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451: Should Christians "Fast" Today?
... A. Fasting: Increase spiritual awareness 1. Our ability to perceive God's direction in life is directly related to our ability to sense the inner promptings of His Spirit. God provides a specific activity to assist us in doing this. 2. Learn why fasting increases spiritual alertness. a. If we eat, an increased amount of blood is needed for our digestive processes. b. If we exercise, a greater amount of blood is used in building up our muscles; but if we neither eat nor exercise, a greater amount of blood is available for mental and spiritual concentration. 3. Discern when to fast. a. Fasting is a voluntary abstinence from food for one or more meals. b. Fasting must be combined with Scripture memorization and ... The Israelites fasted to determine direction in battle - Judges 20:26 b. Paul and Barnabas prayed with fasting before choosing elders - Act 14:23 3. Fasting in Repentance for Sin. a. The Israelites fasted and repented and put away false gods - I Sam 7:6 b. David fasted ... ...
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452: The office of Elders, pastors and bishops
... When 18 year old Mormon missionaries demand that a 70 year old man address them as "elder" when they knock on his door, it is as illogical as it is insulting! Calling anyone under 30 years of age and "elder" is a clear violation of what the word elder means! Must have enough Bible knowledge to be able to refute false ... "It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do." 1 Timothy 3:1 "Be on guard for yourselves and for ALL THE FLOCK, AMONG WHICH the Holy Spirit has made you OVERSEERS, to SHEPHERD the church of God which he purchased with His own blood." Acts 20:28 " The elders who rule well are to be ... If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ. Do you not know that those who perform sacred services ... ...
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453: Messianic Re-enactment Rituals of Communion, Lord's Supper
... when the Passover lamb was being sacrificed, His disciples said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?"" (Mark 14:12) vii. "for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes."" (Luke 22:18) b. Ancient Jewish Literary sources: i. ... talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight." (Acts 20:7) b. "Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ... That man will bear his sin. 'If an alien sojourns among you and observes the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its ordinance, so he shall do; you shall have one statute, both for the alien and for the native of the land.'" (Numbers 9:10-14) b. Those who appeal to Num 9 are ... ...
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454: Occult dictionary terms that apply to Pentecostalism
theory: a GROUP ELEMENTAL is built through loud, rhythmic music and emotional ploy from the leader beforehand, composed to put the group in unison of thought; group's expectation and desire for the healings and falling backward cause it to happen. ... A PRESENCE - 1. Any invisible energy field that is psychically sensed and felt to be a life-form (as man knows life) as opposed to an inert energy field (such as an aura, a thought-form, or colored energies); e.g., a dead bird in one hand and a live ... Usage: "I feel 'a presence' around me making me feel safe." ["Etheric intelligences," "etheric world entities" and other New Age terms in Christianity would mean, literally, "demons."] Feel the presence of God or the Holy Spirit. Click to View ABULIA ... CALL DOWN - (ceremonial magic) to petition or invoke an etheric world intelligence to possess one's body, in part or in whole, in order to perform psychic acts to help persons who are in trouble or are ill. Click to View CALLED PERSON - an individual ... ...
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455: First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Gamla 76 BC
... He whom the lot falls to first, let him be killed by him that hath the second lot, (389) and thus fortune shall make its progress through us all; nor shall any of us perish by his own right hand, for it would be unfair if, when the rest are gone, somebody should repent and save himself." This proposal appeared to them to be very just; (390) and when he had prevailed with them to determine this matter by lots he drew one of the lots for himself also. He who had the first lot laid his neck bare to him that had the next, as supposing that the general would die among them immediately; for they thought death, if Josephus might but die with them, was sweeter than life; (391) yet was he with another left to the last, whether he must say it happened so by chance, or whether by the providence of God; and as he was very desirous neither to be condemned by the lot, nor, if he had been left to the last, to imbrue his right hand in the blood of his countryman, he persuaded him to trust his fidelity ... ...
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456: Is running away from your parents home the answer?
... In fact, one may want more freedom than he has maturity to handle. Such a person thinks that he has enough mature judgment to run his life when he really does not. Some parents grant their children almost total freedom. This can cause a youth whose parents care very much for their child's future to appear to be too strict. Such a parent will not want their child to start dating too young. They will ... His son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and you, and am not worthy of being called your son . . . But his father said to the slaves, 'Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put in on him, and a jeweled ring for his finger; and shoes! And kill the calf we have in the fattening pen. We must celebrate with a feast (Luke 15:11-24) (From the Living New Testament) This is how Jesus illustrated man leaving God and seeking to fulfill the lusts of his flesh. The downward road of sin always leads one to be in want and in a deprived and troubled condition. The loving father ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-teens-runaway.htm
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457: Is running away from your parents home the answer?
... In fact, one may want more freedom than he has maturity to handle. Such a person thinks that he has enough mature judgment to run his life when he really does not. Some parents grant their children almost total freedom. This can cause a youth whose parents care very much for their child's future to appear to be too strict. Such a parent will not want their child to start dating too young. They will ... His son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and you, and am not worthy of being called your son . . . But his father said to the slaves, 'Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put in on him, and a jeweled ring for his finger; and shoes! And kill the calf we have in the fattening pen. We must celebrate with a feast (Luke 15:11-24) (From the Living New Testament) This is how Jesus illustrated man leaving God and seeking to fulfill the lusts of his flesh. The downward road of sin always leads one to be in want and in a deprived and troubled condition. The loving father ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/f-teens-runaway.htm
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458: Replacement Theology, supersessionism: Christians are God's Jews ...
... Sabbatarians also press the expression, "not one jot or tittle shall pass from the law" as a proof text that the Sabbath is in force today! Problem is, this expression, as Jesus used it, included the whole Law of Moses including animal sacrifices. If "jot or tittle" is still in force today, the we must have both the Sabbath and animal sacrifices! Logic has never been a strong point with Seventh-day Adventists! 3. Here is a detailed examination of this passage. E. "Abraham's offspring by faith, not blood": Gal 3:27; Rom 9:6-9 1. Passages: a. "But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are ... And Ezekiel: 'Even if Noah, and Jacob, and Daniel were to pray for sons or daughters, their request should not be granted.' But neither shall the father perish for the son, nor the son for the father; but every one for his own sin, and each shall be saved for his own righteousness.539 And again Isaiah says: 'They shall look on the carcases of them that ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-christians-are-jews-church-is-israel.htm
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459: Official Declaration of beliefs of the church of God, International ...
That justification regeneration and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ. In sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost. Holiness to be God's standard of living for His people. In the baptism with the Holy Ghost ... As good stewards we must use fully our spiritual gifts (Romans 12:3-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, 27-31; Ephesians 4:11-16; 1 Peter 4:9-11) and natural talents (Matthew 25:14-30) for the glory of God. As good stewards we must recognize that the wise use of money is an essential part of the Christian's economy of life. God has committed temporal ... Modesty According to the biblical idea, modesty is an inner spiritual grace that recoils from anything unseemly and impure, is chaste in thought and conduct, and is free of crudeness and indecency in dress and behavior (Ephesians 4:25, 29, 31; 5:1-8; 1 Timothy 2:9, 10). Therefore, modesty includes our appearance, dress, ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/cr-church-of-God-international-cleveland-TN.htm
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460: Sacred Meals, Passover, Lord's Supper, Communion: No Common Meals ...
... A church building is for prayer, Bible reading, teaching, singing, communion and taking a freewill offering of money. Anything more than this is sin. a. This Jewish practice of eating before or after worship is common in churches today in the practice of: b. Driving to restaurants after church c. worshipping in a house ... The remaining matters I will arrange when I come." (1 Corinthians 11:20-34) b. "Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks, eats ... It is unscriptural to refer to church pot luck meals as "fellowship" since the word is never used as such in the Greek New Testament AND always applies to the spiritual relationship between Christians and God. b. The Jewish Mishnah and Talmud both do not allow common meals eaten in the synagogues. 10. Finally, notice that ... ...
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461: Mental Illness is just like any other disease! Mental Illness ...
The reason the chemical psychiatry industry believes mental illness are all biological in nature is the result of their atheistic/evolutionary ideology, not scientific evidence. Given that psychiatrists reject the existence of the Spirit of God, they obviously view the idea that man has a spirit made in the image of God, distinct from the physical body as a myth. This should trouble Christians and clue them in on the ... The idea that there are no mental diseases discomforts people and is therefore rejected." (Psychiatry: The Science of Lies, Thomas Szasz, 2008 AD, p 38) Sigmund Freud was powerful advocate that all mental illnesses had a biological cause: "In short, Charcot was not an innocent victim of ... Without blood tests, actual DNA tests, or any physical evidence of brain abnormalities, how could psychiatry be anything other than pure quackery! 8. "I have long maintained that the phenomena conventionally called "mental illnesses" are counterfeit illnesses authenticated as genuine ... ...
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462: Could you endure the Persecution of early Christians?
But nothing whatever is accomplished by your cruelties, each more exquisite than the last. It is the bait that wins men for our school. We multiply whenever we are mown down by you; the blood of Christians is seed . . That very obstinacy with which ... "Wherefore," the exhortation continues, "seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:1-2). With unquestioned confidence in Christ, ... God allowed persecution to fall on both Old and New Testament saints as a part of his discipline designed for their spiritual growth in righteousness and holiness(Hebrews 10:32-34). God has told us clearly that we must suffer persecutions as ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/g-endure-persecution.htm
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463: Is Scientology A Religion? YES! Alan Black
... Thus, Scientology is in some respects similar to those religions such as Buddhism or Unitarianism which are wary of giving dogmatic definitions or descriptions of God. Scientology does not involve the worship of God in the traditional Western sense. Rather, as in many Eastern religions, Scientologists seek personal spiritual ... Operating Thetan is defined as "a state of being above Clear, in which the Clear has become refamiliarized with his native abilities. An Operating Thetan is knowing and willing cause over life, thought, matter, energy, space and time" (What is Scientology?, p. 814). In this context, operating means "able to operate without dependency on ... The path used by Scientologists to progress systematically toward the highest level of awareness - Total Freedom - is termed The Bridge. Various publications of Scientology contain a chart setting out the sequence of steps one must follow to achieve that goal, and the awareness characteristics associated with each of those ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/scientology-is-a-religion-black.htm
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464: Rapture Doctrine invented by John Darby in 1830 AD
... Notice the parallel: "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near. " (Luke 21:20) 5. False: Israel never possessed all the land promised to Abraham and must return to fulfill this promise. Truth: God ... You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. " (Galatians 5:3-4) Restoring animal sacrifices nullifies the sacrifice of the blood of Christ on the cross which was the last blood sacrifice for all future eternity: "Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, " (Hebrews ... This is nothing short of incredible, but in fact, this entire concept of God failing to foresee the Jews rejecting Jesus as King is the cornerstone of Rapture and Premillennial theology. 10. False: The church is a temporary after thought while the ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-origin-john-nelson-darby-1830ad.htm
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465: Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: Real Mental Illnesses ...
This meticulously detailed volume of dynamic real-life case studies is simply a "must read" for all clinical Psychiatrists, mental health care professionals and Christians interested in expert opinion on today's treatment approaches. Psychiatric ... Law of Locus Pentaphasic Transmutation (LPT) EDS-7.7.11.LPT Law of Anticipatory Warthog Psychosis (AWP) EDS-7.7.13.AWP Determine the Problem Unknown secret sin the preacher condemned in his sermon. Ask a Child Something he heard in that sermon ... It was four years, she said, since her son, Peter Shaw, then nineteen or twenty years old, by hearing a sermon of Mr. Wheatley's, fell into great uneasiness. She thought he was ill, and would have sent for a physician; but he said, 'No, no. Send for ... This is a classic case of super spiritualism: "But still he was as 'mad' as before, praying or singing, or giving thanks continually". This behaviour is how the convicted mind attempts to gain favor and salvation from God without repentance. It is ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-brimstone.htm
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466: Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "faint ...
This meticulously detailed volume of dynamic real-life case studies is simply a "must read" for all clinical Psychiatrists, mental health care professionals and Christians interested in expert opinion on today's treatment approaches. Psychiatric ... Determine the Problem Secret sin of adultery soon to be discovered Ask a Child EDS-7.7.12.PMO 5 years later EDS-7.7.LPT Both women married to new men. The question of why they became psychotic may be difficult to answer, but at the beginning of 5 years they were married to preachers and at the end of 5 years, they were not psychotic, but married to non-Christians. They wanted to escape from being preacher's wives. The case of "Faint" The case of two preacher's wives: Both were the cause of ... Both left the church. Both remarried to non-Christians. Discussion: Fainting during the Lord's supper is where a sinner is nearest to God. The guilty conscience was looking for an escape from having to be in such close communion with God, the way a ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-faint.htm
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467: The Soul's Conflict, Richard Sibbs, 1635 AD
He also says that hypochondria is beyond dispute because of how clear it was that people became insane over the mere worry of contracting and dying from the plague, which was seen as a judgement of God upon people's sins. "I need bring no Examples for proof: for in every place I hear living witnesses of such as ... And if these troubles of the soule bee not well cured, then by way of fellowship and redundance they will affect the outward man, and so the whole man shall be inwrapt in miserie ... If there were no enemie in the world, nor Devil in hell, we carry that within us, that if it be let loose will trouble us more then all the world besides ... Therefore we must conceive in a ... "Now this Feare did nor arise from danger of Infection, and yet it drew it on. How much more then does the fear of the fame cause work it? I need bring no Examples for proof: for in every place I hear living witnesses of such as died of the Plague, stricken only with the fear of it: And therefore I cannot think ... ...
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468: 500 Flood stories prove Noah's Ark is real history: Epic of Gilgamesh ...
... Remarkably, however, both stories arrive at that same conclusion that the earth would never be destroyed again in completely opposite manners. 13. All stories have God offering a blessing after they left the ark. God blessed Noah to have many children, and to start eating meat, but not blood... sleep (Man was destroyed because of sin) 5. The decision to send the flood was spontaneous, shortsighted which lacked proper deliberation and later regretted. (God never regretted destroying the world with a flood and promised to destroy the world a second time with fire at the second coming of Jesus Christ) 6. The highest god, Enlil, is an imperfect sinner who is rebuked and defiantly challenged by lower gods. ... When man stops sacrificing, the gods starve of hunger. (God does not need man for anything) 11. Man is told that in order for the gods to take notice of them, they must make lot of noise to wake up the gods. (God doesn't sleep and his eyes are always watching us every moment of the day.) 12. ... ...
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469: Legalities of teaching Creation in the Science Classroom
Click to View Supreme Injustice by Don Patton Click to View Joyce Minor Quotation Click to View Ambassador Alan Keyes Quotation Click to View Top Ten Reasons Why God Can't Get University Tenure Click to View If the scientific data are compelling enough to cause an atheist academic of Antony Flew's reputation to recant much of his life's work, why shouldn't Texas schoolchildren be taught the ... Prayer. You may pray anytime, anyplace, silently or out loud, provided that there is not a rule that you must remain silent or that all speech is limited, such as during classroom instruction. You may not pray so loudly that it disturbs others, anymore than you are permitted to shout or engage in ... He reminds us that there exists not just two possible motives (promoting religion or improving education) but an infinite variety of possibilities for each individual legislator. "He may have thought the bill would provide jobs for his district, or may have wanted to make amends with a faction of his ... ...
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470: Official Creed of Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI ...
... Isaiah 53:4-7,11-12; Matthew 18:11; John 3:16; 10:18; Acts 15:11; Romans 3:24-25; Galatians 1:4; Ephesians 2:8; Philippians 2:7-8; Hebrews 2:14; 7:25; 9:12-15; 12:2 Of Grace In The New Creation We believe that in order to be saved, sinners must be born again; that the new ... We believe that the great gospel blessing which Christ secures to such as believe in Him is Justification; that Justification includes the pardon of sin, and the gift of eternal life on principles of righteousness; that it is bestowed not in consideration of any works of righteousness which we have done; but solely through faith in the Redeemer's blood, His righteousness is imputed unto us. Isaiah 53:11; Habakkuk 2:4; Zechariah 13:1; Acts 13:39; Romans 1:17; 4:1; 5:1-9; 8:1; Galatians 3:11; Titus 3:5-7; Hebrews 10:38 Of Repentance And Faith We believe that Repentance and Faith are solemn obligations, and also inseparable graces, wrought in our souls by the quickening Spirit of God; thereby, being deeply convicted of ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/cr-Baptist-BBFI.htm
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471: Sleep as a metaphor for Death proves life after death
Dan 12:2 "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awaken him out of sleep." The disciples therefore said to Him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep. Then Jesus therefore said to them plainly, ... Dreaming is a conscious activity while asleep. In fact the Bible warns that we can even sin while asleep! "Yet in the same manner these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh" Jude 8 "Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night." Ps 16:7 Examine closely these three parallel verses: "whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him." 1 Th 5:10 How do you live together with the Lord when you are dead? Obviously there is conscious existence after death! For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. Rom 14:9 Jesus Christ is the Lord of the dead who must consciously exist! He is not the God of the dead, but ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/d-death=sleep.htm
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472: Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ...
This slight of hand tactic is missed by most first time readers (and all JW's) of their book of deceptions, it is quite obvious to the true students of the Bible. We must take this time to make an important observation about the "slight of hand" tactics of Jehovah's Witnesses as ... And, just because these two meanings of the Trinity-the theoretical and the practical, as they might also be described-are being sharply distinguished in modern Christian thought, it might be well if the term 'Trinity' were employed to designate the Trinity of revelation or the doctrine of the threefold self-manifestation of God), and the term 'Triunity' (cf. Germ. Dreienigkeit) Adopted as the designation of the essential Trinity ... The deception is in creating a false dilemma that attempts to say: If Nicene trinity is not taught in the Bible then that proves the Bible doesn't teach Jesus is divine. But we could just as easily say this to Jw's: "The doctrine of the prohibition against blood transfusions did ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm
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473: Why Be Baptized?
We are not saved by our own merit, but by the blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus shed his precious blood in his death and as penitent belie vers in Christ we contact his saving blood by going through a likeness to his death, his burial, and his ... This view holds that baptism is a direct and vital command of the Lord which must be obeyed in order to receive salvation. If you have been baptized, think back for a moment about why you were you baptized. Was it because you felt that you had recently been saved, or were you baptized in order to be saved? And now with this question in mind, let's turn to the Bible to see what God really says about why a person should be baptized. In Acts Chapter 2, verse 38, the Apostle Peter in his great ... If a person is baptized to please someone else rather than being a sincere believer in Christ, this person should not be baptized. If a person in unwilling to cease the practice of sin and live a new life in Christ Jesus, he should not be baptized. ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/g-why-be-baptized.htm
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474: Jehovah's Witnesses cost me my family!
... "I'd had enough religion - and that's putting it in very short form - but the last thing I had said was, 'The children shall no longer attend the Kingdom Hall,' " Fox says. He knew that made him vulnerable with the Witnesses, because as the father and an obvious doubter, he could try to override the group's ban on blood transfusions if his children were under medical care. Fox was summoned to the nearby Kingdom Hall to appear before a judicial ... This is what was taught 15 years before Fox lost his family because the Watchtower organization allowed them to be kidnapped by their mother. 1960 "the Scriptures justify the 'war strategy' of hiding true facts from the enemy." (Watchtower May 15, 1960, page 295) 1960 "As a soldier of Christ he is in theocratic warfare and he must exercise caution when dealing with God's foes. Thus the Scriptures show that for the purpose of protecting the interests of God's cause, it is proper to hide the truth from God's enemies." (Watchtower; 6/1/1960; p. ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/jw-cost-family.htm
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475: Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying)
... James, on the other hand, felt that others were doing the same with Ellen and might be gaining an edge over him: She is humble, and must be treated tenderly, or she can do nothing. Elders Butler and Haskell have had an influence over her that I hope to see broken. It has nearly ruined her. These men must not be suffered by our people to do as they have done until all our ministers are fully discouraged. Young men are kept out of ... It was a lonely, mountainous region, the haunt of wild beasts and the lurking place of robbers and murderers. Solitary and unprotected, Jacob bowed in deep distress upon the earth. It was midnight. All that made life dear to him were at a distance, exposed to danger and death. Bitterest of all was the thought that it was his own sin which had brought this peril upon the innocent. With earnest cries and tears he made his prayer before God. Suddenly a strong hand was laid upon him. He thought that an enemy was seeking his life, and he endeavored to wrest himself ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH5-high-shelf.htm
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476: Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: Real Mental Illnesses ...
This practical companion volume to Biblical Psychiatry© includes not only diagnosis, but also in-depth discussions by experienced Christians for Biblical approaches to treatment. This meticulously detailed volume of dynamic real-life case studies is simply a "must read" for all clinical Psychiatrists, mental health care ... hunger strike and ascetic life in the asylum was a way of saying, "See God! I am punishing myself for my sin!" After he felt he had punished himself enough in the asylum, he returned to normal life. 4. Victimhood: EDS-7.4.13. In a classic case of victimhood, the sinful man who knew he was destined for hell, made himself out to be a victim of the French King's edict attaching his faith. Diagnostic laws that are seen illustrated in the case of "soup": The man calculated that the cost of being labeled insane was worth the benefit of avoiding his sin. This illustrates the Law of Derivative Personal Benefit (DPB) EDS-7.7.2.DPB Imagine the trouble this sinner caused everyone. ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-soup.htm
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477: Remarks on Dr Battie's Treatise on Madness, John Monro, 1758 ...
The evacuation by vomiting is infinitely preferable to any other. ... I lately received from a worthy friend of mine the case of a gentleman, who had laboured under a melancholy for three years; he himself calls it an hypochondriacal, convulsive ... A preparation known as "spirit of skull" involved mixing wine with moss taken from the skull of an unburied man who had met a violent death. Hot human blood, as well as pulverized human hearts or brains, presumably helped to control "fits." While ... My own inclination would never have led me to appear in print; but it was thought necessary for me, in my situation, to say something in answer to the undeserved censures, which Dr. Battle has thrown upon my predecessors." Monro in fact gives very ... The first of these is entirely the doctor's invention it never having been mentioned by any writer, or observed by any physician. What is the cause of original madness? it is unknown. What the symptoms? there are none. The method of cure? it admits ... ...
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478: Trinity: Oneness in unity not in number: Yachid vs. Echad
... There isn't a single Jew or anti-Trinitarian today who, given the chance, would not go back in time and tell Moses his choice of ECHAD instead of YACHID in Deut 6:4 will cause them grief in the future. As we will see, Jews did change words and start using the word YACHID in reference to God after they ... L. Brow, A Jew who converted to Christianity, Vol. 2, p9, 2000 AD) This correct observation does not change the fact that the Holy Spirit chose to use a plural word to refer to God in a polytheistic world of pagan gods instead of the singular "el". It must be most troubling for Jews that their word of choice (yachid) to describe God's oneness is never actually used in the Bible. ... Echad is used to designate a single individual or thing, numerical oneness. In these texts we consider Echad to be synonymous with yachid. Yet we find the parallel passages of thought in the New Testament are translated from two different Greek words: "hen" and "monos". Like "echad", "hen" is used in two ... ...
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479: Rapture Refuted: Harold Campinng's numerology date setting end ...
... a deceiver and an agent of Satan to destroy the Bible in the eyes of the world now the date has failed. 8. If you are ready to repent of your grave sin and humble yourself in the eyes of God, please find one of our churches to begin learning the most basic concepts of the gospel, like baptism for the ... When we then look back at the days of Noah, we notice that God came to Noah 7 days before the flood and said, "yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights" (Gen. 7:4). Now what is so significant about this passage is that right in the midst of comparing the flood, wherein Noah was given a 7 day warning, to the final destruction by fire in ... powerful proof to discover that the last year of 2011 is exactly 7000 years from the flood exactly as II Peter 3:8 declares that it would be (4990 + 2011 = 7001, but then we must subtract 1 which makes it exactly 7000 years because there is no year 0 in going from B.C. to A.D. on our modern day calendar). ... ...
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480: Greek word study of the Biblical pattern of counseling
... good work and word." 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 "Those who have believers as their masters must not be disrespectful to them because they are brethren, but must serve them all the more, because those who partake of the benefit are believers and beloved. ... a child to mold and modify behaviour: paideuo] those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth," 2 Timothy 2:25 "instructing [long term parental guidance of a child to mold and modify behaviour: paideuo] us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age," Titus 2:12 "Those who continue in sin, rebuke [telling someone they are wrong: Elencho] in the presence of all, so that the ... them and said, "My teaching [didache] is not Mine, but His who sent Me." John 7:16 "Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching [didache] which you learned, and turn away from them." ... ...
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481: Ralph P. Martin: The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians
... The verbal form translated being, [hyparchon] need not necessarily mean this, but it seems clear that this sense is the only satisfactory one in the context. RV margin translates 'being originally, and this must refer to the pre-incarnate state to which Paul elsewhere makes ... Bonnard takes the illustration of a "spring-board (tremplin) with the same essential thought of an opportunity which the pre-existent Christ had before him. He existed in the divine 'condition' or 'rank' as the unique image and glory of God, but refused to utilize this favoured position to exploit his privileges and assert himself in opposition to his Father. The key-word harpagmos is here interpreted as the holding of a ... He shared our human nature in all its frailty and finitude (Rom. 8:3; Heb. 2:7, 14), and entered upon his earthly fife circumscribed by the restrictions imposed by that nature with the glorious exception that he was without sin. His true stature was concealed in the weakness of his ... ...
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482: Early Christians always met on the First day (Sunday) and never ...
... more need is there of them now, after that, according to the will of God, Jesus Christ the Son of God has been born without sin, of a virgin sprung from the stock of Abraham. (Dialogue With Trypho the Jew, 150-165 AD, Ante-Nicene Fathers , vol. 1, page ... And they who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need. But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and ... Vii.xii.76.4) 190AD CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: Plato prophetically speaks of the Lord's day in the tenth book of the Republic, in these words: 'And when seven days have passed to each of them in the meadow, on the eighth they must go on." (Miscellanies ... ...
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483: Happy Family Life! Home page!
Click to View Is Divorce Really the Answer to my marriage problems? Click to View Bible Help For Troubled Marriages Click to View In-Law Trouble & the Bible Click to View Man and Woman: Equal but different in 19 ways! Click to View What kind of LOVE do you love others with? Click to View Should I really expect my spouse to forgive my sin? Click to View Click to View For Husbands Click to View Click to View Click to View Dr. Bible: Personal Advice by email! "Bible ... Click to View 10 Things young people can do for God. Click to View When young people finally leave home for good. Click to View The Bible story of the boy who ran away from home! Click to View Is running away from your parents home the answer? Click to View Click to View Parenting Click to View Click to View Click to View Dr. Bible: Personal Advice by email! "Bible medicine for hurting homes" Click to View Major study on how to raise children. Click to View Why School shootings? Littleton and others: Thought you won't ... ...
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484: Psychiatry gives people false hope and artificially positive ...
Christians have been offering real hope peace and solutions to every day problems based upon the Bible for 2000 years. The psychology industry has actually positioned itself as an exact replacement of the Bible, church, priests and God. The problem ... Psychologists are in the business of posing as experts in living, claiming for themselves the ability to divine right from wrong and cause from effect. The Psychology industry has persuaded society that the "good life" is possible through the ... Tana Dineen, 2001, p 200) "Following the dissemination of Freudian theory, many conditions that psychiatrists had not previously taken seriously or that they had thought represented malingering [faking] were now dignified and given the status of real ... Fabricated victims are given permission to lead psychologized lives, where guilt and shame are banished and responsibilities are diminished. Meanwhile, those unidentified by the Psychology industry must go on with their lives complete with ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-harms-damages-society-false-hope-artificially-positive-expectations.htm
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485: Could my children's faith in Santa destroy their faith in God ...
Now this is where the danger lies. Every year, millions of children suddenly have their faith "shattered" in this "all knowing", "omni-present", "all-powerful" Santa-Claus. This must damage their ability to have faith in the one true God who really does exist. No wonder adults usually visualize God as a kind old man and Jesus as baby in a Christmas nativity scene. ... We took a lot of heat from his family because we refused to lie to our children. My children are grateful to us that we did not lie to them. A couple of them got in trouble at school and got taken out of class and reprimanded because they told their fellow kindergartners that Santa didn't exist. Do we love our ... Do all good gifts come from God or do they come from Santa Claus? Sorry, this is one of my soapboxes. As far as I'm concerned this topic ought not to need discussion. Anybody with half a brain in his head knows that lying is a sin. And since Santa doesn't exist, to say he does is to lie. By Tina Collins Click ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/f-Santa=God.htm
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486: Christians are the TRUE Hebrews (etymology, origin of the word ...
The most likely origin of word "ibri" [Hebrew] is derived from "br" which means "to cross over a boundary". (ISBE, revised, Hebrew) Included in this thought is that a "Hebrew" would be one "who crossed over" or one who went from place to place, a ... Moses walks in and says to Pharaoh that the "God of the nomads [Hebrews]" demands that he release His people so that they can resume their "sojourning". Perhaps the message Pharaoh got was that having "Hebrews [nomads]" in Egypt, where they cannot ... darkness of Egypt to the neutral light of Egypt... then again the Jordan to the positive light of Palestine, so too Christians IN LIKE MANNER earn their "HEBREW" name by crossing the Red Sea of baptism, from darkness of sin to the light of salvation. ... In other words, Christians in one sense, have inherited heaven now in that they are citizens now, but in another sense, they must wait for the second coming to enter into that spiritual kingdom that God will grant the righteous! Three words that are ... ...
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487: Must I keep the Ten Commandments today?
Must I keep the Ten Commandments today? The people of Israel, in their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land, came at length to Sinai. There the people encamped round about the sacred mount as Moses went up unto God. The Lord spake to Moses and said: . . . Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of ... shall his blood be shed. . . " (Genesis 9:6). During the lifetime of the law many incidents might be cited where killing was used as a punishment (Numbers 15:32). In the New Testament John, the apostle, wrote: "Whoso hateth his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him" (John 3:15). 7. The seventh commandment, "Thou shall not commit adultery" is an attack against all sexual uncleanness and illicit relationships. It was designed to protect the home and marriage. The Lord taught that wedlock could only be broken by death or fornication (Matthew 19:9; Romans 7:2). Adultery has always been a sin against God (Genesis ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/s-10-commandments.htm
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488: Could my children's faith in Santa destroy their faith in God ...
Now this is where the danger lies. Every year, millions of children suddenly have their faith "shattered" in this "all knowing", "omni-present", "all-powerful" Santa-Claus. This must damage their ability to have faith in the one true God who really does exist. No wonder adults usually visualize God as a kind old man and Jesus as baby in a Christmas nativity scene. ... We took a lot of heat from his family because we refused to lie to our children. My children are grateful to us that we did not lie to them. A couple of them got in trouble at school and got taken out of class and reprimanded because they told their fellow kindergartners that Santa didn't exist. Do we love our ... Do all good gifts come from God or do they come from Santa Claus? Sorry, this is one of my soapboxes. As far as I'm concerned this topic ought not to need discussion. Anybody with half a brain in his head knows that lying is a sin. And since Santa doesn't exist, to say he does is to lie. By Tina Collins Click to ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-Santa=God.htm
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489: PLAY: The Holy Spirit Game: Prove the Holy Spirit is a person ...
In fact, what Arians suggest God does with his power, amounts to ventriloquism. (Defn: the practice of speaking so that the voice seems to come from some source other then the speaker) So, we ask, why would God go to all the trouble of inventing and ... When called upon to read in orderly sequence, each member must lift up their biceps with the happy face and practice their ventriloquism by getting the happy face to say the statement each in orderly sequence so the story is told. This exactly illustrates what Anti-Trinitarian claim God does with the holy Spirit as His "active force". Remember, the story in the game is based upon these Bible verses. Although the story is fictitious, the concepts attributed to the Holy Spirit are ... The whole stadium heard the batter call the pitcher "ugly". But this is totally untrue. 1 Cor 2:11 "He knows God's thoughts. 11 My client thought the charges were silly, but, your Honor, YOU TOLD ME TO TELL the batter that if he didn't show up for court, he ... ...
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490: Orientation of Early Synagogues Did Not Point to Jerusalem Or ...
... How do we know [it applies] when the Temple is destroyed [i.e. that all must still face the Temple mount when praying]?" (Jerusalem Talmud, y. Ber. 4:6, I.3.B-4.B) 5. Capernaum: Orientation proves the original basalt foundation is first century: a. The first century basalt foundation is not oriented towards Jerusalem or ... by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually." (1 Kings 9:3) b. "If they take thought [lit: direct their HEARTS] in the land where they are taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned, we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly; then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications, and maintain their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You. "Now, O my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place." (2 Chronicles 6:38-40) c. ""Now My eyes will be open and My ears ... ...
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491: Mad-Doctors & Mad-House Keepers of the 1750's
... Likewise, the laity must come to trust that members of the profession will exercise their skills in a disinterested fashion and in large degree must be persuaded to rely upon the professionals' own valuation of their knowledge. Yet trust was a particularly difficult commodity for mad-doctors to ... B. The Mad doctors "causes" (etiology) of mental illness: As we trace the opinions of mad doctors as to the etiology of insanity, we see a common theme: a combination of bad living + bad bodies (bad blood, bad brain matter, bad nerve fibers) In John Monro openly stated that no one would ever discover the cause of mental illness that he certainly had no idea. However, he prescribed all the standard ... they eat, they fatten, while the poor creatures under their charge are left to all the miseries which confinement and privation can inflict; good God; in England, in this country, so famed for its munificence, surely the miseries of the wretched inmates of this humane institution are totally ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/mad-doctors-mad-house-keepers-alienists.htm
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492: Definition of insanity and mental illness
... C. How others react: Other call the psychiatrist for relief of their suffering: The psychiatric industry traces its origin historically when relatives of the insane sought relief from the trouble they suffered from the behaviours of their insane kin. Today the mentally ill do not seek out psychiatrists, but others for whom they cause trouble usually make first contact. (The only time the insane seek out a psychiatrist is when they want to be labeled with a diagnosis in order to escape work and ... The mentally ill suffer from high self-esteem, viewing themselves as much better than everyone else. The mentally ill have an attitude of entitlement. The mentally ill are anxious. For Christians, anxiety is a sin which violates a direct commandment of Jesus and is caused by lack of faith. For non-Christians, anxiety is predictable when they reject God and his love, care, providence, protection and peace. F. behaviours on the edges of the bell-curve: The mentally ill engage in unconventional ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-insanity-mental-illness-defined-definition-behaviours-sins.htm
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493: The Temple in Jerusalem over the threshing floor which is presently ...
... By digging up what was left of the foundations of the Temple of Jupiter, if anything, the Muslims may have indeed known it was a hexagon shape, but to "do one better" made the Dome of the Rock into an octagon shape. On the other hand, they may have wanted to imitate the original shape of what they mistakenly thought was the Jewish temple, but the foundation footprint of the Temple of Jupiter may have ... Click to View The concept that the priests must use "living water" to cleanse the temple area is as foreign to the Bible as it is absurd. Lets assume this was really true. So God commands Solomon to build the temple in a place that has no natural springs of water, then tells Solomon that he must use spring water to wash the blood from the sacrifices of the temple. While this may be one of the many "laws of the Pharisees" that they invented, there is no scriptural evidence where God required "living water". Also, the water conduits feeding the temple were not built till hundreds of years ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-threshing-floor.htm
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494: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) 450 volts @ .9 amps for 6 seconds ...
Therefore it was originally thought that inducing epileptic convulsions would cure schizophrenic. Although we know today that this is just another example of psychiatric quackery theory, ECT effectively disables brain function by wiping out memories that make us sad and cause depression. Entire ... The fire is caused by a gap that allowing the current to ark between the electrode and the skin. It is exactly like giving someone a static shock after rubbing your feet on the carpet. ECT technicians must ensure that there is direct contact between the electrode and the skull. Any gap will cause a fire and burn the patient. While this is rare, it demonstrates the huge amounts of electricity ... epileptic fit, now seemed painfully never-ending - until at the first deep, stertorous inhalation, and first clonic shudders, the blood ran more freely in the bystanders' veins as well; and, lastly, to the immense relief of all concerned, was witnessed a characteristic, gradual awakening 'by steps'. ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-harms-damages-society-ECT-electroconvulsive-therapy-shock-treatments-thymatron-dgx-ectron-series-mecta.htm
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495: Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying)
Truth (issued between July 1849 and November 1850) were to go through some stages of revision that would cause misgivings in the years to come. 3 It is only fair to hasten to explain that all this rearranging of history and theology was new to Ellen. ... Even further advanced light suggests more material was used than known by even the White Estate staff-and they had been thought to be up on all those things. Also by now she had learned a more liberalized style of copying, which became known from that time to this as borrowing. Regardless of this type of human help-plus an additional score or more of assistants, book editors, secretaries, and helpers-Ellen White always persisted in saying that it all came from God. Even as early as the second ... There was first the very brief, almost resume, account published in the diminutive Spiritual Gifts, volume 1. In its 219 pages it spans the story from "The Fall of Satan" to "The Second Death" -the end of Satan and sin. With Sabbath keeping believers ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH4-gone-forgotten.htm
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496: Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 24 The Olivet Discourse
... When Full-Preterists have the beginning of the Kingdom at the same time as the Judgement it violates Jesus' words that "His angels will gather out of His kingdom the wicked." e. Mt 7:21 and Luke 13:28-29 speaks of those who thought they were in the kingdom during their life on earth as Christians but found ... The generation which was alive when Christ was crucified: i. "so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.'" (Luke 11:50-51) c. Generation ... The Generation in the Olivet Discourse: i. "Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation." (Matthew 23:36) ii. "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place." (Matthew 24:34; Mark 13:30; Luke 17:25) iii. "But first He must suffer many things ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Matthew24-Luke21-Mark13-Triple-Midrashic-prophecy-Olivet-Discourse-Pentecost-AD33-Destruction-Jerusalem-AD70-Second-Coming.htm
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497: Origin of Jewish/Christian holy days: Old Testament, Christmas ...
... The Corinthians, primarily Gentiles, had questions about keeping customs left over from their pagan heritage. One question was in regard to eating meat that had been offered in sacrifice to an idol. (1 Corinthians 8:1). Some thought that by eating the meat, even though they were not worshiping the ... If exercising a liberty is disruptive to the peace of the Church, I should give it up (Romans 14:14-19). I must not participate in any matter of liberty that I am not fully persuaded is right (Romans 14:23). Is the observance of Christmas pleasing to God? Not as a religious holy day to remember the birth of Christ nor as a congregational function, for it is both unauthorized and violates principles of the doctrine of Christ. But we may individually observe Christmas and other holidays based in the religious customs of our people as a matter of liberty. "Let each be fully convinced in his own mind." V. Conclusion A. 2 Jn 9 It is sin to promote & bind anything religious not found in the ... ...
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498: Psychiatrists falsely imprison innocent people with "repressed ...
Psychiatry damages society and individuals The mental health system causes harm to both individuals and society as a whole. Click to View Psychiatry falsely imprisons innocent people Psychiatrists cause many innocent people to be falsely imprisoned because of the bogus "repressed memory syndrome" where children or adults are ... They even opened a special foster home (Lyle and Marilyn Thompson) specifically for "ritually abused children" in Warman, Saskatchewan, a few miles from Saskatoon. We must wonder what effect the Thompson's had in the case. After all, their home was set up for "ritually abused children" and low and behold, it was in their home that ... Michael Ross and his twin sisters all claimed that they had endured child-adult orgies, human ritual sacrifice of babies, satanic ritual abuse, bestiality with dogs and flying bats, drinking blood and urine, eating human eyeballs and feces. 16 adults were falsely charged based solely on the words of the three siblings. Several were ... ...
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499: Sabbath Vs. 1st Day Debate: Samuele Bacchiocchi
... You wrote: "The New Testament teaches that we today, and every follower of God since the first Pentecost after Christ's resurrection, is obligated to observe the first day of the week as a day of worship." For our dialogue to be meaningful, John, we both must resolve in our hearts to reexamine ... What was nailed to the Cross was not the "law-nomos" but the cheirographon, a term which occurs only in Colossians 2:14. Its meaning has been clarified by its occurrence in apocalyptic literature where cheirographon is used to designate the "record-book of sin" or the certificate of sin-indebtedness but not the moral or ceremonial law.14 By this daring metaphor Paul affirms that through Christ, God has ... Bacchiocchi thinks I introduced Colossians 2:14 as an argument in defense of the first day of the week. No I did not. I merely mentioned Colossians 2:14 in defining the terms of my proposition. I thought Sam had debated enough to know that it is customary and honorable to precisely define the ... ...
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500: Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying)
other views that went before; it just combined everything into one list to make it easier to find the persons the church wanted to reject and to keep that door shut a little longer. Even those around Ellen had trouble keeping her from drawing things too tight with her visions. ... There all the juicy morsels of others' acts and sins will be finally revealed to them. That thought alone has helped many faithful go on to the end. To think of knowing all about everybody who didn't make it, and why. And when it's all finished, they will give God a vote of confidence and thanks that things have turned out the way they felt they should from the beginning. 9 Another very important reason in the Adventist mind for keeping ... She said she lay "in a stUpor,' for three weeks. When she began to recover and saw how disfigured she was, she wanted to die. She became melancholy and avoided company. She said, "My nervous system was prostrated." She was terribly frightened and lonely, and often she was ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH2-shut-door.htm
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