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- Webster's defines a Christian as somebody who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ. According to that definition; it isn't necessary to actually believe in Christ's teachings in order to qualify as a Christian; it's only necessary to say you do. People don't even have to know...

- When God wrapped the sixth day of creation, He declared it "finished" and "ended". He then inaugurated a seventh day in which no creative activity took place. The interesting thing about the seventh day is that it isn't bounded by an evening and a morning like the six days. In other words...

- Genesis 19:31-68 ● Gen 19:31 . . And the older one said to the younger: Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to consort with us in the way of all the world. It's doubtful the girls meant the whole planet was void of men; probably just the region where their cave was. It was...

- People are easily fooled into believing that King was a successful minister because they're inadequately catechized; i.e. they're unaware that the epistles contain specific instructions for ordained Christian ministers; and failure to follow those instructions leads to unsatisfactory...

- 335) 1Tim 5:21 . . I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. I seriously doubt that very many modern Christian churches are following Paul's instructions in...

- Genesis 19:27-30 ● Gen 19:27-28 . . Next morning, Abraham hurried to the place where he had stood before the Lord, and, looking down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the Plain, he saw the smoke of the land rising like the smoke of a kiln. Poor guy. Now he began the very same...

- MLK Jr wasn't just another John Q and/or Jane Doe pew warmer. He was an ordained Christian minister whose rules of conduct, and whose duties and responsibilities, are spelled out in what are commonly known as the pastoral epistles; i.e. Titus, 1Timothy, and 2Timothy. If perchance there are...

- 333) 1Tim 5:19 . . Do not accept an accusation against an elder except before two or three witnesses. It isn't required that two or three witnesses accuse the elder, but that an accuser do so in the hearing of two or three witnesses. The witnesses are not there to testify against the elder...

- Genesis 19:17-26 ● Gen 19:17 . .When they had brought them outside, one said: Flee for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stop anywhere in The Plain; flee to the hills, lest you be swept away. The messengers won't be going along. They're to stay behind to supervise the holocaust. Up...

- 331) 1Tim 5:16 . . If any believing man or woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. It's awful to think that a religion based upon love, has to command its adherents to extend kindness to their own kin. But...

- 329) 1Tim 5:11 . . Refuse the younger widows; for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry, having condemnation The Greek words for "first faith" don't necessarily have to do with chronology. The word for "first" is protos (pro'-tos) which is somewhat...

- ● 2Tim 4:1-5 . . In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage-- with great patience and careful...

- Genesis 19:15-16 ● Gen 19:15-16a . . As dawn broke, the angels urged Lot on, saying: Up, take your wife and your two remaining daughters, lest you be swept away because of the iniquity of the city. Still he delayed. In verses 10, 12, and 16, the messengers are called men. In verses 1 and 15...

- Two things that Christ and his Father value very highly are integrity and loyalty. ● 2Tim 2:4 . . As Christ's soldier, do not let yourself become tied up in the affairs of this life, for then you cannot satisfy the one who has enlisted you in his army. ● 1Tim 4:14 . . Focus upon the public...

- 325) 1Tim 5:2 . . Speak to the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity. The koiné Greek word for "purity" is hagneia (hag-ni'-ah) which means: cleanliness; viz: chastity Webster's defines "chastity" as: abstention from unlawful sexual intercourse and/or...

- Genesis 19:13-14 ● Gen 19:12-13 . .Then the men said to Lot: Whom else have you here? Sons-in-law, your sons and daughters, or anyone else that you have in the city-- bring them out of the place. For we are about to destroy this place; because the outcry against them before The Lord has...

- 323) 1Tim 5:1a . . When speaking to an older man, appeal to him respectfully as though he were your own father. There's probably nothing more humiliating to a parent than to be treated like dirt by their children-- except maybe to be treated like dirt by a spouse. Americans have the right to...

- Genesis 19:4-11 ● Gen 19:4 . .They had not yet lain down, when the townspeople, the men of Sodom, young and old-- all the people to the last man - gathered about the house. The word for "men" is from 'enowsh (en-oshe') : an ambiguous word that means: a mortal; a human being in general...

- Genesis 19:1-3 ● Gen 19:1a . . And there came two angels to Sodom The word for "angels" is from mal'ak (mal-awk') from a root meaning to dispatch as a deputy; viz: a messenger; specifically of God, i.e. an angel and/or a prophet, priest or teacher-- someone who speaks for and/or represents...

- 322) 1Tim 4:15-16 . . Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. A pastor can progress in only one of two directions. If he goes downwards, as the Laodicean pastor of Rev 4:14-20; that's not progress, that's regress; which Webster's...