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. According to God's original design: Day on earth is when the sun is up, and Night on earth is when the sun is down. (Gen 1:4-5, Gen 1:14, and Gen 1:16-18) In my opinion, Jesus would know better than any of us about the hours of Day and Night back in 1st century Israel seeing as how he was...

. In the beginning, all creatures great and small-- and the really small --lived in peaceful co-existence with Man. ● Gen 1:26-27 . .Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the...

. ● 1Cor 12:29 . . Are all teachers? No, not all are teachers. Only some are teachers and the rest of Christ's believing followers are supposed to be students, i.e. disciples. ● Eph 4:11-13 . . And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and...

. Eternal life and immortality are not synonymous, viz: they are not two ways to say the same thing. The two are juxtaposed in 2Tim 1:10; where the terms are connected with a conjunction. They aren't connected with a verb, so that you can't say eternal life is immortality; no, eternal life and...

. According to Eph 4:11-14, the Bible isn't meant to be learned by means of discussion; it's meant to be learned by instruction, taught by someone especially enabled by God for that purpose. ● 1Cor 12:29 . . Are all teachers? The answer to that is a great big NO. Some years ago I was invited...

. Re: Hell . . .The Bad News Most of the boys I grew up with really wanted to experience sleeping with a girl at least once in their lives. Well; the Viet Nam war foreshortened the lives of a pretty large number of boys in their teens, and also young men in their early twenties, who never got...

. To my knowledge; eunuchs were made back in that day by castration, viz: they were gelded. Anyway, Deut 23:1 doesn't forbid making one's self a eunuch, nor forbids them to attend temple services just so long as they keep to themselves. Compare Luke 18:10-14 where a publican attended...

. FAQ: Are there any non religious ways to heaven? A: Surgery. ● Matt 19:12 . . For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of...

. In times like these, it helps to have something to feel good about, i.e. a morale booster. My wife and I are in our seventies and have quite a few iPod-generation nephews and nieces who've never been thru a calamity before. Well, us old timers survived the Cuban missile crisis, the AIDS...

. ● Luke 2:8-12 . .And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. . . . But the angel said to them; "Don't be afraid. I bring you...

. ● 2Tim 2:24b-26 . . The Lord's servant must . . be kind to all, apt to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them a change of heart leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from...

. ● 2Tim 2:24a . . The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome Sometimes it's best to follow Han Solo's advice and "let the Wookie win one". In other words; when one is wise; two are happy. Be the wise one and pick your fights carefully. Don't expend your energies on hot button topics...

. ● 2Tim 2:14 . . Command them in God's name to stop quarrelling over trifles. In a Sean Connery movie titled "The Name Of The Rose" church dignitaries assembled a meeting of the minds to reach a resolution on a theological question which was: Did the Christ own the clothes that he wore or not...

. ● 1Tim 6:11 . . But you-- O man of God --flee these things and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) believed that Christian virtues, especially compassion, are an impediment to achieving greatness; which...

. Should it be decided to go head to head with Watchtower Society missionaries, here's some useful tips passed on by Pete, the ex Jehovah's Witness mentioned at the first. 1) Round up a copy of the Watchtower Society's "New World Translation of the Bible" and its "Kingdom Interlinear...

. ● Prv 6:16-19 . .There are six things that Jehovah does hate; yes, seven are things detestable to His soul: No.2 a false tongue, and No.6 a false witness that launches forth lies, Seeing as how the Watchtower Society, as an institution, is basically misleading; then no Jehovah's Witnesses...

. ● 1Tim 5:19 . . Do not accept an accusation against an elder except before two or three witnesses. The Old Testament requires a minimum of two witnesses in capital cases (Deut 17:6-7). But the Greek word for "accusation" doesn't specify capital crimes. It can apply to every variety of conduct...

. ● Ecc 12:7 . . .The dust returns to the earth just as it happened to be, and the spirit itself returns to the true God who gave it. Solomon's comment strongly suggests that human existence isn't entirely organic. In point of fact, information comes out very early in the Bible that there's a...

. ● 1Tim 5:17-18 . .The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. For the scripture says: "Do not muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain" and "The laborer is worthy of his hire." The Greek word...

. ● John 1:14 . . So the Word became flesh and resided among us, and we had a view of his glory, a glory such as belongs to an only-begotten son from a father; and he was full of undeserved kindness and truth. The ancient Greek word from which "undeserved kindness" is derived is charitos; which...