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One of the most dangerous phrases in modern Christianity may be: “The Bible clearly says…” Sometimes it does. Many times, however, what follows is not Scripture itself, but someone’s interpretation of Scripture. There is a difference. Scripture is inspired. Our interpretations are not. That distinction matters. For nearly two thousand years, faithful Christians have debated…
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Modern Christianity often speaks about salvation as though the central question of the Bible has always been: “What happens to me when I die?” But for most Jews living during the Second Temple period, that was not the primary question. Their question was far larger: “How will God restore His people?” To understand the New…
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Many Christians imagine Jesus being born into a thriving Jewish nation that simply happened to be occupied by Rome. Nothing could be further from the truth. Jesus was born into a culture fighting for survival. By the time He arrived in Bethlehem, Israel had endured centuries of conquest, foreign rule, cultural pressure, and religious compromise.…
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“Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” — Romans 8:1 (NASB95) Few verses are quoted more often than Romans 8:1. Unfortunately, few verses are quoted more often without context. Many Christians hear this verse and conclude: “God no longer sees my sin.” “Works no longer matter.” “Obedience is optional…
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Why the Answer Depends on What You Mean by “Evil” Few theological questions generate more confusion than this one: Did God create evil? Many Christians will answer “absolutely not.” Others immediately quote Isaiah 45:7: “I form light and create darkness,I make well-being and create calamity…”(NASB95) Some translations even render the final word as “evil.” Case…
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Recovering the Resurrection Hope of Early Christianity If you ask the average modern Christian: “What is the ultimate hope of the believer?” most will answer: “Going to heaven when you die.” But there is a serious historical and biblical problem with that answer: That was not the primary message preached by Jesus or the apostles.…
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Recovering the First-Century Meaning of Pistis One of the most important shifts in modern Christianity happened so gradually that most believers never noticed it. Today, many Christians hear the word “faith” and think: In other words:faith has largely become mental. But in the world of the Bible — especially within Second Temple Judaism and the…
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How Modern Formatting Accidentally Changed the Way Christians Read Scripture For most Christians today, the Bible feels like a collection of individual statements. We quote verses.Memorize verses.Debate verses.Post verses online.Build doctrines from verses. But there is one enormous problem with this approach: The Bible was never written in verses. Moses did not write in verses.Isaiah…
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One of the more common “Bible contradiction” claims comes from Acts 9:7 and 22:9. In one passage, Paul’s companions seem to hear Jesus.In the other, they apparently do not. So which is it? Let’s look carefully. The Two Passages In Acts 9:7, Luke describes Paul’s Damascus encounter this way: “The men who traveled with him…
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There’s a scene in The Matrix where Morpheus offers Neo a choice:Take the blue pill and remain in the world as he understands it…Or take the red pill and see reality as it actually is. The unsettling part isn’t that Neo was living in a lie.It’s that everything around him felt coherent, functional—even convincing. That’s…
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