell him, “Go back into a covenant-mother system.” He did not send him chasing hidden meanings through scattered texts. The Lord put the knife...
  6. bdavidc

    Nicodemus' Faith

    The new birth is of the Spirit. It is from above. It is necessary for salvation. Anything that turns that into a system of hidden meanings, covenant-mother language, or relearning everything moves away from what Christ plainly said.
  7. bdavidc

    Nicodemus' Faith

    This is a good reminder that ~John 3:16 belongs in the full conversation with Nicodemus. Jesus did not tell him he needed more religion, more status, or more outward reform. He told him, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” ~John 3:3. Man’s deepest problem is not lack...
  8. bdavidc

    The New Religion of AI Cannot Save the Human Soul

    The world is starting to ask a question it should have asked a long time ago. Who gets to define what it means to be human? That question has come roaring to the surface in the age of artificial intelligence. AI can now write sermons, summarize sacred texts, answer moral questions, imitate...
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    • artificial intelligence biblical truth human soul image of god jesus christ romans 1:25
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    • Forum: Christian Debate Forum
  9. bdavidc

    Hoax narrative of thousand years

    That is not a biblical video. It is a history lesson about a church split in 1054 AD, and the Bible is silent on all of it. Scripture says nothing about: Popes, patriarchs, or cardinals. Rome or Constantinople having authority over the church. Excommunications placed on altars. Priests growing...
  10. bdavidc

    He Who Is Often Reproved (And Forgiven Perhaps)

    You’ve got to let Jesus define what He meant, not force His words into something He never said. When Peter asked about forgiveness, Jesus answered, “Until seventy times seven” ~Matthew 18:22. That wasn’t a calculator. That was a heart check. He was telling you to keep forgiving, not counting...
  11. bdavidc

    Was Judas saved?

    You’ve got to see this the way Scripture lays it out, not the way people try to soften it after the fact. Judas didn’t just make a mistake and miss a step. He walked alongside the Light of the world and still chose darkness. Jesus didn’t speak lightly about him. When He said, “it had been good...
  12. bdavidc

    Respond promptly to God's warnings and do not harden your heart against His grace to avoid...

    Respond promptly to God's warnings and do not harden your heart against His grace to avoid sudden destruction.
  13. bdavidc

    What are 3 lines you cross only once and never come back?

    Three Lines in Scripture You Cross Only Once – And Never Come Back Picture this. God draws a person toward Christ again and again. The Holy Spirit convicts. The Word cuts to the heart. Then one day the call stops. The Bible shows us three clear deadlines that seal a person's eternity, and...
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    • bible warning blasphemy against the holy ghost day of salvation holy spirit conviction repentance sin unto death
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    Pink Floyd Was Right About Time… But They Stopped Short of the Truth

    Pink Floyd’s Time hits people because it tells the truth most try to ignore. Life slips away quietly while you assume you have plenty of it. You waste hours, drift through days, and think there will always be more time later. Then one day you realize years are gone, and you don’t know where they...
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    Dark Side of the Moon

    The Dark Side We Finally Saw… and What It Says About Us Today, human eyes have returned to the far side of the moon. No signal. No steady connection. Only silence, darkness, and a perspective almost no one alive has ever experienced as it happens. For a moment, humanity slipped out of sight...
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    • biblical truth dark side of the moon ecclesiastes 1:2 emptiness without god gospel message human nature meaning of life space exploration vanity of vanities
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    • Forum: Christian Spiritual Forum
  16. bdavidc

    How is it that you come by your information?

    I understand the concern you’re raising, but what you’re describing is not how Scripture itself tells us truth is known or taught. Jesus did say to Peter, “flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven” ~Matthew 16:17. But notice what was revealed. It was...
  17. bdavidc

    How to answer my son's questions

    I hear the weight in what you’re saying. This isn’t just theology for you. This is your son. That changes everything. But let’s get one thing settled right out of the gate. God does not get adjusted to fit our comfort. We get corrected to fit His truth. Scripture says, “Shall not the Judge of...
  18. Hearing Without Obeying is Dangerous

    Hearing Without Obeying is Dangerous

    You can stand right next to Jesus… and still not be hearing Him. Those words come at the end of a profound passage where disciples of Jesus have an encounter they’ll never forget. But they still don’t understand Jesus. Isn’t that the story of life sometimes? You can be close to Jesus and still...
  19. bdavidc

    Many Will Follow: The Rise of False Teaching in the Church

    Show me where I ignore any part of God's word.
  20. bdavidc

    Many Will Follow: The Rise of False Teaching in the Church

    Dan Clarkston is only here to start arguments. Just needs to be ignored.
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