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A popular understanding among some today is that any New Testament reference to God’s Spirit indwelling the Christian must simply be a reference to God’s word. This “representative” indwelling of the Holy Spirit contrasts with what would otherwise be a [more]
Categories: Holy SpiritTags: Holy Spirit, top # list, Word of GodPaul’s instruction to Titus is that a man must have “believing children” as a qualification to serve in a local work’s eldership. He adds that they must not be guilty of loose living or being insubordinate to his authority [more]
Categories: AuthorityTags: exegesis, PEN Hermeneutic, top # listThe images of the church that God has chosen are powerful! In fact, God very often communicates in His word through imagery and metaphors, and why wouldn’t He given their use “takes an abstract, hard to understand idea and compares [more]
Categories: Jesus the Son, WorshipTags: AD70, church, Jesus, kingdom, top # list, worshipDual fulfillment in prophecy is something that Wikipedia defines as a, “mainly Christian idea that some prophecies in the Bible have both a short-term and long-term fulfillment.” That’s an adequate definition, but requires one important qualification. It’s [more]
Categories: Bible Concepts, PreterismTags: AD70, authority, definitions, inspired, Old Testament, prophecy, prophets, Scripture, top # listBible students often wonder about the Old Testament vs. the New Testament. It may stem from just a basic lack of differences between the Old Testament vs. the New Testament. But more often it seems to be rooted in questioning [more]
Categories: Bible ConceptsTags: Bible, God, gospel, Old Testament, prophets, Scripture, top # list, Word of GodWhat are the results of baptism? We’ve assembled a list of the top four results of baptism found in Scripture. Where does “it’s an outward showing of an inward commitment” rank? Check out our top four results of baptism…and comment [more]
Categories: SalvationTags: baptism, faith, Holy Spirit, kingdom, obey, salvation, sin, top # listThe writers of the New Testament present several images for baptism. Just as with the images of the church, a picture or image can really help to drive a point, and it is really no different with these top [more]
Categories: SalvationTags: AD70, baptism, sprinkling, top # listWe have assembled our top three salvation false doctrines. After tackling dozens of questions related to what the Bible (God) says about salvation and various false doctrines that are promoted by various denominations and [false] teachers, there are three especially [more]
Categories: Catholicism, Reformed/Calvinism, SalvationTags: false teachers, false teaching, grace, salvation, sinners prayer, top # list, TULIPThe once saved always saved doctrine (e.g. OSAS) teaches that once someone has been saved they can never fall away or “fall from grace.” This argument usually stems from an absolute position regarding God’s sovereignty. The reasoning goes something like:
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Categories: Reformed/Calvinism, SalvationTags: doctrine, false teaching, salvation, top # list, TULIPOnce saved, always saved teaches that once a person becomes in a “saved relationship” with God/Christ, there is nothing that can “unsave” them. It is vehemently upheld by many prominent preachers and “pastors” such as Billy Graham, Charles Stanley, and [more]
Categories: Reformed/Calvinism, SalvationTags: baptism, faith, grace, Jesus, judgment, righteousness, salvation, sinners prayer, top # list


