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Denominations: Unitarian Universalist Association
There are about 153,000 members of the UUA (UUA Membership Statistics, 1961-2020, uua.org). The top three states by number are: (1) California; (2) New York; (3) Texas (Demographic and Statistical Information, uua.org). History The UUA was formed in 1961 when … Continue reading
Posted in Church Organization, denominations, Doctrine, Holy Spirit, Jesus, salvation, Stats
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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
Tagged 144000, 1908, baptism, beliefs and pratices, blood transfusion, book knowledge that leads to everlasting life, book reconciliation, book the jehovah's witnesses so called, book what does the Bible really teach, cincinnati ohio, david brown, divorce, earth, elders on baptism, first resurrection, free will, God, have soul or a soul, heaven, heavenly class, hell, holidays, Holy Spirit, Jesus, joseph franklin rutherford, judgment day, jw.org, l.s. white charles taze russell debate, little flock, man, mdr, michael archangel, michael demory, morals, music hall 1908, new heavens and new earth, nisan 14, other beliefs, Premillennialism, regenerated earth, Repentance, resurrection, salvation, soul, soul sleep, spring lectures, taking religious material, terminology, the body of Christ, the bride of Christ, the christ, the church of christ, the gospel, the kingdom, the lord's evening meal, watch tower
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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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Jesus: The Son of God
Jesus is described as “the Son of God” about 30 times in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Mark’s account begins, “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1). Demons, or unclean spirits, are recorded … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Jesus
Tagged 2 Samuel 7, Acts 13:33-34, Acts 9:20 cf 9:22, adam, adam clarke, Angels, apologetics press, bablyonia rulers, babylon, blashphemy, brad bromling, canaanite rulers, christians are sons of God, deity of Jesus, Demons, divine nature, egypt, Ephesians 6:1, Father greater than Jesus, fufilled, God's family, guy n.woods, Hebrews 1:5, Hosea 11, israel, Jesus, John 14:28, John 5, John 5:30, John 6:38, kevin moore, kmooreperspective, Luke 1:26-35, martha, Matthew 2:13-15, peter, peter's confession, Phrase Study, Psalm 2:6-7, roman centurion, roman rulers, Romans 1:3-4, rome, rulers at cross, saul's preaching, series Jesus:, son of God, son of God as object of God's love and care, son of God as the Christ, son of God by birth, son of God in submission, son og God as king, spiritual family, those in authority, unclean spirits, zondervan's pictorial pictionary
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Jesus: The Son of David
Jesus is described as “the Son of David,” or “David’s son,” or some equivalent, more than a dozen times in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Matthew’s account begins with the genealogy of Jesus, saying – “Jesus Christ, the Son of … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Jesus, Phrase Study, Prophecy
Tagged canaanite woman, christology, contidiction, david's son, genealogy, j.w. mcgarvey, Jesus, Jesus' genealogy, Luke's genealogy, Matthew 22:42-46, Matthew v. Luke, Matthew's genealogy, memory devise, multitude, Phrase Study, Psalm 110, series Jesus:, son of david, two blind men, two blind men near jericho, vine's, wayne jackson, what do you think about the christ? whose son is he?, william wilder
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Jesus: The Son of Man
Jesus is described as “the son of man” over 80 times in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Most of the time, with only a couple of exceptions, Jesus is the one who used this phrase. Moreover, he was using this … Continue reading
World Religions: Judaism
Judaism is the smallest of the five major world religions: Christianity; Islam; Hinduism; Buddhism; Judaism (A World religion is an internationally widespread religion – Wikipedia). It numbers almost 14 million (Largest Religions in the World, worldatlascom). Most of these live … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, History, Jesus, Stats, World Religions
Tagged 13 fundamental principles of the jewish faith, Abortion, animal sacrifices, b.j. clark, book answering jewish objections, book handbook of todays religions, book the messianic idea in israel, ceremonial laws, chabad, common beliefs, conservative, david brown, dietary laws, don stewart, God is not man, Homosexuality, Isaiah 11:11-14, Isaiah 2, Isaiah 53, Isaiah 53 about nation, Isaiah 9:6, Jeremiah 7:212-23, Jesus, joseph klausner, josh mcdowell, judaism, judaism.org, karaite, kosher food, language of worship, liberal, maimonides, masorti, men women seating in worship, Micah 4, Micah 6:6-8, michael l. brown, mishnah, moshe ben maimon, myjewishlearning.com, no middle man, no need for blood sacrifice, Numbers 23:19, org, origin of judaism, orthodox, oru.edu, peace on earth. jewish rejection, prayer shaw, progressive, Psalm 40:6, rambam, reconstructionalist, reform, sabbath, skullcap, spain, synagogue, talmud, torah, traditions and customs, types of jews, ucalgary.ca, wayne jackson, what they believe, why reject Jesus, wikipedia, world atlas, World Religions
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God: His Essence
God wants us to know Him. He has revealed Himself through nature (Psalm 19:1; Acts 14:17; Romans 1:20). He has revealed Himself through Jesus (John 1:18; 14:9; 1 Timothy 3:16 KJV/NKJV). He has revealed Himself through inspiration (John 16:13-15; 2 Timothy … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, God, Godhead
Tagged A.W. Dicus, alleged discrepancies, Coffman, Deuteronomy 32:27, Does God repent?, eternal, EXodus 20:11, Exodus 32:14, Genesis 22:12, Genesis 6:6, God, God's essence, Godhead, Haley, How God has revealed Himself, immutable, inspiration, Isaiah 40::13-14, Jeremiah 19:5, Jeremiah 32:17, Jesus, Job 42:2, John 4:24, Malachi 3:6, Matthew 10:29-30, nature, omnific, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, Proverbs 15:3, Psalm 139, ray v. line, robert taylor jr., Roy Lanier, self sufficient, Song: our God He is alive, spirit, timeless trinity
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