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Category Archives: Doctrine
Denominations: Eastern Orthodox Church (Part 2)
Authority 1. The Bible They claim high regard for the Bible. Orthodox Church in America states, “The Bible is central in the life of the church and gives both form and content to the church’s liturgical and sacramental worship, just … Continue reading
Posted in Church Organization, denominations, Doctrine
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Do We Have Absolute Truth?
We do not know all things. In the physical realm, not all has been discovered (Proverbs 25:2 cf. Job 38 – 42). In the spiritual realm, not all has been revealed. We do not know when the Lord will return … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, christian growth, Doctrine, God`s word, Plan of salvation, truth
Tagged 1 Timothy 2:4, 2 Timothy 3:15, agnosticism, can we understand the Bible, children can learm, common people heard him gladly, desire and effort, desire wrong things, Deuteronomy 6:6-7, ezra, God desires all be saved, ignorant, IQ, Jesus, Mark 12:37, Mark 16:15, mensa, moses, must one be a scholar, one heart journal, paul, peter, the gospel is for all, truth, unstable, vincent's word study, why some do not understand, wrest to own destruction
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Does Truth Reveal One Plan of Salvation?
What is truth? It is reality. The New Testament declares that God’s word is truth (John 17:17; Ephesians 1:13; Colossians 1:5-6). God’s word declares spiritual reality. This is what the New Testament declares. According to the New Testament, each accountable … Continue reading
Posted in baptism, Cofession, Doctrine, evangelism, God`s word, Plan of salvation, Repentance, Soul Winning, truth
Tagged agnosticism, arrogant, baptism, believe, book: piloting the strait, confess, dave miller, faith and knowledge, God's relationship to His word, hear, implication, law of excluded middle, living faithfully, logic and the bible, mac deaver, no firm stand, one heart journal, plan of salvation, repent, the bible is propositional, thomas b. warren, truth, what is truth
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How Many Resurrection Days? (or Weep Not As Those Who Have No Hope)
Premillennialists believe that there will be two resurrection days, separated by 1,007 years. They typically teach: (1) The righteous dead will be raised and the righteous (both dead and living) will be raptured from the earth. (2) Tribulation will last … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Doctrine, Hope, Judgment, Premillennialism, resurrection, Textual study
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 4, 1000 years, Acts 24, are you ready?, dead in christ rise first, ei, hope, how many resurrection days?, John 5, meet the Lord in the clouds, Premillennialism, rapture, resurrection, Revelation 20, those alive, those asleep, tribulation, weep, weep not
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Is Man Born In Sin? (Part 2)
Many teach that man is born in sin. Consider: (1) Catechism of the Catholic Church Second Edition – “(Adam) has transmitted to us a sin with which we are all born afflicted, a sin which is the ‘death of the … Continue reading
Posted in calvinism, Catholic, Doctrine, Man, Nature, Sin
Tagged 1 Corinthians 15, adam, born in sin, catechism, Catholics, death spread to all men, GA Quarterly, garden of eden, Grace, Guy N. Woods, in adam all died, in Christ all shall be made alive, inherited sin, Jesus v. Adam, john newton, law, natural body, pareiselthen, physical death or spiritual death, robert taylor jr., Romans 5, roy deaver, sin, song amazing grace, spiritual body, studies in romans, tree of life, universal salvation, westminster confession of faith
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Is Man Born In Sin? (Part 1)
Calvinism is a doctrine which has influenced many denominations. It is summed up in five points, known as the TULIP. T = Total Hereditary Depravity. U = Unconditional Election. L = Limited Atonement. I = Irresistible Grace. P = Perseverance of … Continue reading
Posted in calvinism, Doctrine, Man, Nature, Sin, Textual study
Tagged born in sin, calvinsim, David, Deuteronomy 24:16, Exodus 20, Ezekiel 18, guilt v. consequences, gus nichols, infant, inherited consequences, inherited guilt, inherited sin, jealous God, Job 31, john haley, n.b. hardeman, niv, Psalm 51, Psalm 58, roy deaver, tom wacaster, TULIP, visiting the iniquites of fathers on children, wayne jackson
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The AntiChrist
No shortage of speculation exist, and has existed, concerning the identity of the antichrist. Some have pointed to government leaders, such as Peter the Great, Napoleon, Hitler, Reagan, Gorbachev, and Obama. Others have pointed to religious leaders, such as the … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine, end times, Jesus, Premillennialism, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 John 2:18, 1 John 2:19, 1 John 2:22, 1 John 4:1-3, 1 John 4:3, 2 John 7, against heresies book 3 chapter 11, antichrist, apostacy, cerinthian, cerinthus, deity of Jesus, distintion between Jesus and Christ, docetic, end times, every spirit that confesses Jesus is the Christ, falling away, gnosticism, gorbachev, hitler, humanity of Jesus, incarnation, irenaeus, Jesus' deity, Jesus' humanity, last hour, martin luther, muhammad, napoleon, nicolaitans, obama, peter the great, reagan, religious error, test of preacher, test of prophet, the antichrist, the pope, they went out from us, they were not of us, wordly lust
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