John the Baptist was the forerunner of Jesus. When asked who he was, he responded, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord” (John 1:23). He is mentioned by two Old Testament prophets (Isa. 40:3; Mal. 4:5-6). Jesus highly...
With all of the different denominations and all the people calling each other “Christian,” it is difficult to know where to turn. Paul testifies that there is “one body” and that this body is the church (Ephesians 4:4; 1:23). However, that still leaves some confused....
A Facebook meme that I’ve seen several times contains a quote from Jimmy Carter that he made in Business Insider on March 19, 2012. It says, “Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born and Jesus never said a word about...
The New Testament refers to at least seven “baptisms,” many of which are figurative. These seven are “baptism unto Moses;” “baptism of suffering;” “baptism for the dead;” “baptism of fire;” “Holy Spirit baptism;” “John’s baptism;” and, the “baptism of the great...
I know of no Bible believer who would deny that some souls still go to Hades at death. After all, Hades will continue until Jesus comes again. Long after He had been resurrected and crowned “Lord and Christ” (Acts 2:36), He told John in Revelation 1:18, “I have the...
To answer this question there is only one place we may go: to his writings. Thus we will consider Paul’s writings and in doing so will look at different periods in his life and the things he wrote during those times. We will examine his early letters in the years...
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