God's Commands in the New Testament 23 Mar 2017 3:31 AM (8 years ago)
Jesus commanded us in the second
half of the Great Commission to teach others to observe ALL that He has
commanded us. We first need to know the commands ourselves well enough so that
we can teach others to observe them.
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List of Commands in the New Testament 23 Mar 2017 3:26 AM (8 years ago)
This is a tool to help you carry out the second half of the
Great Commission: "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you." This is a complete listing of all the commands that apply to us
today. People often wonder what are the commands that Jesus commanded us to
teach. As you look over this list you will see that God instructs us in great
detail what it means to be a Christian, a follower of Jesus: how we should act,
and what we should do, and what we should not do in various circumstances. There
are a total of 684 passages.
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A New Look at Predestination and Once Saved Always Saved 23 Mar 2017 2:43 AM (8 years ago)
Note: I had never had a real interest in theological
positions or discussions about Salvation. One day the Lord
impressed upon me that I needed to study the subject of Salvation
for myself so that I would know for sure what was truth,
Calvinism or Arminianism. I reluctantly dove into this study
thinking it would be dry and boring. What I found was the exact
opposite. God opened a whole new bigger picture for me about
Salvation. This study is not exhaustive, nor can it ever be here
on earth. There is more for you to discover and share with the
rest of us.
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God's Commands in the New Testament 21 Feb 2016 5:59 AM (9 years ago)
This is a tool to
help you carry out the second half of the Great Commission:
"Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded
you." This is a complete listing of all the commands that apply
to us today. People often wonder what are the commands that Jesus
commanded us to teach. As you look over this list you will see
that God instructs us in great detail what it means to be a
Christian, a follower of Jesus: how we should act, and what we
should do, and what we should not do in various
circumstances.
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独身クリスチャンの方々への応援エッセ 19 Jul 2015 6:02 PM (9 years ago)
私たちは、自分の人生に起こっている物事を狭い視点でとらえ、神の許しの下に起きている、もろもろの出来事の理解にくるしむことが多々あります。
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A Summary of the Immorality, Fraud and False Teachings of Bill Gothard 14 Jan 2015 5:52 PM (10 years ago)
The following was a letter originally sent to our family and friends on January 12, 2015.
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ATI: Designed Around a False Education "Principle" 18 Nov 2014 6:34 PM (10 years ago)
The Advanced Training Institute (ATI) curriculum was promoted and sold to pastors and homeschool parents as the best homeschool curriculum in the world. Instead of being the best, it has failed horribly in many ways. The ATI curriculum was produced by Bill Gothard and his Institute in Basic Life Principles and was designed around a false education "principle" that produces results that are opposite of what Bill Gothard stated that they would be.
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かぶり物（ベール）についての神話 28 Sep 2014 4:15 PM (10 years ago)
私は大学時代に、かぶり物（祈りのベール）について調べ始めました。今日もはや、神は（姉妹に）かぶり物を課してはおられないということの論拠を見い出そうとしたのです。実際私は、かぶり物は必要じゃないと思っていました。
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Doug Phillips, Vision Forum and the Bigger Picture 12 Nov 2013 3:08 AM (11 years ago)
Doug Phillips, the founder and leader of Vision Forum and an influential leader in the conservative homeschool movement, admitted to having a lengthy extra-marital affair with another woman. This was a bombshell in the conservative home school community.
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有關蒙頭的迷思 24 Jan 2010 9:14 PM (15 years ago)
在我唸大學的時候，我開始研讀有關蒙頭這事，想要找到根據來證明現今神不再要求蒙頭了，因為我看不見再有蒙頭的需要。但當我深入研究蒙頭這事，卻發現有許多關乎蒙頭的迷思，被宣稱為真理。這些錯誤的教導見於許多釋經書之中。這些迷思在講臺上被人傳講，也由一個基督徒傳給另一個，他們對那段聖經已有自己的一套見解，這些迷思更有助他們「清晰」理解自己的看法，但其實這些都沒有聖經或者歷史的根據。這些說法很經常被重複提說，使人相信它們都是真確的，並且不去查證。畢竟，那些重複這些說法的人當中，有許多都有博士學位。結果，教會基於錯誤百出的資料就在蒙頭這課題上教導、實行和反對。一般而言，我發現在蒙頭這課題上缺乏有素質和具學術水平的研究。
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有关蒙头的迷思 24 Jan 2010 9:14 PM (15 years ago)
在我念大学的时候，我开始研读有关蒙头这事，想要找到根据来证明现今神不再要求蒙头了，因为我看不见再有蒙头的需要。但当我深入研究蒙头这事，却发现有许多关乎蒙头的迷思，被宣称为真理。这些错误的教导见于许多释经书之中。这些迷思在讲台上被人传讲，也由一个基督徒传给另一个，他们对那段圣经已有自己的一套见解，这些迷思更有助他们「清晰」理解自己的看法，但其实这些都没有圣经或者历史的根据。这些说法很经常被重复提说，使人相信它们都是真确的，并且不去查证。毕竟，那些重复这些说法的人当中，有许多都有博士学位。结果，教会基于错误百出的数据就在蒙头这课题上教导、实行和反对。一般而言，我发现在蒙头这课题上缺乏有素质和具学术水平的研究。
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The Headcovering Directory 21 Jul 2008 7:13 PM (16 years ago)
The Headcovering Directory exists to help those searching for the truth about the Christian woman's headcovering and to encourage and support those who practice the headcovering. You'll find links to articles and stores, as well as testimonies from ladies who cover their heads.
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How to Aquire Spiritual Understanding 18 Jun 2008 4:38 AM (16 years ago)
This is a condensed version of our study on
Spiritual Understanding in the Bible using the E-Sword Bible
program and five computers networked together as explained in
"Gold Miners’ Bible Study - Taking Bible Study to a New
Level"
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God's Commands to Be Of One Mind 30 Mar 2008 11:15 PM (17 years ago)
Jesus gave us a number of commands in the New Testament about
the Church being of one mind. Each command is listed in
Bold. The verses following each command are related verses
or cross-references that help us understand what the command
means. The Bible is the best commentary on itself and helps us to
understand the command from God’s perspective. Ask God to
give you understanding and meditate on each verse.
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God's Commands on Authority 30 Mar 2008 11:15 PM (17 years ago)
There are a number of commands in the New Testament on
authority. Each command is listed in Bold. The verses
following each command are related verses or cross-references
that help us understand what the command means. The Bible is the
best commentary on itself and helps us to understand the command
from God’s perspective. Ask God to give you understanding
and meditate on each verse.
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God's Commands on Children 30 Mar 2008 11:14 PM (17 years ago)
God gave us a number of commands in the New Testament for and
about children. Each command is listed in Bold. The verses
following each command are related verses or cross-references
that help us understand what the command means. The Bible is the
best commentary on itself and helps us to understand the command
from God’s perspective. Ask God to give you understanding
and meditate on each verse.
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The Key for Lasting Revival 30 Mar 2008 11:14 PM (17 years ago)
One of the Godliest kings in the Bible was King
Hezekiah. Hezekiah brought about a great spiritual revival and
reformation in Judah. God tells us this about him: “And he
did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that David his father did. He removed the high places, and
broke the images, and cut down the groves, and broke in pieces
the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the
children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it
Nehushtan. He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after
him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that
were before him. For he cleaved to the LORD, and departed not
from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD
commanded Moses.” (2 Kings 18:3-6) But even though Hezekiah
was such a very Godly man and brought about a great spiritual
revival, his son Manasseh was one of the most wicked kings Judah
ever had. God tells us that Manasseh sacrificed his son to an
idol, dealt with evil spirits and wizards, and he seduced his
people to do more evil than the nations that God destroyed before
the children of Israel possessed the land.
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God's Commands on Bible Study 30 Mar 2008 11:13 PM (17 years ago)
There are a number of commands in the New Testament relating
to Bible Study. Each command is listed in Bold. The verses
following each command are cross-references that help us
understand what the command means. The Bible is the best
commentary on itself and helps us to understand the command from
God’s perspective. Ask God to give you understanding and
meditate on each verse.
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God's Commands on Anger 30 Mar 2008 9:41 PM (17 years ago)
Jesus gave us commands, not suggestions, about how to live the
Christian life. This section contains the commands God gives us
in the New Testament relating to anger. Each command is listed in
Bold. The verses following each command are related verses
or cross-references that help us understand what the command
means. The Bible is the best commentary on itself and helps us to
understand the command from God’s perspective. Ask God to
give you understanding and meditate on each verse.
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God's Commands on Alcohol 30 Mar 2008 9:41 PM (17 years ago)
Jesus gave us a number of commands in the New Testament about
the use of alcohol (and they also apply to drugs). Each command
is listed in Bold. The verses following each command are
related verses or cross-references that help us understand what
the command means. The Bible is the best commentary on itself and
helps us to understand the command from God’s perspective.
Ask God to give you understanding and meditate on each
verse.
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Why We Do Not Have a TV 3 Dec 2007 5:57 PM (17 years ago)
A set of two posters listing the Scriptural reasons why our family does not have a TV. Designed to be printed out so that you can display them in your home as well.
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Totally Rethinking Church Part 1: Stepping 'Out of the Box' 3 Dec 2007 6:51 AM (17 years ago)
(Note: The purpose of these articles on Totally
Rethinking Church is not to incite a rebellious attitude against
the established church or encourage an elitist attitude; but to
stimulate your thinking to look at the Scriptures and evaluate
the church, so that you can help make the church more like Christ
would have us to be.)
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Totally Rethinking Church Part 3: A Refreshing Change for Church Leadership 3 Dec 2007 5:59 AM (17 years ago)
The caring "pasture" shepherd pastor that is God's plan for Church leadership
is the type of pastor that we all have a deep longing for. God's design for
church leadership is much different than what we find in most conventional
"feedlot" style, building based churches today. It requires a total
reprogramming of our minds of what Spiritual leadership is and how it is carried
out.
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Contrary to Popular Opinion, College or Seminary Education is not Beneficial for Pastors 2 Dec 2007 6:47 PM (17 years ago)
God is quite clear in many passages of Scripture,
and through the example of Jesus, that higher education is not
beneficial for pastors. Ignoring all that God has written about
the subject, most churches require at least a college degree if
not a seminary degree for their pastor. Subconsciously, the
church has bought into the belief that the educated few hold the
key to understanding the deeper things of Scripture and that
Christians need to look to the educated, who are mere men, for
answers to the difficult questions and for spiritual
understanding of the mysteries of Scripture. In the church there
is a PhD pedestal in which those who have a PhD are elevated with
respect and authority above other Christians in spiritual
understanding and knowledge. The subconscious perception by many
Christians is that spiritual understanding comes from other human
beings rather than it being a free gift from the Holy Spirit
which is where true spiritual understanding actually comes
from.
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The Christian Woman's Headcovering: The Style and How Much Should It Cover? 2 Dec 2007 5:27 PM (17 years ago)
In 1 Corinthians 11, God gives the command that a
woman is to cover her head when praying or prophesying and that a
man is to have his head uncovered. The focus of the entire
passage is on the covered or uncovered head. Nothing is commanded
or suggested concerning the style, color, or size of the
woman’s or man’s headcovering. It is significant that
God does not specify a style, a color, or size of
headcovering.
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How to Double Your Giving 5 Apr 2007 8:10 PM (18 years ago)
Have you ever dreamed of being financially able to give 20,
30, or 50 percent of your income to the Lord? There is a joy and
excitement of being able to give more than God is asking us to
give. It also provides an encouragement for others to give. Think
of all that could be done in Christ’s Kingdom if your church
received twice as much in offerings and if foreign missions had
twice as much funds. The overhead costs have already been met
through present giving. Any additional giving can be directly
applied to further the spreading of the Gospel.
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Why You Should Sing in Your House Church 5 Apr 2007 5:10 PM (18 years ago)
Singing is a very essential part of our worship of
God and needs to be a part of every house church. Our desire is
to help you as best we can to make a beautiful, joyful sound in
singing praises to our God. God loves singing, and loves to hear
us sing praises to Him. The purpose of this article is to help
you see how important your singing is to God, and to encourage
you to perfect the singing ability of those in your house
church.
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The Guaranteed Christian Success Formula 5 Apr 2007 1:53 PM (18 years ago)
If you’re like me, you’ve heard of, or read of, various plans for success in the Christian life. Some are embodied in how-to books. Others come from biographies of great Christian men. Still others come from pastors, professors, and men with Ph.D’s.
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Farming Based on the Word of God 5 Apr 2007 10:57 AM (18 years ago)
In Isaiah 26 God says that He teaches the farmer how to farm.
Therefore, Christians should be the ones with the answers, and
the best methods on how to farm. However, today many Christian
farmers do not have the answers and are not using the best
methods because they are not going to God to learn how to farm
but rather have gone to non-Christians. The secular corporate
business world and the state universities have dismissed God from
the farming picture. While the methods of the secular mindset are
appearing to work as farm production has steadily increased, in
reality they are not as successful as they appear because farm
profits have not even been keeping up with inflation. Many farm
families have off farm jobs to make enough money to farm. That
kind of farming is not profitable nor is it sustainable. It is
not successful.
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Paul Said What? 5 Apr 2007 7:56 AM (18 years ago)
Imagine reading the daily newspaper. The paper tells of a legal dispute between an author and a typist. It seems that the typist put her name to a book the author had dictated to her, and everyone is giving the typist the credit for the book. That’s stupid, you think as you shut the paper. Then the headline, which you had ignored, catches your eye. "CNN Reporter Calls for End to Middle East Terrorism!" When you read the article, however, it turns out that the reporter was merely repeating what the President had said. That’s just like that typist! you think. What’s going on here?
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How to Turn the Hearts of the Fathers to the Children 5 Apr 2007 6:27 AM (18 years ago)
God sent John the Baptist to prepare people for lasting
revival so that the church would endure after Jesus returned to Heaven. Jesus’
ministry lasted only three years. At the end of those three years, the revival
that began has continued for two thousand years. What God said that John the
Baptist would do to prepare the people for Jesus, was to turn the hearts of
the fathers to the children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Many
Christian leaders have pooh-poohed the biological church growth among some
groups and have put their focus on reaching unchurched people, not realizing
that for lasting revival we need evangelism and we also need to keep the
children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of those brought in through
evangelism and of those who are already Christians.
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Is Music Amoral? 5 Apr 2007 6:14 AM (18 years ago)
There is a debate among Christians: is music itself amoral? To define what is meant, the question needs to be stated several ways. Is music neutral? Is sound capable of moral influence? Does music alone, with or without text, carry and communicate moral value? Does music have moral value? Does putting Christian words to any kind music make the music Christian or Godly music? Are different kinds or styles of music right or wrong?
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Home 'Sunday Schooling' 5 Apr 2007 5:47 AM (18 years ago)
Training children and young people in the ways of the Lord is
very important for passing on the faith to the next generation
and to their children who follow. Building-based churches have
used Sunday school and youth groups for years in an attempt to
train children and young people. However, in the last 50 years or
so, each succeeding generation trained in the church Sunday
school has become more Biblically illiterate than the previous
generation to the point today where there is little difference in
belief between those in the church and those in the world. The
Sunday school has not succeeded because it is based on the
world’s public school method of teaching children rather than
following our Creator’s instruction manual.
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How to Make Spiritual Truths Stick in Your Mind 5 Apr 2007 5:31 AM (18 years ago)
The songs that we sing and listen to permanently shape our understanding of who God is and what the Christian life is all about. It is readily recognized among educators that information in song form is easier to remember. It has been stated that "What’s learned in song is remembered long." Songs that children learn are remembered the rest of their lives. Once a tune is learned a person never totally forgets it. It will always be familiar.
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God's Commands in the New Testament 5 Apr 2007 5:28 AM (18 years ago)
Jesus commanded us in the second
half of the Great Commission to teach others to observe ALL that He has
commanded us. We first need to know the commands ourselves well enough so that
we can teach others to observe them.
View an Uncategorized List of Commands
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Why Non-Christians and worldly Christians are so prosperous financially 5 Apr 2007 5:23 AM (18 years ago)
Psalms 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever:
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Why 'Decidedly' Godly Music? 5 Apr 2007 4:20 AM (18 years ago)
We are excited about the blessings of singing and listening to decidedly Godly music. There is a growing trend of people who are
realizing the real value of pure, decidedly Godly music in the church and in the home; music that is not tainted with the music styles
that have been used to worship Satan.
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Bodily Exercise Profiteth Little 5 Apr 2007 3:29 AM (18 years ago)
"Bodily exercise profiteth little". We've probably all heard this quote from 1 Timothy 4:8 at one time or another. Some quote it to give them license to sit around. Others retranslate it to say "bodily exercise profits for a little time". Both take the fragment of verse out of context. As you read the following quote, notice the entire context.
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Music for Children 4 Apr 2007 10:38 PM (18 years ago)
Children love music. A happy child is a singing child who sings and hums as he works or plays. When my wife and I sang in a
choral group, one of the things that impressed us was that the singing captivated the attention of four and five year olds for an hour and
a half. Music ministers to all age levels in a way that preaching and teaching can never do.
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List of Commands in the New Testament 4 Apr 2007 9:24 PM (18 years ago)
This is a tool to help you carry out the second half of the
Great Commission: "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you." This is a complete listing of all the commands that apply to us
today. People often wonder what are the commands that Jesus commanded us to
teach. As you look over this list you will see that God instructs us in great
detail what it means to be a Christian, a follower of Jesus: how we should act,
and what we should do, and what we should not do in various circumstances. There
are a total of 684 passages.
View the List of Commands in Subject Categories
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Singleness - a Peek at God's Perspective 4 Apr 2007 9:17 PM (18 years ago)
We see things in our life from a narrow perspective, and it is often difficult for us to understand all that God is allowing to happen. Someone standing 10 feet behind us can see a much bigger perspective than we can. They can see things we can’t. They can also see some of our blindspots. God sees an even bigger and clearer perspective as He sees all of our past, present, and future all at once. God invites us to get a peek from His perspective.
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Totally Rethinking Church Part 2: Sheep - a Key to Understanding God's Design for the Church 4 Apr 2007 7:59 PM (18 years ago)
For many years, I felt like I was not being fed spiritually at
church as much as I wanted to be. Many Sundays I felt like I was given skim milk
instead of real meat that I could sink my teeth into. The meetings, activities,
and teaching responsibilities in the church always kept me busy, but they did
not really satisfy my spiritual longings. Little did I realize that I would have
to become a farmer to understand God's answer. Many of the truths in the Bible
are given using agricultural terms and illustrations. Although I had grown up in
the city, I thought that I understood what God was saying when He used
agricultural illustrations in comparing the church to sheep because of what
others had said who "knew". But I found out that I didn't really understand.
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Preparing for the Future of the Church 4 Apr 2007 7:59 PM (18 years ago)
It is vitally
important that we prepare now for the future of the church. How
we train our children and young people has great bearing on the
spiritual commitment of the next generation. God has high
expectations and standards of conduct for our youth and young
adults. Our intentions and motives have been right, but has the
spiritual education in Sunday Schools, vacation Bible schools,
Christian schools and church youth groups been consistently
producing young people who are up to God’s expectation and
standards? Are they capable of providing future leadership for
the church with the same doctrine, standards, and convictions
that they have been taught? Are the children learning the Bible
doctrines that they should? Are the young people in the Christian
Church mature and following God’s ways?
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Gold Miners' Bible Study 4 Apr 2007 7:45 PM (18 years ago)
We have discovered a new method of Bible study that allows a
family or group to quickly go deeper into the Word of God using modern
technology. It adds a new, exciting dimension to Bible research. It allows a
family to dig in the Word and meditate on it together. Since we have started
studying the Bible in this manner, our family has uncovered a multitude of
insights that we might never have found otherwise. Many of the articles on this
website are the results of this method of Bible study. Thanks to our setup, we
can do more research faster than before.
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Divorce and Remarriage - Why Didn't We See This Before? 4 Apr 2007 7:44 PM (18 years ago)
The research for this report began a number of years ago in
an attempt to find out what God’s Word has to say about
divorce and remarriage. Is divorce wrong? Is the adultery
in remarriage an act or a state? In what cases are divorce
and remarriage permitted? What place do divorced and
remarried couples have in the Church? Can the church accept
them the same as any other married couple? As I look at the
interesting truths that I found in Scripture on divorce and
remarriage, I have to ask myself, "Why didn’t we see this
before?"
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The Effects of the Headcovering on Divorce 4 Apr 2007 7:42 PM (18 years ago)
Is there a correlation between Christian women wearing a headcovering as is instructed in 1 Corinthians 11 and the divorce rate among Christians? Most churches today teach that the woman does not need to cover her head and that the teaching in 1 Corinthians 11 does not apply to today. Is it true that the headcovering teaching is not important, has no value for today, and is to be "spiritualized" and reinterpreted? Or is the Church reaping the consequence of ignoring the headcovering command in the high rate of divorce and the destruction of families among Christians?
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What Music Should Children Listen To? 4 Apr 2007 7:30 PM (18 years ago)
It is important that children listen to and sing hymns and other Godly music that we
normally think of as being for adults, in addition to songs that are geared for children. In fact, children need
to be saturated with hymns and other decidedly Godly music. Here is why:
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What is the Best Bible Translation? 4 Apr 2007 7:30 PM (18 years ago)
There are a whole range of English Bible translations to choose from, and
more keep coming out. Which Bible translation is the best one to study, meditate
on, and use for our guide in faith and practice? Each translation claims to be
better in some aspect than other translations. A few are basically literal word
for word translations. But most employ some degree of paraphrasing or putting
the Bible into the words of men. The New International Version calls its
practice of putting things into their own words by the fancy term "dynamic
equivalence". Some translators do a significant amount of putting into the Bible
their own words, beliefs, and biases. A recent very perverted paraphrased
version is the "Good As New" version. Among other things it uses foul language,
renames the Apostle Peter as Rocky, and promotes sexual relationships with a
partner outside of marriage. It is called a Bible.
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The NIV Report 4 Apr 2007 7:28 PM (18 years ago)
The most significant subject facing the Church in the 21st
Century is the Bible, its Greek text, and the way it is
translated. Every Christian doctrine is based on the Bible. The
way the Bible reads, the words that it has and the words that it
does not have, the way the Greek words are translated or poorly
translated, all affect the doctrine of the Church. At one point I
thought that most translations of the Bible were basically the
same except for the modernization of the old English in the KJV.
As you will see for yourself, this is not the case. Most of the
modern translations do not have every thing that the KJV does, as
a result of changes in the Greek texts from which they are
translated.
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How to Become a Christian 4 Apr 2007 7:28 PM (18 years ago)
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23
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Peace in the Old Testament 4 Apr 2007 7:24 PM (18 years ago)
Would you go to the Old Testament to develop a theology of peace and your position on a Christian’s involvement in war? Or do you tend to ignore or gloss over the Old Testament on the issue of peace and participation in war because it does not fit your peace theology?
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Myths About the Headcovering 4 Apr 2007 7:18 PM (18 years ago)
I began a study on the headcovering when I was in college to find a basis that God no longer required the headcovering for today. I did not see a need for it. As I have studied the head covering in depth, I have discovered that there are many false teachings about the headcovering stated as truth. These false teachings are in many of the commentaries. They have been preached from the pulpit, and have been passed from one Christian to another to give a "clear" understanding of what they want the Bible to say, but which have no Biblical or historical basis. They have been repeated so often, that people believe them to be true and don’t verify it for themselves. As a result the church is teaching, acting, and reacting on the subject of the head veil based on faulty information. In general, I have found a lack of good scholarly research on the headcovering.
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The NIV Report (Condensed) 4 Apr 2007 7:18 PM (18 years ago)
The subject of Bible translations has been a tremendously interesting study for me. When I started the research, I was not prepared for the deception and misguiding information that I have found coming from Christian scholars. The problem is not so much the accuracy of the way words are translated although that is also a problem but the Greek text that is used for the translation of the of most of the modern translations. I believe that the Bible is the most significant subject facing the Church at the turn of the 21st Century.
God tells us that the Bible is pure, is truth, and words are
not to be added to or removed from it. However when two translations of
the Bible say two different things in the same verse, subconsciously people’s
trust in the purity, and absolute truth of the Bible is eroded. When two
translations say different things, which one is truth? Or are they both
what God said? Christians then have to become judges of Scripture and pick
which reading they like best. Therefore you hear "I like the way it says
it in this translation," rather than "This is what God says."
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A New Look at Predestination and Once Saved Always Saved 4 Apr 2007 7:15 PM (18 years ago)
Note: I had never had a real interest in theological positions or discussions about Salvation. One day the Lord impressed upon me that I needed to study the subject of Salvation for myself so that I would know for sure what was truth, Calvinism or Arminianism. I reluctantly dove into this study thinking it would be dry and boring. What I found was the exact opposite. God opened a whole new bigger picture for me about Salvation. This study is not exhaustive, nor can it ever be here on earth. There is more for you to discover and share with the rest of us.
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