Search results

. Although Enoch is the first man in the Old Testament said to walk with God; the real Noah is the first man to be labeled righteous. (Gen 6:9, Gen 7:1) The real Noah is one of the top three righteous men in the Old Testament; surpassing even Moses. (Ezk 14:12-20) The real Noah not only...

. †. Matt 7:22-23 . . Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Master, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them: I never knew you. Depart from me, you that work iniquity. The Lord's...

. †. Jer 31:31-32 . .The time is coming-- declares Yhvh --when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, The covenant Yhvh made with the...

. No doubt there are rational people out and about who have come to the logical conclusion-- quite correctly --that God has set the bar so high; that He's made it impossible to attain heaven; so what's the point in even trying. These people have resigned themselves to hell. And there are others...

. According to the anti-OSAS faction, it's possible lose one's salvation. So then, wouldn't how to stay in heaven be a far more important question to ask than how to get there? And what about the "endure to the end" crowd? Well; supposing they manage to endure to the end. Then what? Do they...

. Mr. Phil Robertson got himself in hot water recently for taking a stand against certain kinds of sexual conduct. But whether you disagree with him or not, Mr. Robertson is on good solid Christian ground because gays and lesbians are depicted in the Bible as shameful, indecent, and unnatural...

. I was brought up in a denomination to believe that sin is classified in two distinct categories: mortal and venial. The mortal sins are pretty serious but they don't automatically condemn someone to hell just so long as their mortal sins are confessed to a qualified hearer of confessions...

. If I read Rom 7:14-25 correctly: man's will is free enough; but not him. In other words: man is a slave to his will. †. Luke 4:18 . .The Spirit of The Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim liberty to the captives Buen Camino /

. The objections and replies below are FYI stuff. Keep them on file just in case somebody should drive up and ask-- you'll be ready. Objection #1. Nowhere in the Bible is a bloodline traced through a female. According to Num 27:1-8 women become the natural default when there are no men...

. J.D. was a gay man who murdered upwards of 18 males. I won't go into the grisly details of those incidents other than to say that he cannibalized, lobotomized, dismembered, beheaded, eviscerated, and performed unspeakable acts of necrophilia with their remains. His primary motivation? Well...

. Were I to recommend a so-called fifth gospel, I would pick the one that the Bible labels "eternal". †. Rev 14:6-7 . . And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people; and he...

. Webster's defines "allude" as: to make indirect reference; viz: infer. Allude is from the Latin word alludere, which means: to play with. My point is: certain belief systems support their proprietary doctrines by quoting Bible passages that suggest that their doctrines are the God's truth...

. †. Ecc 7:2 . . It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of gaiety, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this seriously. Gandolfini won three Emmys, three SAG Awards, and one Golden Globe for his performance as Tony Soprano on the acclaimed HBO...

. There is but one resurrection allotted per person (Dan 12:2, John 5:29) which explains why nobody is coming back from the second death depicted at Rev 20:10-15. Christian resurrection is a bit complicated. It occurs in two distinct phases-- a now phase and a later phase (John 5:25). The now...

. †. Luke 16:23-25 . . The rich man died and was buried. In hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool...

. Where was the Lord's mom on resurrection morning? Didn't she believe he would be back from the dead? Her gal pals Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome weren't expecting him back, nor were any of the apostles; so why would she? Search the list of names of the women who went out...

. Gen 1:3-5 and Gen 1:14-16 define Day as a time of light; and Night as a time of darkness; viz: Day is daytime and Night is nighttime; or you could say: Day is when the sun is up, and Night is when the sun is down. Those definitions might seem superfluous; but in realty they are crucial to...

. †. Luke 2:6-7 . . While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. The pronoun "her" is actually in the Greek text of Luke 2:6-7. It's not an editorial insertion. It seems to me that if Jesus wasn't made from Mary's own natural ovum then...

. According to Gen 1:31, Adam was completed just as God had in mind. However, I think subsequent events demonstrate that Adam wasn't created morally perfect, but rather; morally innocent. Buen Camino /

. †. Ex 20:13 . .You shall not kill. The Hebrew word for "kill" in that commandment is a bit ambiguous, but additional commandments indicate that the killing in Ex 20:13 means murder. †. Ex 21:13-14 . . If a man schemes and kills another man deliberately, you shall take him away from my very...