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. Jesus is easily shown to be biologically related to David, and from thence to Eve, and thence to Adam and the dust with which Adam was constructed. In other words: Jesus is a fellow man in every respect. FAQ: Why are so many Christians reluctant to accept Jesus' descent from Adam? REPLY...

. • Luke 16:27-29 . . I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment. Abraham replied: They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them. Although many details pertaining to the...

. • Deut 34:5-6 . . Moses the servant of The Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of The Lord. And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows his burial place to this day. A very curious scene unfolded during Moses' burial. •...

. God has a passion for mercy and generosity; but they're not His only passions. • Rom 11:22 . . Behold then the kindness and severity of God The human condition is so bad, so corrupt, and so hopeless that only the death of God's sole descendant is adequate to rescue everybody from the lake...

. • Gen 3:21 . . And the Lord God made garments of skins for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. Precisely what species of animal God slaughtered in order to make the Adams their first suit of real clothing is unknown. That day, people learned something about the advantages of leather...

. In the beginning; there were no dress codes and the people thought nothing of it. • Gen 2:25 . .The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Then came the forbidden fruit incident wherein the people of a sudden felt different about their appearance in the buff and covered...

. FAQ: What is meant by soul? REPLY: Soul began appearing in the Bible in the book of Genesis by the Hebrew word nephesh (neh'-fesh) which isn't unique to human life. Its first appearance is at Gen 1:20-21 in reference to aqua creatures and winged creatures; again at Gen 1:24 as terra...

. In the beginning; there were no dress codes and the people thought nothing of it. • Gen 2:25 . .The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Then came the forbidden fruit incident wherein the people of a sudden felt differently about their appearance in the buff and covered...

. • Gen 2:25 . .The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, yet they felt no shame They were naked at first, but there's really no reason to believe that they would've remained that way. I mean, after all, human skin is not all that tough. They would need to protect themselves from dirt...

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. People sometimes ask where the Jews' God was during the Holocaust. But a better question is: What were the Jews' ancestors doing in the years leading up to the Holocaust? The Jews' sins as a nation pile up over time and eventually cause God to exact retribution; and when doing so has...

. In other words: the man made himself a tin God guiding himself by his own intuitive concepts of right and wrong. BTW: The tin-God conscience is in just as much need of atonement as any other sinful condition. (Heb 9:8-14) _

. Adam was created in the image and likeness of God. So he started out with two very good advantages: an inspired conscience and immortality; but then lost both during the course of the forbidden fruit incident and became infected with mortality. Now, the tree of life isn't a source of life...

. According to Matt 10:28, the human soul isn't immortal, rather, it's quite perishable. _

. 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, twice for hernias, one for a scalp lump, once for a kidney stone, twice for total knee replacements, once for a colonoscopy, once for lung cancer, and once for an endoscopy...

. Gen 2:15-17 is a favorite among critics because Adam didn't drop dead the instant he tasted the forbidden fruit. In point of fact, he continued to live outside the garden of Eden for another 800 years after the birth of his son Seth (Gen 5:4). So; is there a reasonable explanation for this...

. Although most people's Bibles are translated into a language that they can read, its messages are sometimes a mite cryptic. For example in the sixth chapter of John's gospel when discussing his flesh and blood, Jesus said: "The words I have spoken to you are spirit" Well; I have yet to...

. I was christened an infant into the Roman Catholic Church in 1944, and eventually attended catechism to complete First Holy Communion and Confirmation. My siblings are Catholic, my mother was Catholic, my eldest brother entered the priesthood and made it to Friar before succumbing to cancer...

. There's more than one verb for "love" in the New Testament. One is the practice of benevolence without particularly liking the folks to whom it's extended. (e.g. Matt 5:43-48) The other expresses the feelings of fondness and affection. (e.g. John 16:27) John 3:16 is a good example of the...

. • Matt 16:18 . . I will build my church; and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. The Greek word translated "Hell" in that passage is haides which refers to the unseen world of the dead-- all the dead regardless of age, race, gender, or religious preference. * Back in the days of...