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. Objection #4. Jesus didn't have a biological father; therefore he wasn't biologically related to anybody beyond his mother. You gotta love the logic of that objection-- it's very straightforward and very simple: however; it's also very easy to debunk just by going back to the very beginning...

. 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...

. †. Matt 15:18-19 . . For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts So then, it's not how your mind works that defines you, no, it's how your heart works that defines you; and a man's heart is easily capable of hoodwinking his own mind. †. Jer 17:9 . . The human heart is most deceitful and...

. Genesis is often labeled the book of beginnings; and I'm satisfied that it's an appropriate description; take for example the incident below: †. Gen 3:1-3 . .The woman replied to the serpent: We may eat of the fruit of the other trees of the garden. It is only about fruit of the tree in the...

The percentages I used are conservative. For example I limited the "many" to 51%, but that number could just as easily be 80 or 90 so that it's not impossible that as few as 10-20 percent are arriving in heaven 24/7. Buen Camino /

Your imprimatur is not only entirely arbitrary but it also presumes one's self infallible. Just because somebody's interpretations appear to your way of thinking scripturally correct doesn't necessarily mean they really are; not when everybody else is making the very same claim for themselves...

Of course that's not how you read it; and why should you? I strongly suspect that when people first arrive in heaven; they're immediately shuttled off to a sort of Bible gulag for indoctrination so that everyone in heaven knows the same things and believes the same things; and thus put an end...

According to Christ's testimony-- as an expert witness in all matters related to the plan of salvation --believers are in absolutely no danger of hell and eternal suffering for anything they might do or say. †. John 5:24 . . I assure you: those who listen to my message, and believe in God who...

. †. Gen 6:5 . . And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. It's freaky to consider that the Bible's God has a way to eavesdrop on human mental processes. Apparently human thought is audible...

What I said might be a half truth to you; but it's the whole truth and nothing but the truth to me. Rom 8:16 might be the wrong pick for you; but it's the perfect pick for me. Maybe you don't see any verses that personally guarantee any one individual permanent, fail-safe salvation; but I do...

According to the language and grammar of John 20:14-16, Jesus wasn't actually the cemetery's gardener. Magdalena just assumed he was. There's nothing in the language and grammar of John 20:14-16 indicating that Magdalena's eyes were holden like the two guys Jesus encountered on the road to...

When people make statements such as that one; they are telling me they are NOT one of the saved because The Spirit is ever-active communicating that kind of information to the Father's elect. †. Rom 8:15 . .The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. The koiné...

(chuckle) That's what they all say; on both sides of the aisle. Buen Camino /

Will Christ like it? Buen Camino /

. Below is one of John's statements "He who does not love his brother abides in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him." (1John 3:14-15) Compare John's statement to one of Christ's "I assure you: those who listen to my...

Paul also says: †. Rom 8:2-3 . .There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. John also says: †. 1John 3:9 . .Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed...

Followers of Jesus? You mean people wearing the Christian label? †. 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...

. It's a curious foible of human nature that we all sometimes fail to recognize even well-known friends and associates when they show up in places where, and when, we least expect them. It's also curious how human nature continues to see deceased people long after they're dead. For example; a...

. †. Luke 16:25-26 . . Abraham said to him; Son, remember . . during your lifetime you had everything you wanted Abraham addressed the once-rich man as "son" indicating that the condemned man is one of Abraham's progeny. This is one of those instances-- cf. Cain and Abel --that demonstrates...

I have to agree with Asyncritus. If you're not certain in your heart and mind which portions of the Bible are fact and which portions are fiction; then you should avoid quoting anything at all from the Bible to substantiate your beliefs. You'd be just as smart to quote Socrates and/or Plato...