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Series: Defining Key Biblical Concepts - Many Christians have been taught that the earth is an evil place and that God has plans for us to vacate the earth and escape from evil by going to heaven where we will live forever. This is usually pictured as a great retirement home, where we sing praise... Read More
Series: Defining Key Biblical Concepts - In the Garden of Eden, God told Adam and Eve that they were not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:17). If they did so, they would “surely die.” The Hebrew text reads literally, “dying you shall die.” Ma... Read More
Series: Defining Key Biblical Concepts - A century ago, Edgar Goodspeed, professor of Biblical and Patristic Greek at the University of Chicago, published his translation of the New Testament (1923). One day while he was sitting on a park bench, a young lady walked up to him and asked him, &ldquo... Read More
Series: Defining Key Biblical Concepts - Recently, I was asked to do a series defining some basic terms in Scripture. As we all know, even if we all speak the same language, we tend to define terms differently, and this is an impediment to communication. What one person says is not necessarily wh... Read More
One of the first lessons that I learned in the early 1980’s was that God has no trouble speaking to those who believe what men may call “false doctrine.” I later expanded this to include unbelievers. God speaks to the whole world (Psalm 1... Read More
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