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Q&R: Is there more to Christianity than striving for perfection and trying to avoid sin? If so, what?
Response: Yes, there's more! In fact, striving for perfection is not even a component of Christianity. If you are trying to be perfect,
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The Bible and Theology are the things I'm most passionate about and write about the most often.
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Jesus' "End Times" Prophecies
Imagine living in the year 4000 CE, and you come across the 2,000-year-old speeches and quotes of climate activist Greta Thunberg. And
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Misused Scripture 5: Genesis 3:16, Men Ruling Over Women
Genesis 3 goes by lots of names: The Fall, The Curse, the starting place of Original Sin, the Loss of Innocence. It's a
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Revelation from God may make you angry...and that’s a good thing.
Thoughts on Ezekiel 2 and 3 In Ezekiel 2—3, while Ezekiel is entranced in a vision of God’s glory, he is commissioned to
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Question: New Testament Antisemitism
The Gospel of John contains passages like 8:44, where Jesus, addressing the Jewish, tells them that "You are of your father, the devil.
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Eternal Hell Question 1: Is heaven not forever, either?
Question (edited for space, clarity): If the word commonly translated “eternal/forever” for hell only means a limited age or long-lasting, but Jesus uses
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Eternal Hell Question 2: Don't other passages refer to hell being infinite in duration?
Question: Your answer presupposes that hell is theologically claimed to last forever only because of one mistranslated word, but that is not the case. Hell
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Why Do I Refer to the Author of Hebrews As "She"?
We don't know who wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews. It slid into the New Testament canon because it got categorized as a
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English Bible Translations Have Gotten Eternal Almost Entirely Wrong
There's No Such Thing As Eternal Hell Folks who support the idea that hell will be "eternal conscious torment" will use
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God's glory is best seen among the oppressed
Thoughts on Ezekiel 1 The prophet and would-be-priest Ezekiel is sitting with his fellow exiles in Babylon. He's thirty years old,
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Misused Scriptures 3: The Unforgivable Sin
If you grew up in church, you've probably heard about the unpardonable sin—that terrifying idea that you could blaspheme the Holy Spirit
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Traditional Marriage, So-Called
One of the biggest deceptions that non-affirming churches have gotten away with is this notion that the church has always been non-affirming. They&