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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The answer is, we don’t know how many miracles Jesus did during His life and earthly ministry on earth. We are unable to determine an actual count because we are told in four passages that Jesus healed many....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Why should we believe the Bible is the Word of God? Can the Bible be trusted? Is it inerrant? What reasons do we have to claim the Bible is true. Watch now. Get More Bible Answers & Biblical Reasoning About the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Five Solas are five Latin phrases that summarize the theological convictions/essential beliefs in the Christian faith. They originate from the Protestant Reformation that began when former Roman Catholic monk...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This question addresses the words of Jesus in Matt 6: “when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words” (Matt 6:7). Let’s...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Choose Life! Defend Life! Cherish Life! Pro-Life Articles and Videos What is the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide What is the National Sanctity of Human Life Day? "Choice" Spoken Word Poetry Video by EZ Zwayne What...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: Who can understand it?” This verse is often spoken by Bible preachers and teachers as a warning to Christians about their...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Israel had three harvests each year, and each offers a prophetic pattern and typology for our understanding. The three harvests of Israel are: Barley harvest in early spring Wheat harvest in late spring or early...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. For many years, a popular Internet forward has been a “bell” that tells of identity in Christ. It is often circulated at Christmas, but it “rings” with a message that goes far beyond the incarnation of Jesus. It...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Only God knows the time and the hour when Jesus will come back (Mat 24:36), but we do know that His return is drawing closer and closer. As we observe increasing sin in the world and apostasy in the church, we know...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting” (Romans 1:28 – NKJV) I have been blessed of God to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Symbolism is the use of one thing (a symbol) to represent another thing. A symbol points to something beyond the symbol itself. Typology is a kind of symbolism. It also points to something. However, typology is...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There are three very significant gifts from God that are mentioned in 1 Corinthians 13. Each of these gifts — faith, hope, and love — is both positional (in our justification) and practical (in our...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There’s a teaching that claims Jesus went to Hell after He died to take back the keys of death and Hell from Satan. It’s reasoned that when Adam sinned, Satan was given dominion over Adam and all the earth....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This weekend is set aside as a time for rest from our labors. The holiday is defined as “a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question: I have heard the saying “all dogs go to heaven”, but animals don’t have a soul. Still, do our beloved pets go to heaven when they pass, and will we see them again? It is truly difficult to lose a pet...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible tells us that, on earth, man sees “through a glass, darkly” or “through a mirror, dimly” (1 Cor 13:12a), but in Heaven, we will see “face-to-face” (1 Cor 13:12b). In Heaven, we will see God in all His...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Revelation 3:5 records the words of Jesus that were written in a letter and sent to the church at Sardis. Some might read this verse and think it suggests that salvation can be lost if one does not overcome. Rev...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. A growing problem in the church today is the apostasy of some leaders. Recently, two high-profile church leaders left their jobs and renounced their beliefs. How should Christians understand and deal with such...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Over six decades (around late 1910s-1980s), it’s counted that 205 people died in public shootings in America. Contrast that with the early 1980s unto today, in which more than 1,400 people have died in public...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Jonathan Edwards, an 18th-century Presbyterian preacher and theologian, is quoted as having said, “You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.” Faith Given by God Ephesians 2:8...