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Why does John have no problem calling both Annas and Caiaphas, father and son, "high priest"? There can only be one high priest, right? So, is this not a case establishing that two men may be called after a certain title ("high priest"), even though the nature of the title is such that only one...

I dont understand what to do concerning (esp raw) veganism. On one hand, the Bible warns that in the last days, men, following demons' doctrines, will forbid eating foods God made to be enjoyed, and characterizes those who eat only vegetables as weak in the faith. On the other hand, the Bible...

It really is a mistake to think knowing God can be earned, though I'm not 100% certain how that "squares" with Romans 2, which says only "doers of the Law" will be justified and repaid eternal life when God judges the secrets of men's hearts by Christ (Ro 2:6-16,26,27). I can't deny that...

I have difficulty reconciling some verses in John. How do you all reconcile the following verses? 1. On one hand, it seems like all we need to do to have eternal life is to believe in Jesus. John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not...

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It seems to me that "the Law of Faith" encompasses more than mere faith that Christ died and was raised. Romans 1:17 says "God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith", defining the Romans 3:21 "righteousness of God" men can have along the lines of Romans 4:12 "steps of faith of our...

Maybe some of you will enjoy this exchange. It is a discussion/debate of sorts on some Jewish objections to faith in Christ.

The Holy Spirit is called Παράκλητος, and we are meant to obtain παρακλήσεως from the Scriptures so that we have hope. Would this mean that we should get from the Scriptures the same as we get from the Spirit? Like the two go together perfectly to give us hope? The Spirit inspired those...

Since those who fall away from the faith are counted as having never been saved (their faith counted as righteousness is forgotten (Ez 18:24), their names blotted out of the Book of Life), in a way, those who have the faith never fall away, but continue on with the believers (1 Jn 2:19), which...

Question : Why does the person "give thanks" after he walks in his conviction? I wanted to discuss this aspect of the Gospel (the Gospel is the power of God, because "in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith"--contrasted against "a form of godliness, but denying the power...

I recently spoke with some people who described themselves as "Free Grace". Does anyone here know anything about "Free Grace"? They would deny all the passages that "look" like they're talking about loss of salvation had anything to do with salvation. They would even say you could lose your...

Conclusion : It seems like though we are justified by works, we're only supposed to think of these works as a reasonable response to the thing Christ has already done for us, not as if we are bringing about all the blessings Christ has already brought about. (I put the conclusion first, because...

Romans 12 1Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy to God, well-pleasing, which is your reasonable service. I saw a translation rendering it "in view of God's mercies" instead of "through the mercies of God"...

I know Christ said He spoke in parables so as to prevent people from being saved, so there's an admitted precedent for Him doing that. It's kind of troubling that we're left to "fill in the blank" on crucial matters. Christ says God's will is "believe" (John 6), but, also, many leaders did...

According to this documentary, OSAS originated with the Gnostics, was constantly being refuted by the early church, and was unknown in the Church until the 5th century when Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, a former Gnostic, brought it into the church. 00:01:36 "Believers in OSAS invariably take the...

For "faith aloners" who want to argue against Paul's teaching that only doers of the law will be justified when we are judged (Ro 2:6-16) (James 2 teaches it, too), a frequent resort is to the complaint, "That's a false Gospel of filthy Rags of self righteousness--being saved by a righteousness...

Clearly, the man is a Black man. America says, based, in good part, on Christianity, "all men are created equal", and are welcome to do their good, so we can all praise God together; others want "multiculturalism" only because they hope to form disparate groups, and sow discord, so that we will...

This is addressed to the so-called "Torah Observant" Christians, the modern Judaizers : why, if we're to serve by Torah, did Jesus say that you are doing a work of the evil one if you do as the Torah permitted and make a vow? Matthew 5 33“Again, you have heard that [z]the ancients were told...

Since unrighteousness is a suppression of the truth about God (Ro 1:18,19), the flip side of the same coin would be that righteousness is a revelation of the truth about God : when God speaks about Himself, and we adhere to the Word God spoke (ie, God's Gospel about His Son), we are saying, "God...