Once upon a time, there was a father and his son who lived in the countryside. When the son came of age, the father delegated to him responsibility for a field of crops and for a flock of sheep. It was now up to the son to cultivate the field and to care for the […]
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Growing up in the spiritual environment that I did, although I believed that miracles were possible if God wanted to do them, most miracles weren’t all that important in the grand scheme of things. The most important miracle (as I still believe to this day) occurs when somebody enters into a personal relationship with God
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Why did this difficult situation happen? Was it because God wanted (or willed) it to happen? Did it happen because of people and their choices? And/Or was it the devil who caused it to happen? When it comes to the most common objections or doubts that people have with the idea of God’s existence or
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The Christian doctrine of the Trinity states that God is One God who exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (see Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; etc.). Throughout the history of the church, many have used various analogies to help our finite minds understand this paradoxical reality.
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Did Jesus Ever Reject Anybody?: Twelve Instances Where Jesus Rejected, Turned Away, Left Alone, or Promised Rejection for His Audience I’ve seen a couple church billboards saying something to the effect of “Jesus never rejected anybody. So neither do we.” This seems to beg the question: Is that true? Did Jesus ever reject anybody? How would
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Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for by a powerful hand the Lord brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten. (Exodus 13:3 NASB1995) This is the first time the word “slavery” is used in the NASB1995.
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Once upon a time there was an automobile manufacturing company. The CEO had designed state-of-the-art sports cars with incredible speed, gas mileage, and longevity. This famous CEO hired a team of writers and editors to publish a book about his life story. But the CEO didn’t just want any writers; he wanted writers with whom
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Is Jesus the Son of God? What does that mean? What implications does that have for us? Using the search engine of BibleGateWay.com (in the NASB1995 translation), the phrase “[S]on of God” yields 54 search results, appearing 6 times in the Old Testament and 48 times in the New Testament. This 3-word phrase appears the
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