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Josh McDowell's Powerful Evidience for Resurrection ... For instance, if we all witness a murder, and a later police report turns out to he a fabrication of lies, we as eyewitnesses can refute it. OVER 500 WITNESSES Several very important factors arc often overlooked when considering Christ's post-resurrection appearances to individuals. The first is the large number of witnesses of ... St. Paul says in effect, 'If you do not believe me, you can ask them.' Such a statement in an admittedly genuine letter written within thirty years of the event is almost as strong evidence as one could hope to get for something that happened nearly two thousand years ago." Let's take the more than 500 witnesses who saw Jesus alive ... The difficulties of belief may be great, but the problems inherent in unbelief present even greater difficulties. The theories advanced to explain the resurrection by "natural causes" are weak; they actually help to build confidence in the truth of the resurrection. THE WRONG TOMB? A theory propounded by Kirsopp Lake assumes that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-resurrection-evidence-Josh-McDowell.htm

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White Estate's suppressions of Ellen G. White's book "Spirit ... ... The Lord has shown me that the power that is with them is a mere human influence and not the power of God." Mrs. White here quotes Hosea 5:6,7, to prove that there was no genuine conversions after 1844. This, all their ministers did at that time, as has been seen already. She "saw" just what all the others saw. Again, in "Present Truth," November, 1850, pages 86 and ... Those old documents of 1847 to 1850 ought to be invaluable to Seventh-day Adventists, because they contain a history of the earliest days of the church, the first writings of Mrs. White and all their pioneers. How eagerly SDA's would buy and read them if they had the opportunity' But their eyes will never behold them if it depends upon their leaders to supply them. On August 12, 1915, the author wrote to Elder F. M. Wilcox, editor of the "Review and Herald," urging him to republish these old works, offering to loan him copies for the purpose. Here is his answer: "Dear Brother: I desire to acknowledge receipt of your letter ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Spirit-of-Prophecy-supression.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Apamea, Laodicea, Pergamus, Adramyttium Marcus ... ... Cnaeus Pompeius, after he had taken Jerusalem, though he was a conqueror, touched nothing which was in that temple." [68] In the first place, he acted wisely, as he did in many other instances, in leaving no room for his detractors to say anything against him, in a city so prone to suspicion and to evil speaking. ... witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you [likely by the Jews], where Satan dwells [synagogue]." (Revelation 2:12-13) 2. Laodicea: a. "When this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter that is coming from Laodicea." (Colossians 4:16) b. ""To the angel of the church in Laodicea ... Sopater, the ambassador of Hyrcanus the high priest, hath delivered us an epistle from thee, whereby he lets us know that certain ambassadors were come from Hyrcanus, the high priest of the Jews, and brought an epistle written concerning their nation, (242) wherein they desire that the Jews may be allowed to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Cicero-Apamea-Laodicea-Adramyttium-Pergamom-synagogue-literary-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-stealing-gold-Flaccus-Praetor-59bc.htm

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May Women speak in Church? 2 Tim 2:12 + 1 Cor 14:34 Women are forbidden to be pastors or preachers Click to View The Bible's teaching... Letter to husband from minister of local church The letter below was sent to a husband whose wife refused to attend a church where woman were forbidden to be pastors and pulpit preachers. Dear husband, Enclosed is a dossier of information that will ... Now I recommend that you review the enclosed materials. However, for your wife, none of this material is relevant, because she rejects the inspiration of the Bible. Enclosed is the first lesson of a Bible course (blue booklet and test) that proves the inspiration of the Bible. Once she has accepted the Bible as inspired by God, ... Jesus had didactic discourses with them in order to instruct them. 1 Tim. 2:11-12 does not forbid a woman from asking or answering a question in a public adult Bible study. Some teach that this verse prohibits a woman from doing either, because in doing so, they might actually teach a man something pertaining to the will of God. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-women-speak-in-church.htm

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Reconstructing Petra Smithsonian: June 2007; Vol 38 Num 3 By ... ... Today it serves as Petra's main entryway It may be the most dramatic entrance to an urban space ever devised. In ancient times, though, the primary entrance into Petra was likely the road by which I came by donkey. Writing early in the first century A.D., the Greek historian Strabo reported that while foreigners in Petra are "frequently engaged in litigation," the locals "had never any dispute among themselves, and lived together in perfect harmony" ... But the growing sea trade to the south had sucked away business, while rival caravan cities to the north such as Palmyra challenged Petra's dominance by land. Then, on May 19, A.D. 363, a massive earthquake and a powerful aftershock rumbled through the area. A Jerusalem bishop noted in a letter that "nearly half" of Petra was destroyed by the seismic shock. A church used until the seventh canton. A.D. and excavated in the 1990s (a Bedouin man cleans a mosaic on the church floor) contained papyrus molls that attest to Petra's longevity. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-smithsonian-june-2007-vol38-num3.htm

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Review of the Official Creed of the Official Creed of the One ... ... It all collapsed when the pastor had an affair with a female member whom he later married. Perhaps the most notable circus was when an east Hamilton church claimed that fillings in teeth were turning to gold and gold dust fell in the sanctuary. It was later proven to be a fraud which caused the miracle seeking crowds to hunt ... He practices tongues (gibberish), when tongues actually ceased in the first century. He rejects water baptism for the remission of sins. He also teaches the false doctrine of Calvinism. But teaching these false doctrines is common today and would not be sufficient to label the DCC a cult. All preachers engage in a bit of theatre from time to time to communicate the point of their sermons, but Peter Rigo is clearly at the extreme end of the bell curve. What struck us with offence and repulsion, is the foul language Peter Rigo uses from the pulpit. Peter Rigo uses every four letter word frequently in his sermons. His former co-pastor is a witness to Peter Rigo once ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-dominion-christian-centre-hamilton-ontario.htm

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What Early Christians believed about DISCIPLESHIP And after inquiring, who does not end up embracing our teachings? And when he has embraced them, who does not also willingly suffer so that he may partake fully of God's grace?" (Tertullian, First Apology chap. 50) 260-330 AD Lactantius "He who chooses to live well for eternity, will live in discomfort ... to not only be called by the name 'Christian' but to actually be a Christian.... If we are not ready to die in the same manner of His suffering, His life is not in us" (John 12:25). (Ignatius, , Letter to the Magnesians chap. 5) 250 AD Ignatius "Bring on the fire and the cross. Bring on the packs of wild beasts. Let there be the breaking and dislocating of my bones and the severing of my limbs. Bring on the mutilation of my whole body. In fact, bring on all the diabolical tortures of Satan. Only let me attain to Jesus Christ! ... I would rather die for Jesus Christ than to reign over the ends of the entire earth." (Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, Letter to the Romans chap. 5 [Shortly ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Carry-Cross.htm

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The original 1830 Edition, Book of Mormon had 1000's of errors ... ... It is thus more than a little suspicious to note that the 1830 Book of Mormon uniformly spells 'Cumorah' as 'Camorah'. See, for example, the original text of Moroni 6:2: And I, Mormon, wrote an epistle unto the king of the Lamanites, and desired of him that he would grant unto us ... "During the past week or two I have received a number of letters from different parts of the United States written by people, some of whom at least are a little concerned because they have been approached by enemies of the Church and enemies of the Book of Mormon, who have made the statement that there have been one or two or more thousand changes in the Book of Mormon since the first edition was published. Well, of course, there is no ... Martin Harris (another of the three witnesses) claimed that Joseph Smith received the translation directly from God, and that it was a perfect translation. George Reynolds quotes the following from a letter written to the Deseret News by Edward Stevenson: "'Martin explained the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-1830-changes.htm

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Biblical Evangelism: Biblical Guidelines to Effective Evangelism ... ... You need to give the visitor good information about the congregation in a "visitor's packet" that will answer the normal visitor's first questions. Once the names, addresses, phone numbers, and religious affiliations of visitors are collected, it must be distributed so that many members can write them and identify them. There should be an official letter from the congregation as well as personal letters. Brief warm phone calls at appropriate times ... It is much wiser to start with methods that teach a good moral member how to find a person with a genuine spiritual need and then train them to build a bridge to that person. The most effective beginning is training every member to recommend the work of the local congregation. One hundred recommendations a year should find a genuine prospect that someone at church can teach, once we know how to respond to a prospect's first tentative signs of spiritual inquiries. Those percentages are much better than the mass percentages of something like ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-harold-comer-biblical-evangelism.htm

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Part1: Pagan Section: Trinity Watchtower BOOKLET: Should You ... ... At no time in Origen's life did he ever teach Jesus was either created, or an angel! Therefore, even at 250 AD, the Watchtower simply can't find anyone yet who actually taught their false doctrine until about the time of Arius! The fact that Origen taught that the Father and Son are distinct beings, where the Father ranks over ... View Origen quotes. Summing up the historical evidence, Alvan Lamson says in The Church of the First Three Centuries: "The modern popular doctrine of the Trinity . . . derives no support from the language of Justin [Martyr]: and this observation may be extended to all the ante-Nicene Fathers; that is, to all Christian writers for three ... To quote a Unitarian theologian, as an authority to prove the pagan origin of Trinity, is about as trustworthy and believable as quoting the a Catholic Bishop to prove that Peter was the first Pope! If you read Lamson's book, you will learn he was no more honest about the facts of history then the Watchtower! But the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-JW-SYBTT-Watchtower-BOOKLET-Should-You-Believe-the-Trinity-EXPOSED-REFUTED-pagan-section.htm

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Scientology's Relationship With Eastern Religious Traditions ... cousin to the Buddhist (and] a distant relative of the Taoist..." (Church of Scientology of California, 1978: 7). Hinayana Buddhism As this statement suggests, of considerable importance to Hubbard's efforts to establish religious aspects of Scientology were his attempts to connect his ideology with Buddhism. He attempted to establish these connections on conceptional and personal grounds. Conceptually, he tried to analogise a bodhi [sattva] and a Dianetic Release. With a somewhat simplistic knowledge of Buddhism, Hubbard suggested that: We first find this Buddha called actually Bohdi [sic: bodhi], and a Bohdi is one who has attained intellectual and ethical perfection by human means. ... Initially, the poem's first line said, "I am Maitreya", but Hubbard changed it to a question "Am I Maitreya?", before sending it to the publisher (Kent interview with Durston, 1992: 5-9). Beyond the admirers' letter, no indication existed that he had done any research into Buddhism or the Maitreya ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-eastern-religions-Kent.htm

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Catholic doctrine contradicts the Bible!!! ... occasions.) The laity (the people in the pews) are withheld the cup of the Lord and it is usually reserved for church leaders only. Yes there are denominations within the Roman Catholic "communion" where some RC sects actually offer the juice, but most Mass attending Catholics know they rarely drink the cup of wine. Historical note: Two early popes condemned withholding the cup, (Pope Leo I [died 461 AD] and Pope Gelasius [died 496 Ad]; but in the 12th century the practice was begun, and formally approved by the Catholic Council of Constance in 1415 AD. So for the first 1000 years, the Catholics in the Pews drink the cup, then the Pope changed this apostolic tradition. ... FACT: In 1079 AD celibacy was first enforced for priests and bishops by Pope Gregory VII. Before this time, they were permitted to marry. Question #1: Does the Bible teach that a bishop (overseer) must be married AND ALSO have children as one of the conditions of being qualified to be a bishop? Answer: 1 Timothy 3:2-5 o ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-overview-false-teaching.htm

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Hebrew: The World's Oldest Alphabet: English came from Hebrew ... For example, a cow represents the letter A because it was the first letter for the Hebrew word for cow "aleph". In English this phonic connection is lost because the first letter in the English word "cow" is C. Yet the English letter A, even today is a 180 degree rotated symbol of a cow head with horns. b. Pictograms are ... This is obviously Noah's Ark unless you know of another ancient large boat that had 8 people on it! There are over 100 other examples of where the pictograms of the Chinese language actually tells the story of the first 11 chapters of Genesis. B. Pictograms: Egyptian Hieroglyphs 1. Egyptian hieroglyphs were not an alphabet, but pictograms that ... God looked ahead at the Babylonian Captivity and through Jeremiah prophesied the New Testament Law of Christ wherein the body of Christ, the church replaced the physical temple. b. Weekly meetings in thousands of synagogues, each equipped with its own "Christian maker" (water baptistry- Mikveh) made the missionary ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Hebrew-worlds-oldest-alphabet-Douglas-Petrovich-original-first-Proto-Consonantal-Sinaitic-Canaanite-Pictograms-Photograms-Echograms-Avaris-Tel-el-Daba-1859-1842BC.htm

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Bulla of Hanan son of Hilkiah: Bible Clay Bulla and seals from ... Encyclopedia of Bullae and Seals: The Exhibit: On-line Museum of Bulla and seals Security: How bullae are made to seal papyrus Forgeries: Known fake bullae and seals Archaeologists are digging up bible stories!!! Archaeology is an important science ... This Hanan, however, is specifically unknown to scripture as the son of Hilkiah the high priest. The seal is actually part of a ring, which is typical. This incredible artifact surfaced in the antiquities market in Jerusalem in 1980 AD via an antiquities dealer and is therefore unprovenanced. Since it was NOT excavated as part of an official archeological dig, there is always the chance it is a fake. However, there are many genuine seals and bullae that surface this way and there is no reason to ... the bulla of Azariah. 4. Both bulla of Azariah and the seal of Hanan date to 605 BC which was the year Nebuchadnezzar first attacked Jerusalem during the reign of Jehoiakim, the Bible burning king. By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-archeology-jeremiah-clay-bullae-seal-inscription-Belonging-to-Hanan-son-of-Hilkiah-high-priest-1Chron34-14-605bc.htm

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The Canon of Marcion the heretic Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! The Canon of Marcion the heretic Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page The Canon of Marcion the heretic I. Who was Marcion and when did he live? Marcion was born about 110 AD, being the son of the wealthy Bishop of Sinope in Pontus. ... This, however, obscures two important points. First, Marcion's rejection of the Old Testament was indeed total, in that he regarded it as completely alien to the revelation of salvation brought by Jesus and recorded in the New Testament documents he accepted. But this was not because he did not believe that the God of the Old Testament actually existed, or thought that the Old Testament itself was a purely human invention, pseudo-oracles of an imaginary god. On the contrary, Marcion firmly ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-canon-of-marcion.htm

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Trinity Attackers refuted! (Watchtower's: Should You Believe ... ... At no time in Origen's life did he ever teach Jesus was either created, or an angel! Therefore, even at 250 AD, the Watchtower simply can't find anyone yet who actually taught their false doctrine until about the time of Arius! The fact that Origen taught that the Father and Son are distinct beings, where the Father ranks over ... View Origen quotes. Summing up the historical evidence, Alvan Lamson says in The Church of the First Three Centuries: "The modern popular doctrine of the Trinity . . . derives no support from the language of Justin [Martyr]: and this observation may be extended to all the ante-Nicene Fathers; that is, to all Christian writers for three ... To quote a Unitarian theologian, as an authority to prove the pagan origin of Trinity, is about as trustworthy and believable as quoting the a Catholic Bishop to prove that Peter was the first Pope! If you read Lamson's book, you will learn he was no more honest about the facts of history then the Watchtower! But the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-frames-start-page-SYBTT.htm

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Samuele Bacchiocchi, Seventh-day Adventist Historian Refuted ... back to the first century, while few second-century writers compare and contrast the Jewish Sabbath and the Christian Sunday. Derogatory discussions of the Jewish Sabbath do not usually refer to the Christian Sunday. If Sunday were a recent substitute for the Jewish Sabbath, we should expect far more discussion of the superiority of Sunday to the Sabbath." Click to View Bacchiocchi's third argument refuted: "(3) Bacchiocchi argues that the successful substitution of Sunday for the Sabbath in the second-century church can be explained by the primacy of the church of Rome. It was the preeminent authority of the bishop of Rome that influenced the entire church to adopt this ... The desire for differentiation from paganism had deeper Christian roots than the second-century desire for differentiation from Judaism. It is true that, from Justin onwards, the Fathers exploited the symbolism of the pagan title "Sunday," but to have actually adopted the pagan day as the Christian day of worship ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi.htm

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15 Tips For Running A Successful Correspondence Course Program Personal Phone Follow-up Members involved in running course Preacher Runs Course Preacher Conducts Resultant Studies Members Do Resultant Studies Use Box Number Use Address of Church Building Offer Second Course Offer Personal Bible Study Computer Record Keeping Manual Record Keeping Sloppy Or No Record Keeping Methodical ... There are several reasons why someone never returns the first lesson. I have found that usually they are too busy, but are still interested. More times than you might imagine, they never actually got the first lesson or did not remember receiving it. You must contact every person who enrolls. I give them 30 days then I phone them. Most people ... Take a binder and place 50 pages in it and number each page to correspond with the master list. One page will be solely dedicated for one student. Each page is legal sized paper with the bottom folded to form a pouch. The final page size after folding is letter size. The pouch will be used to hold the letters they include in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/bcc/e-15-mistakes.htm

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Haruskah Anda Percaya Kepada Watchtower??? ... Part of the reason for postponement lay in the seriousness with which the responsibilities of baptism were taken. Constantine favoured Christianity among the many religions of his subjects, but did not make it the official or 'established' religion of the empire." (The Early Church, Chadwick, Henry. p 122,125,127) Terjemahan: Ketika ia [Constantius] meninggal di York tanggal 25 Juli 305, para perajuritnya mengangkat ... Agar jelas ceritanya, kutipan aslinya diberikan dengan lengkap, sebaliknya terjemahan hanya berupa ringkasan saja. It was therefore with dismay that he discovered that the eastern churches were divided by a much more widespread dispute, the doctrinal controversy between Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, and one of his priests, Arius (see ARIUS; ARIANISM). Not understanding the theological points at issue Constantine first sent a letter to the two parties rebuking them for quarreling about minute distinctions, as he believed them to be, about the nature of Christ, and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-indonesian-watchtower-booklet-haruskah-anda-percaya.htm

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15 Tips for running a successful correspondence course program Personal Phone Follow-up Members involved in running course Preacher Runs Course Preacher Conducts Resultant Studies Members Do Resultant Studies Use Box Number Use Address of Church Building Offer Second Course Offer Personal Bible Study Computer Record Keeping Manual Record Keeping Sloppy Or No Record Keeping Methodical ... There are several reasons why someone never returns the first lesson. I have found that usually they are too busy, but are still interested. More times than you might imagine, they never actually got the first lesson or did not remember receiving it. You must contact every person who enrolls. I give them 30 days then I phone them. Most people ... Take a binder and place 50 pages in it and number each page to correspond with the master list. One page will be solely dedicated for one student. Each page is legal sized paper with the bottom folded to form a pouch. The final page size after folding is letter size. The pouch will be used to hold the letters they include in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-15-mistakes.htm

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The Amazing Telecomputer! At the end of each day, the responses are played back from a cassette tape and the first lesson of the correspondence course is mailed to them. But how do you actually get from a name on a piece of paper to a one-on-one study? You phone each one of them 30 days later. Anyone can easily program the telecomputer to dial 10 telephone exchanges (100,000 numbers) in about 60 seconds. It ... A Multiplicity of Uses The telecomputer is versatile. You can use it to advertise gospel meetings, correspondence courses, or alert every member in the church about some urgent news, such as a member's death on Thursday morning with the funeral to be on Saturday. You can save the church phone directory on ... If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then we have a Bible study offer for you...And Its absolutely free of charge. The only thing we will require of you, is that you have a genuine interest in learning more about Jesus through Bible study. We have prepared a series of booklets that will ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-telecomputer.htm

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Ralph P. Martin: The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians renounced what was his by right, and could actually have become his possession by the seizure of it, viz. equality with God, and chose instead the way of obedient suffering as the pathway to his lordship. Deception exposed: The Watchtower creates the false impression that Martin agrees that Jesus is a creature, when in fact, Martin takes one of several trinitarian views of Phil 2:6. Full documentation of Text: Ralph P. Martin, M.A., Ph.D.: The Epistle Of Paul To The Philippians; An Introduction ... There is no verb in the second part of the sentence, and some recent commentators supply, not the verb 'to be' (though C. F. D. Moule has offered reasons to retain this verb: see p. 103), but the same verb as in the first part. (See Hawthorne for a ... Thus 'among you' (en hymin) does not imply the inculcation of personal virtue based on a moral example, but means 'in your church fellowship', so sorely harassed by strife and plagued by arrogance. Paul, by the citation of the hymn to Christ in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Martin.htm

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Bible Prophecy Fulfilled ... James used "direct command" by quoting Amos 9:11 as a messianic prophecy of when the tabernacle of David was rebuild (i.e. the church on AD 33) the gentiles would be included. d. False teachers had spoken when God was silent and began demanding circumcision as a requirement of salvation. The use of command, example ... The Jews had mistakenly inferred the Gentiles must also be circumcised, but this kind of inference was common among first century Jewish and Christian thought. The Jerusalem conference was to determine one thing: Do the Gentiles need to be circumcised to be saved or not? When the Gentiles read the letter which the Jerusalem had written, the first thing they ... In this preacher's sermon, wood is chosen as the type of water baptism, although 1 Pet 3:20 identifies the flood water as the type of baptism, not the ark. Further, salvation is in the ark whereas 1 Pe 3:21 identifies the water as what does the saving, not the ark. Actually, both are true. The ark saved Noah from the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/welcome.htm

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Attending church for the wrong reasons! Yes, these churches are full every Sunday, but most members would quit if the "cake and ice cream" that initially attracted them were no longer offered. There are many people today who attend church because they are "bread seekers" rather than genuine Christ seekers. Is the ... Of any excuse in all of society, the death of a parent is always accepted. It is the ultimate excuse! It works every time ... except on Jesus. One man actually used the death of his father as an excuse to put off becoming a Christian. Luke 9:59 says, "Jesus said to another, 'Follow Me,' but the man replied, `Permit me first to go and bury my father.' Then Jesus answered back, `Allow the (spiritually) dead to bury the (physically) dead; but ... Jesus doesn't expect me to attend Rather go shopping or go to the cottage Guests visiting for the weekend Christ is important ...Not the church Hard to form the habit of assembling Would rather sleep in Organized religion is corrupt I must work every Sunday Attendance causes ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-weekly-attendance-wrong-reasons.htm

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Sabbath Vs. 1st Day Debate: Samuele Bacchiocchi ... COLOSSIANS 2:14. In spite of its antiquity and popularity, the view that Paul teaches in Col 2:14 that the law was nailed to the Cross, is totally unfounded for at least two reasons. First, because as E. Lohse points out in the THEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, "in the whole of the epistle the word law is not used ... The problem with your minor premise is that you wrongly assume that Paul ordered the Corinthians to take up their offerings on the first day of the week during their church service. Please note that there is nothing in the text that suggests that the Corinthians met for church worship on the first day of the week. The laying aside of funds was to ... Bacciocchi's second argument that this does not speak of the law being nailed to the cross is: "this interpretation detracts from the immediate argument (V13) designed to prove the fullness of God's forgiveness." Actually, the theme of this section is that Christians "are complete in him" (2:10). Jesus is all that is needed. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi-lewis-debate.htm

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"Acts 29" Paul's 4th & 5th Missionary Journeys! He must have taken a second pass through Miletus because he wrote 1 Timothy after his first pass through, but it was in 2 Timothy that Paul told Timothy about Trophemus. A single pass would require Paul to leave Trophemus sick at Miletus, write 1 ... (Philemon hosted the church of Colossians in his home: Archippus = Phil 2 + Col 4:17. Epaphras founded the Colossian church: Phil 23 + Col. 1:7; 4:12 2 Tim 4:6 "For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come." This evidence makes it unlikely that Paul want to Spain immediately after Acts 28. A. Rome Set free early 63 AD 1. Released from the Acts 28, 2 year imprisonment in early 63 AD 2. Timothy sent to Philippi with letter. 3. Paul always had the ... G. Troas 1. Paul then goes to Troas (2 Tim. 4:13) 2. 2 Tim 4:13 "When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus" H. Macedonia province Philippi 1. Paul goes into Macedonia where he writes the first epistle to Timothy. 2. This must ... ... https://www.bible.ca/maps/maps-pauls-acts-29.htm

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What Judges say about the Church of Scientology ... I witnessed this happening several times to people" ... "Hubbard claimed that the RPF was an act of benevolence on his part to 'rehabilitate' psychotic criminals. Actually, in my opinion and experience, the RPF was a prison camp." (Document written by Monica Pignotti, 9/26/89) "The four-year-old boy could no longer cry. He ... essays by Hubbard] were introduced, a letter by Hubbard to his first wife was revealed, the last sentence of which declared: 'I do love you, even if I used to be an opium addict.'" (Bent Corydon, former Mission owner, in his book "Messiah or Madman?") "Scientology is being planned on a religious organization basis throughout the world. This will not upset in any way the usual activities of any organization. It is entirely a matter for accountants and solicitors." - L.Ron Hubbard, 1970 "I'd like to start a religion. That's where the money is." -L. Ron Hubbard to Lloyd Eshbach, in 1949; quoted by Eshbach in Over My Shoulder. Go to church of Scientology EXPOSED ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-judges.htm

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Anglo/British Israelism Herbert W. Armstrong REFUTED! ... The Tkach people have very recently been at London headquarters again but I was told [the London group] were quite reticent and cautious about dealing with them, realizing I gather they are a different breed of cat, as the saying goes." (President Hubbell responds to a letter regarding the WCG's involvement ... Most of his booklet on "The United States and British Commonwealth in Prophecy" was actually copied, word for word, from the book Judah's Scepter and Joseph's Birthright, by J. H. Allen (Destiny Publishers, Merrimac, Mass. 01860, c.1917). The booklet "Was Time Lost?" which bore Herbert's name was actually written years before he became a Sabbath keeper, by a member of the Church of ... And approximately 90% of all prophecy pertains to our time, now, in this latter half of the 20th century." p3 This contradicts the book of Revelation! This false view is foundational to many of Armstrong's views! First chapter of Revelation: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/pre-british-israelism-herbert-armstrong.htm

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SDA 1919 Bible Conference that discusses E. G. Whites' inspiration ... The first one I got that threw me into confusion charged me very strongly with sort of - well, I will put it in the worst form - a tendency to domineer over my brethren in administrative matters, not giving them the freedom of mind and thought that they were entitled to. I did not understand that. It did not seem ... I want to leave the impression that I am not trying in any way to put any doubts in your mind. And O, I would feel terribly to have this denomination lose its true, genuine, proper faith in this gift that God gave to this church in these messages that have come to us. I want that we shall stay by this clear through to the end. [Amens] Now with reference to the ... We had a man come to our Union and spend an hour and a half on the evidences of the spirit of prophecy through Sister White. The impression was conveyed that practically every word that she spoke, and every letter she wrote, whether personal or otherwise, was a divine inspiration. Those things make it awfully ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-1919-sda-conference.htm

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609 BC: Arad Ostraca #88: Jehoiakim is appointed king of Judah ... ... I have excavated squares at Khirbet el Maqatir where Gophers love to drag modern surface garbage (plastics, Coke bottle caps etc;) down to their nesting area in a locus that dates to Late Bronze (1450 BC) or First century (Early Roman). IV. 609 BC: Arad ostracon 88 is dated paleographically by Hebrew script AND content ... to Zedekiah" did not belong to stratum VIII and date to 701 BC is because of epigraphically it could be dated to either stratum but more importantly the content of the letter itself. Arad Ostraca #88 is a genuine archeological object as a surface find from Tel Arad but since it is unprovenienced, its date must be determined epigraphically and by content. ... Arad ostracon #88 is a surface find by a visitor to Tel Arad 7 years after the excavation closed but was placed into the hands of the excavator, Yohanan Aharoni a few days later. Since we have a firsthand witness (Israel Sommer) that Arad ostracon #88 was actually found at Tel Arad, it is a valid "provenanced" ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ostraca/bible-ostraca-ostracon-Arad88-letters-Jehoiakim-Judah-appointed-king-by-Pharoah-Neco-II-Egypt-2Kings23-34-I-became-king-in-all-the-land-be-strong-609bc.htm

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Irrefutable questions that Roman Catholics can't answer Would not such a claim be more naturally due the Eastern Orthodox church? If the Catholic church, "by her own inherent God given power and authority" gave the world the Bible, why did she not get it right the first time? Why did the Roman Catholic church wait until 1546 AD in the Council of Trent, to ... says Timothy became the bishop of Ephesians, which through succession, is now part of the Greek Orthodox church headed out of Constantinople? If 2 Timothy 2:2 proves succession, doesn't this prove the Roman Catholic church is not part of that succession? When you see the word tradition, why do you always assume it to be oral tradition rather than scripture tradition, when the Bible calls scripture tradition in 2 Thess 2:15, and Athanasius call scripture tradition: "the Apostolic tradition teaches in the words of blessed Peter, 'Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the Flesh" Athanasius then quotes: 1 Peter 4:1; Titus 2:13; Heb 2:1 (Athanasius, To Adelphius, Letter 60, 6)? ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-questions.htm

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Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity ... Just as the Watchtower Society has smuggled their doctrines into the Bible by mistranslating numerous passages (John 1:1, 8:58, Colossians 1:16-17, 2:9, Titus 2:13, 2 Peter 1:1, Revelation 3:14, etc. and etc.), so they show a willingness to grossly misrepresent an early Father of the Christian Church regarding his ... When we think of the fact that the vast majority of those individuals do not have recourse to Ignatius' actual writings, so as to discover the truth for themselves, the grave responsibility that lies upon the shoulders of the Watchtower Society for this deception becomes clear. The venerable bishop of Antioch at the turn of the first century of the ... these were only fully manifested in the 'economy', they were actually there from all eternity." (J. N. D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines, p 107) Justin Martyr Boer, therefore is saying that the faith of Justin Martyr that Jesus is a "created divine being" originated with Greek mythology and not the New Testament! ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International The Bible is the only God-given authority which man possesses; therefore, all doctrine, faith, hope, and all instruction for the church must be based upon, and harmonize with, the Bible. It is to be read and studied by all men everywhere, and can ... CREATION OF MAN AND HIS FALL In the beginning God created man innocent, pure and holy; but through the sin of disobedience, Adam and Eve, the first of the human race, fell from their holy state, and God banished them from Eden. Hence by one man's disobedience, sin entered into the world. (Gen. 1:27; Rom. 3:23, 5:12). REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION Pardon and forgiveness of sins is obtained by genuine repentance, a confessing and forsaking of sins. We are justified by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ ... That being true, then it is for all who believe. Jesus said of believers, ". . they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." Later, James wrote in his Epistle to all the churches: "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-United-Pentecostal-(upci).htm

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Official creed of the Shakers: Compendium (1859) Mother Ann Lee Self-existent, infinite Perfection of Being, Father and Mother. The very name God, Almighty, in its original Hebrew form El Shaddai, reveals the infinite quality. El, God, its first meaning, Strength: Shaddi, the plural whose singular, Shad, ... It being, as stated in all previous publications by the Society, the settled faith of the Church, from the beginning, that its foundation was Divine REVELATION; and that the records of past Dispensations, and their revelations, can be understood and interpreted aright only by means of a present living revelation; we therefore feel ourselves untrammeled by the letter of yesterday, and write and express our views in accordance with the increasing light of to-day, as we hope and trust, subject to ... In their meetings were heard loud cries for the kingdom to come, and a powerful testimony against all sin; and the various exercises and gifts of the Spirit gave convincing evidence of its being a genuine work of God. 6. Some, under a deep conviction ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-shakers.htm

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The early use of "nomina sacra" indicates a canon was recognized ... for the individual books ("Gospel according to . . . "; "General Epistle of. . . "; "Epistle of Paul to . . ."), and a uniform name for the two parts of the whole collection ("New Testament" and "Old Testament")-all go back to the earliest stage of transmission. ... McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Lee Martin McDonald, Identifying Scripture and Canon in the Early Church: The Criteria Question, p 421, 2002) "The use of nomina sacra was not limited to the writings which we recognize as the New Testament. For example, in the Shepherd of Hermas (included in Codex Sinaiticus), first leaf first column, I see three occurrences- qeou (of God) abbreviated as QU in line 30, pneuma (spirit) abbreviated as PNA in line 35, and anqrwpoV (man) abbreviated as ANOS in line 38. (In the earliest manuscripts, S = s = V was written with the appearance of our letter "C".) There are more occurrences in each of the remaining columns." Jeff Smelser By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-nomina-sacra.htm

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Origin of Jewish/Christian holy days: Old Testament, Christmas ... ... ASCENSION DAY: Thursday, 40 days after Easter: Lord's ascension g. WHITSUNDAY or PENTECOST: Sunday, 50 days after Easter: birthday of church h. TRINITY SUNDAY: Sunday after Pentecost: dedicated to the "Trinity7 Click to View III. Origin of Christmas: A. The word "Christmas" comes from "Christ + Mass" 1. from the Catholic "mass" 2. term first used in 1038 AD B. Date of Christ's birthday is unknown: best guess is spring of 6BC 1. year: between 4-7BC a. Dionysius, a ... Shepherds didn't leave flocks in field but corralled them 3. Day: We have absolutely no idea a. Dec 25 was birthday of Mithra, Iranian "GOD OF LIGHT" b. Liberius, Bishop of Rome, ordered adoption of Dec 25 in 354 AD c. Jesus birthday was celebrated as the "LIGHT OF ... Is it wrong to observe Christmas as a customary holiday? The apostle Paul dealt with this question in principle in his first epistle to the Corinthians. The Corinthians, primarily Gentiles, had questions about keeping customs left over from their pagan heritage. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/t-holy-days-origin-christmas-easter-halloween.htm

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Photogallery: Pentecostal Fake Miracles and Trinkets page ... It spread like wildfire, marvels of grace and health, peace and prosperity, following in its wake; so that before long people were calling it the "Miraculous" Medal. And, in 1836, a Canonical Inquiry undertaken at Paris declared the apparitions to be genuine. Beyond a doubt the Miraculous Medal ... For the love of men His heart wears a crown of thorns; for the love of men hers is pierced with a sword. Beneath the cross we find the letter M, because to the end Mary stood beneath the cross of Christ. The twelve stars refer to the Apostles, the first messengers of Christ's salvation; or perhaps to the stars in the vision of St. John, in which "a great sign appeared in Heaven, a woman clothed with the ... Use of John: 2 times Use of Smith in this letter: 6 times Use of address 123 Main: once Use of town: Chicago: twice (Notice the incredible similarities between this 1983 prayer cloth letter from Rex and the 1997 prayer cloth letter from Popoff below. It is obvious that Popoff actually ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-photogallery-pentecostal-trinkets.htm

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bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rami-g-khouri-petra ... ... a church some time before 447. The historical references to bishops from Petra show that organised worship took place here during the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries. The last such reference to a bishop at Petra is to the late 6th-century Bishop Athenogenus, a nephew of the Emperor Maurice (582-602). Coin evidence from Diana Kirkbride's excavations around the colonnaded street shows that a series of shops was in use here during the 4th century, while Peter Parr concludes from his excavations along the same street that commercial activity here had largely ceased by the 5th century. The excavations tend to confirm a 4th-century Syriac letter attributed to Bishop Cyril ... After the early Islamic era, Petra virtually disappears from the historical record. In the Crusader period, it regained momentarily some importance as a strategic outpost, reaping some commer-cial rewards for the invading Crusaders. After the First Crusade in 1097-9, the Crusaders established four Latin kingdoms in Edessa, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rami-g-khouri-petra-a-guide-to-the-capital-of-the-nabataeans-1986ad.htm

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Qubur Bani megaliths: Location of Rachel's tomb, fulfilled prophcy ... ... Of course Laban keeps changing the contract and he works a total of 21 years and acquires both Leah and Rachel as wives and a large flock of sheep. 3. Sister wars: Ugly Leah gave Jacob four sons but cute Rachel was barren: GIVE ME CHILDREN OR I DIE a. Leah's first four sons were: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah. b. ... Rachel, the "pretty" idol worshipper was chosen from among Jacob's own people, but he was not discerning enough. f. Young people today cannot settle to marry someone who was "raised in the church". You need to find out if the prospect had genuine faith. Do you want to marry a pretty girl who worships idols and leads you from God? g. Rachel's faithless act of giving ... Her outburst "give me children or I die" was prophetic, in that her second child Benjamin actually killed her. d. Through being barren, Rachel developed an intense unfulfilled desire for children which Leah never experienced. e. Countless nights Rachel ached in pain and jealously and prayed to God for children. f. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-Rachels-tomb-burial-died-Benjamin-Ramah-Bethlehem-weeping-children-Herod-great-slaughter-Jesus-Matt2-prophecy-fulfilled-Qubur-Bani-Bni-Israel-2000BC.htm

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The Septuagint: God approved Translation in every synagogue like ... ... to 400 years when the gospel of John was written. i. ""In Hebrew" is usually understood to mean, "in the language spoken by the Jews," that is "in Aramaic"" (NICNT, Jn 5:2, 1995 AD) ii. "But as Dalman pointed out, words such as Γαββαθᾶ in John 19:13 which are described as Ἑβραϊστί are actually Aramaic. ... See full outline on Synagogue Mikvaot See full outline on First century Ritual Purity: Mikveh and stone vessels. All this was part of God's plan in preparation for the birth of Jesus Christ in 2 BC and the church in 33 AD. After the first attack of Nebuchadnezzar in 605 BC until the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, the Jewish state NEVER again ... The easiest way to refute the "KJV-ONLY's" is to show them an original "first printing" page from the 1611 AD version and point out the marginal notes where the translators were unsure of which way to render a word and included alternate readings based upon variant extant manuscripts. Also the letter J is never used in the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-standard-issue-Jerusalem-certified-translation-synagogues-church.htm

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Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ... ... The necessity to formulate the doctrine was thrust upon the Church by forces from without, and it was, in particular, its faith in the deity of Christ, and the necessity to defend it, that first compelled the Church to face the duty of formulating a full doctrine of the Trinity for its rule of faith." (New Bible ... of the essential Trinity (or the doctrine of the tri-personal nature of God). (Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, James Hastings, Trinity, p 461) Of course the doctrine of our Lord's divinity itself partly implies and partly recommends the doctrine of the Trinity ... First, the Creeds of that early day make no mention in their letter of the Catholic doctrine at all. ... Actually the quote is right and the same encyclopedia openly states that Jesus was considered God in the Bible! Trinitarians agree! Surprise! We also argue that Baptism, the Lord's supper and the second coming of Christ was not revealed to the Jews! But that does not mean that there were not pieces of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm

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Book of Mormon Witnesses all later DENIED its truthfulness! ... This we believe is the truth but it should eliminate him automatically as a witness none the less. This of course proves Mormonism is a fraud and that the Nephi Plates never existed and no one actually saw them. (The Braden & Kelly Debate, p. 173) False Witness #2: David Whitmer: David Whitmer said in 1887: "If you believe my testimony to the Book of Mormon; if ... of Joseph Smith, he was scribe for the Book of Mormon, present at the "Restoration of the Priesthood,' and as close to the real truth as any man.(Pearl of Great Price, JS 2:72-76) However, in 1838 in Kirtland, Oliver confronted Joseph Smith with the charge of adultery with Fanny Alger, and with lying and teaching false doctrines.(Private Letter to Brother, Warren Cowdery, by Oliver Cowdery, Jan. 21, 1838) Joseph Smith denied this and charged Cowdery with being a liar.(History of the Church, vol. 3 pp. 16-18 and Elder's Journal, Joseph Smith, July 1838.) Church records now show Miss Alger was Smith's first "spiritual wife." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-witness-book.htm

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A discourse concerning trouble of mind, and the disease of melancholly ... A Discourse Concerning Trouble of Mind and the Disease of Melancholly Timothy Rogers 1691 AD Click to View Click to View See also: History of Psychiatry homepage Introduction: In 1691 AD, Timothy Rogers, a minister for a church, describes depression (melancholy) as caused by a ... Written for the Use of such as are, or have been Exercised by the same. By Timothy Rogers, M.A. who was long afflicted with both (1691), A: Epistle Dedicatory, B: pp. i-iii, C: pp. xi-xii, D: pp. 1-4. Rogers' Discourse is a classic statement of melancholy in its religious ... Even the gratitude for recovery expressed in the Discourse proved to be ill-founded, for Rogers' periods of melancholy persisted throughout his life. The experience of suffering, however, not only authenticates his descriptions and informs his sympathy. It actually makes his advice resolutely practical, indicating a clear-sighted capacity for observation and analysis even while undergoing the sufferings he recalls. The first extract is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/a-discourse-concerning-trouble-of-mind-and-the-disease-of-melancholly-timothy-rogers-1691ad.htm

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The Exodus Route: The Archaeology of Mt. Lawz as Mt. Sinai ... This expression also recalls the time designations on this very day (12:17) and that very day (12:51), expressions almost identical to the one here." (Believers Church Bible Commentary, Waldemar Janzen, Exodus 19:1, 2000 AD) c. "On the third new moon the closer definition "on that very day" shows that Hebrew ... Each lunar month, beginning when the thin crescent of the new moon first becomes visible at dusk, averages just over 29½ days. The moon actually orbits the earth in about 27⅓ days; because the earth is meanwhile moving around the sun, it takes the moon 2 extra days to come to the same position between the sun and earth and produce a "new moon."" (Baker Encyclopedia of the ... slaughter,' as the Prophet Isaias testifies, the true pasch is celebrated, and after fifty days the Holy Spirit, who is the finger of God, is given in love." (Augustine to Januarius, Book 2, Letter 55, 400 AD) e. "The law was given on the day of Pentecost, and the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-mt-sinai.htm

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Nuweiba Beach Red Sea crossing: Rejected, debunked, refuted ... fulfilling Isa 2:1-4 and Acts 2:1. In three different places Augustine not only calculated a 47 day journey, he highlighted the messianic prophetic synchronism that both Old and New laws were given on Pentecost. (Augustine Against Faustus 32.12; Januarius Letter 55; Sermon 272B) Just as there was fire on the summit of Mt. ... Those who say the Greek Septuagint mistranslated "yam suph" as Red Sea are at variance with the 70 translators who were the top Hebrew scholars from Jerusalem in the world in 282 BC. The Greek Septuagint was the standard synagogue "pulpit Bible" and only Old Testament used by the first century church. Those who say the common Hebrew word ... FAIL While both the northern interior of Loper, and the southern interior route of Fritz do have a second Red Sea Camp, both require illogical tracks to reach the sea. The northern interior route of Loper is actually superior to the southern interior route of Fritz because everybody passes through Elim, the second Red Sea camp ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-ruling-out-candiates-excluding-red-sea-crossing-points-kadesh-barnea.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) Weak and trembling, I arose at three o'clock in the morning to write you. God was speaking through clay. You might say that this communication was only a letter. Yes, It was a letter, but prompted by the Spirit of God, to bring before your minds ... What is so incredible about this claim of inspiration, is that on the same page, Ellen White first claimed inspiration, then LITERALLY COPIED THE TEXT OUT OF A BOOK FOUND IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES! Some prophet! What a delusion! What a deceiver! An incredible example of where Ellen says, "I was shown" by God through inspiration, when in fact she copied her vision from another textbook! White "was shown" by God: She actually copied it from this book: I was shown that one areas cause of the existing ... This is one of the remarkable examples of Whites in deception of "borrowing," Ellen wrote in the Review and Herald of April 4,1899, which was also to later show up in her Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, pp. 58-60. She copied from: "At the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-exhibits-I-was-shown.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Occult, spiritism & astrology ... and simple, they have led them astray by evil thoughts concerning the right faith established in truth and upright in the presence of God" (Easter Letter 39:1). 370 AD Basil the Great "Those who overstep the borders, making the words of Scripture ["And God said, 'Let there be lights in the firmament of ... He must therefore speak falsely, or if truly, then, looking into the same figures he must not speak the same things. Not then by art but by chance would he speak truly" (Confessions 7:6:8) AD Augustine "To whom then must we make an answer first--to the heretics or to the astrologers? For both come from ... It was enough to have committed the theft. Why will you add sin to sin? Behold! Two sins [are] committed! When you are forbidden to go to the astrologer, you revile the bishop. Behold! Three sins! When you hear it said of you, 'Cast him forth from the Church,' you say, 'I will go to the party of Donatus [the Donatist schism].' Behold! You add a fourth sin. The rope is growing. Be ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-occult-spiritism.htm

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Largest Audio/Video library of Pentecostal Manifestation Heresy ... ... WOW the sheriff is legalism. And the deputy is religion. [5 minutes later he quoted from Luke 1] Zacharius and Elizabeth were godly folk. careful to carry Gods laws in spirit and in letter." See and hear the video clip! The behaviour of Pentecostals on this video is identical to many occult world religions John ... Several typically bizarre examples of slain in the spirit In a Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship meeting, John Arnott says, "How many have never been to a church like this in their lives raise your hands." First a woman comes up and John Arnott orders God to "Fill her, fill her, fill her". She falls to the floor and bangs her head so hard that Arnott says, ... When asked what his thoughts were on what he expected of the week, he immediately grabbed the microphone and yelled "OOOOOOHHHH" a few times before wobbling off to the side for prayer. We're still checking, but we think he may have actually said something in the five minutes he spent on the stage, but we're not too ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-audio-video-documentation.htm

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Rylands, John: Bulletin of The John Rylands Library ... actually saying! Even worse, the Watchtower had to remove that section from a same sentence that Boobyer denies Jesus is both Christ and God! Full Text: What I want to say on this subject this evening will fall into two main divisions. The first will speak of the need for a reappraisal of the traditional interpretation of New Testament Christology; the second will deal with evidence requiring special attention in any reappraisal of New Testament Christology. Section 1: Aloys Grillmeier's valuable book entitled Christ in Christian Tradition (1965) has an epilogue headed " Chalcedon--End or Beginning? " Hem this learned Roman Catholic scholar reminds us that, react as we will to the Christological disputations which agitated the church ... less definitely so, if we opt for some form of the Ground-of-our-being theology associated particularly with the names of Paul Tillich and the Bishop of Woolwich. This theology contends that, though personal, God in relation to us is not another Person. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Rylands.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 8:58 ... It is a historical fact that all JW's defended 'perfect indefinite tense'. as a Greek tense before 1970 AD. 1978 "perfect indefinite tense" "perfect indefinite tense" In 1978 Nelson Herle's first vain attempt to justify the 1950 NWT footnote, claiming that "perfect indefinite tense" and "perfect ... It served to communicate their belief that the word eimi, while admittedly indicating the preexistence of Christ, does not indicate "the length of Jesus' prehuman existence." This is decidedly different from saying that there actually is a perfect indefinite tense in English. 1978 "historical present" defended An official letter from Watchtower Society, Feb 7, 1978, addressed to Firpo W. Carr, ... the present tense verb is some adverbial expression indicating the extent of the duration of the time indicated by the verb. More importantly, "an adverbial expression denoting duration and referring to past time" always accompanies the PPA in all genuine examples found in the New Testament. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john8-58.htm

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