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Tag Archives: God
Eternity in the Heart
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from the beginning to end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). 1. Time “He has made … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiastes, God, life, Man, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 2 Samuel 12:23, 2 Timothy 1:10, abraham, cycle of life, David, Death, distinction between God and man, Ecclesiastes 11:8, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, Ecclesiastes 2:16, ecclesiastes 2:18-19, Ecclesiastes 3:1-ff, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Ecclesiastes 3:17, Ecclesiastes 3:19, Ecclesiastes 5:10, esv study bible, eternity, eternity in heart, family, God, God is in control, God's thoughts higher than man's, He has made everything beautiful, hebrew matsa, Hebrews 11:10, immortality, John 11:23-24, john waddy, joys of life, leaving inheritance, life and nature, longing for something more, martha, not satisfied with silver, silver, Solomon, solomon's authorship, time, to everything there is a season, vanity, wealth, what befalls animals befalls man, wife, wise and fool, work, youth
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Western Religions: Christian Science (Part 2)
Beliefs and Practices 1. Tenets of Christian Science Their website (christianscience.com) lists the following six “Tenets of Christian Science”: (1) “As adherents of truth, we take the inspired word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal life.” At … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, World Religions
Tagged 1908, baptism, beliefs and pratices, bible lessons, britanica, caroline fraser, christian science and sacraments, christian science sentinel, christianscience.com, communion, food prepared and consumed in mary baker eddy's household, God, holy spirit deity denied, illusion, Jesus deity denied, Jesus the perfect man, marybakereddylibrary.com, muckrack.com, polytheism, press club, pulitzer, science and health, suffering children and the christian science church, tenents of christian science, the christian science journal, the christian science monitor, the holy ghost and healing, the holy spirit divine knowledge, the scientific significance of the resurrection, theatlantic.com, trinity, view of death and resurrection of Jesus, view of evil, view of sin, western religions, what is christian science, World Religions, worship
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Western Religions: Jehovah’s Witnesses and The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Part 3
Beliefs and Practices 1. God. They say, “We worship the one true and Almighty God, the Creator, whose name is Jehovah” (What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe?, jw.org). They do not believe in the Trinity. “The true God is one Person, … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Jehovah Witnesses, Premillennialism, World Religions
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Western Religions: The Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism) Part 3
Beliefs and Practices 1. God. Joseph Smith wrote, “We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost” (The Articles of Faith 1). The Father and the Son have a body of … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, heaven, Judgment, mormon, Mormons, Premillennialism, Stats, World Religions
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World Religions: Buddhism
Buddhism is the fourth largest of the world’s religions. It numbers about 488 million (Largest Religions in the World, worldatlas.com). Most of these live in Asia (List of religious populations, Wikipedia). There are an estimated 1.2 million Buddhists living in … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, History, World Religions
Tagged archaeology, asia, bhutan, bodhi tree, book handbook of todays religions, book kingdom of the cults, buddah, buddah's bones, buddhism, buddhism v. christianity, cambodia, caste system, cause of suffering, china, daily mail uk, daisetz teitaro suzuki, dalai lama, dhammapada, don stewart, dukkah, end of suffering, ethics, extremes, founder, God, greater vehicle, hinduism v. buddhism, india, japan, john ankerberg, josh mcdowell, karma, korea, lessor vehicle, loas, magga, mahayana, man his own savior, mantra, mongolia, myanmar, napal, nirhodha, nirvana, numbers, origin, rahula, ravi zacharias, right action, right effort, right meditation, right mindfulness, right occupation, right speech, right thought, right understanding, samma ajiva, samma ditthi, samma kammanta, samma samadhi, samma sankappa, samma sati, samma vaca, samma vayama, samudaya, savior, siddhartha gautama, sri lanka, stats, teaching, thailand, the eight fold path, the four noble truths, the middle path, theravada, thunderbolt vehicle, tibet, tim collins, truth within, types of buddhism, vajrayana, vietnam, walpola rahula, walter martin, way of the elders, World Religions, yasodhara, zen
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World Religions: Hinduism
Hinduism is the third largest of the world’s religions. It numbers about 1.05 billion. Most of these live in South Asia (Largest Religions in the World, worldatlas.com). More than 3 million live in the U.S.A. (Wikipedia). Origin The word ‘Hindu’ … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, History, World Religions
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