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Is Drinking Wine A Sin
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If I were a nonchristian reading all the nasty, uncharitable comments generated in some of these blogs, I very well might conclude that Christianity brings more evil than good into this world.... |
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I Am A Prophet
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If someone thinks he is a prophet, he should go to the pastor and elders of his local church and tell them the prophecy and pray with them and see if the Holy Spirit confirms the prophecy to all of them, and go from there.... |
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Does Hell Exist
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Regarding hell, I must ask myself how happy I really could be in heaven knowing that so many of my deceased friends and loved ones were burning in hell because their theological concepts were misplaced. |
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Cursed If You Don't Tithe
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Bill- It sounds like the preacher issuing threats against non-tithers would like very much to have a raise in salary at the emotional and financial expense of his flock. But maybe he has a lot of personal debt he has to pay off . Most of us do.... |
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Are Rosary Beads A Sin
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The prayer in Latin: Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. |
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Spiritual House Cleaning
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I may even better to take inventory of our spiritual trash first - our selfish and nasty attitudes and habits - and get rid of those things. |
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What Bible Version Is Best
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For the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) I highly recommend 'The Jewish Study Bible,' published by the Jewish Publication Society of America. |
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Believe The Bible Or The Pope
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According to many recent survey, most Catholics pay very little attention to what the pope says, whether it's on the subject of the Bible or not, probably just as most Evangelicals don't pay a lot of attention to their own human authorities. Mature people think for themselves whether they be Evangelical or Catholic. |
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God Let Bush Be President
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If the Daniel verse makes a universal statement about God's setting rulers in place, then yes, God made George Bush president, Elizabeth II queen, Benedict pope, and Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin and Pol Pot dictators. But perhaps the Daniel passage is not a universal statement.... |
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What Is A Judgemental Christian
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I need always to ask myself, in my judgment am I more righteous than this other person? If the answer is Yes, then I am self-righteous. It is as simple as that.... |
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What Does 666 Mean
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Revelation was the very last book the Christian Church canonized, in some places not till 800 A.D. Many early Christians rejected it outright. It is, then, the least reliable of the NT books. We can't depend on Revelation for very much. No one can be absolutely certain, or even somewhat certain, of what it means. So, as to 666, we can only guess.... |
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