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Neo-Montanism: Pentecostalism is the ancient heresy of Montanism ... ... William Seymour had been taught about receiving the baptism with the Holy Ghost, (i.e. the gift of speaking in other tongues) by Charles Fox Parham in Kansas. Parham had a small Bible school in which he taught the need for a restoration of New Testament Christianity based on the model shown in the book of Acts. In 1901, a ... These 5 well trained theologians were alive and active when the "Azusa Revival" began and they were well informed and had firsthand knowledge. Why is their testimony disregarded and the testimony of Biblically uneducated people accepted? April 4, 1906 a revival began and 1,000's of people came to 312 Azusa to receive the ... By the end of 1913 there were growing factions within the fledgling movement and in the end several independent Pentecostal organizations were formed due to not being able to resolve their leadership and doctrinal differences. Four of these organizations exist today: The Church of God in Christ (black Pentecostal's) formed 1907 The Assemblies ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-neo-montanism.htm

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Major errors of Pentecostalism ... These happenings are frequently referred to using the imagery of flowing water. Chances are that the quality and genuineness varies considerably from stream to stream, from church to church, and from person to person. The present author has frequently heard ... These are in no particular order. 1. IS THERE IS AN EMPHASIS ON THE HOLY SPIRIT AT THE EXPENSE OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD? If the speaker almost exclusively speaks of God and the Spirit, yet rarely speaks of Jesus Christ, there is a danger of lapsing into a practical Binity, or even modalism, instead of promoting the Trinity. However, in the New Testament (esp. John 14-16, Acts 1:8, 1 John 4:13, 5:7-8), the Holy Spirit's main job is described as bearing witness of ... Remember that the Corinthian church was experiencing the manifestations of the Spirit, and yet Paul called them carnal (1 Corinthians 3:3). The "knowledge" mentioned in 1 Corinthians 8:1 probably refers to people with gnostic tendencies (special spiritual ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-pentecostal-errors.htm

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Scriptures were more important than tradition to Apostolic Fathers Scriptures were more important than tradition to Apostolic Fathers A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that ... Roman Catholic and Orthodox leaders love to follow their man-made rules and doctrine, especially when it directly contradicts the New Testament. If the Bible says baptize by immersion (Acts 8:36), they sprinkle, If the Bible says Bishops MUST be ... accepts Christ, he can never lose his salvation. ... The Bible says it is possible to fall away from grace." "The Bible says deviant sex is a perversion. ... The Bible says deviant sex is morally acceptable." "The Bible says Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. ... The Bible says Jesus Christ is a created being." "The Bible says . . . Wait a minute!" "How can so many contradictory statements be based on the teachings of one book? How can intelligent and sensible people read ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-scriptures-tradition-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Apostle Paul never kept the sabbath, certainly not 84 times as ... News Flash!!! "Seventh-day Adventist pastor fired for "Sunday keeping" over 84 times!" Text of story: A Christian church invites 7th day Adventist Pastor to preach every Sunday afternoon and explain why Sunday is not the day ... Here the Apostle Paul keeping the Sabbath "according to the commandment" after Christ died!" (Additional Sabbatarian proof texts that Paul kept the Sabbath as part of his Christian duty at least 84 times: Acts 13:14,44 16:13; 17:2; Acts 18:4,11.) Click to View Actual Adventist calculation of Paul's Sabbath keeping: Bible verse Claimed number of Sabbaths Paul "kept" Acts 13:14 "on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down" 1 Acts 13:44 "And the next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of God." 1 Acts 16:13 ... Acts 14:1 "In Iconium they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a manner that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of Greeks." Acts 17:4 "And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-paul-kept.htm

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Trinity: plural references to God in the Old Testament: Plural ... Anti-Trinitarians and Unitarians alike, try to explain away the plural references to God in the Old Testament: "Let US make man in OUR image". (Gen 1:26) While Trinitarians expect to find such plural pronouns and verbs used in reference to God at face value, anti-Trinitarians fall all over themselves trying to find a way to avoid the obvious truth that there are three persons in the one God. As we will see, all of the Anti-Trinitarian arguments are invalid leaving us with no other conclusion then the fact that God is a plurality of persons, just as the Biblical trinity teaches. The trinity was hidden in the Old Testament until Christ came and the earliest Christians began to "search the (Old Testament) scriptures daily" (Acts 17:11) to see ... Jesus is not included in their view of US. The Jehovah's Witnesses do include Jesus and the Father in the US of Gen 1:26, but make Jesus the created arch-angel Michael. But Heb 1:5 proves Jesus cannot be, nor ever has been an angel. Further, in their ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-plural-nouns-pronouns-verbs-adverbs.htm

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Headship of the Husband in the Bible Depends on external authority to motivate others Depends on internal integrity to motivate others Generates friction, resistance, resentment, separates and isolates people Generates acceptance, co-operation, reconciliation, unites and helps persons relate to each other Leads by command and threat Leads by example, understanding and kindness Asks others to do things he would not Asks others to do things he has and would do Click to View C. A wife "fine tunes" her husband's thinking IF THE HUSBAND SAYS THE WIFE REPLIES "Cooking is woman's work" Jesus cooked: Jn 21:9-12 "Doing the laundry is a woman's job" Jesus folded laundry: Jn 20:6-7 "Cleaning the house is not my work" Jesus cleansed the temple: Jn 2:13-16 "Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him Lord": 1 Pe 3:6 True, but God also commanded Abraham to obey Sarah: Gen 21:9-12 "You must submit to me because I am your husband" Eph 5:22 True, and you must submit to me because we are both Christians and fellow-heirs: Eph 5:21 If I go to all the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/headship.htm

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The Power of a personal invitation! The Power of a personal invitation! Click to View The Future of the church I believe that personal inviting is where the future of the Lord's church lies. As a method of contacting and influencing seekers, it is Number 1. The institute for American Church Growth asked over 10,000 church-goers this question: What was responsible for your coming to Christ and this church? 2% I had a special need 3% ... Let's begin by looking at the first. Click to View Those Who Know You Click to View Every Christian knows 200 people who are either friends, family, neighbors or work-mates. These are the people you ... Andrew leads Peter to Christ (John 1:40,41). Philip brings Nathaniel (John 1:43-46). Work: Paul converted Priscilla and Aquila (Acts 18:1-3; 25-26). When you examine the account, the initial contact ... A good Biblical example of this is found in Acts 16:13-15 where Paul went to a riverside, where he supposed there would be a place of prayer. He didn't always wait for God to place opportunities in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-inviting.htm

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The Sinner's Prayer: Modern apostasy and false teaching that ... If you prayed the "sinners prayer" for your salvation, you are still lost in your sins, because it is not what God said to do. The Sinner's Prayer Click to View C.S. Lewis used the term "a great cataract of nonsense" to describe how people use a modern idea to ... back a few hundred years. Consider the following appeal: "Just accept Christ into your heart through prayer and he'll receive you. It doesn't matter what church you belong to or if you ever do good works. You'll be born again at the moment you receive Christ. He's at the door knocking. You don't even have to change bad habits, just trust Christ as Savior. God loves you and forgives you unconditionally. Anyone out there can be saved if they ... Accept Christ, now! ... Later, in 1977 Billy Graham published a now famous work entitled, How to Be Born Again. For all the Scripture he used, he never once uses the hallmark rebirth event in the second chapter of the book of Acts. The cataract (blind spot) kept him away from the most ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-sinners-prayer.htm

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Judean Governors, Procurtors and Prefects time of Jesus, first ... ... A new temple had been raised from the dust, just as Jesus said: His body, THE CHURCH. c. Jesus said the kingdom of God and the temple is not physical but within each of us! On Pentecost 33 AD, God set up his divine Kingdom which we know today as the Church of Christ which will never come to an end: "For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or ... But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God." (Nehemiah 5:14-15) "Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and ... Judean Governor Annius Rufus 12-15 AD Judean Governor Valerius Gratus 15-26 AD Judean Governor Pontius Pilate 26-36 AD Jesus begins to proclaim gospel (Luke 3:23) 30AD Jesus Died 3 April 33 AD Judean Governor Marcellus 36-37 AD Judean Governor Marullus 37-41 AD Ababus predicts famine: 40 AD (Acts 11:28; Jos. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Coins-Judean-Governors-Satraps-Procurators-Prefects-Jesus-Herod-Antipas-Philip-Archelaus-Pilate-Agrippa-Felix-Festus-587BC-66AD.htm

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Hick, John: The Myth of God Incarnate "The question that I shall be asking in this chapter is whether incarnational faith in this second, more precise sense is in fact essential to Christianity. Could there be a Christianity without (in this sense) incarnation?" (The Myth of God Incarnate, John Hick, p. 1) Full text: "For many people, the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ is the essence of Christianity. Here a group of distinguished theologians and Biblical scholars ask whether the idea of the incarnation is essential to Christianity; and they question the whole development of the doctrine. Their thesis is that "Jesus was (as he is presented in Acts ... John Hick is H. G. Wood Professor of Theology at Birmingham University. Leslie Houlden is Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon. Dennis Nineham is Warden of Keble College, Oxford. Maurice Wiles is Regius Professor of Divinity and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Chairman of the Church of England's Doctrine Commission. Frances Young is Lecturer in New Testament Studies at ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hick.htm

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Introduction: Standardized Architectural Synagogue Signature ... Synagogue Architecture adopted by the Christian Church Floorplans and Furnishings of Pre-70 AD Second Temple Period synagogues Synagogue Architectural Typology incorporated into the Christian Church Architecture Probable Mosaic origin Synagogue Typology Church Typology Mikveh (baptistry) Tabernacle and Temple Brass was basin for cleansing Every synagogue had a nearby Mikveh for full immersion for ritual purity. Many Jews became Christians in their synagogue Mikvehs. Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pe 3:21 Ritual purity by washing away sins through the blood of Christ in obedience to the great commission: Mt 28:18-19. Freestanding columns Solomon's temple freestanding ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus Master List: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Architectural-Introduction-master-Summary-chart-ancient-synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-prototype-spiritualized-similarities-into-church.htm

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The Interactive Bible: However, there are other things that are important which are in the doctrine of Christ. They include his church, worship, repentance, baptism, the Holy Spirit, the Lord's Supper, right living, and his second coming as well as others. Sometimes there is a tendency to emphasize Christian living and neglect Christian doctrine. This we must not do. They must not be separated. The great doctrines of Jesus form the foundation for righteous living. In I Corinthians 15, the resurrection inspires us to work for Christ, "knowing that our labour is not in vain, in the Lord" I Corinthians 15:58. In Acts, the seventeenth chapter, the judgement of God prompts men who knew little of God to change from their evil ways (Acts 17:30,31). The consciousness of a life and judgement after death supplies one of the most effective of all motives for righteousness and godly living. Selfishness, cruelty, vice, crime and wickedness in every form flourish among people who entertain the conviction that death is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-doctrine-important.htm

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Lesson 19: Baptism Is Immersion If our Lord wanted people to be poured He would have inspired New Testament writers to use the Greek word "katacheo". But he didn't, so "baptizo" was used, which can only mean to immerse. Let's look in the Bible to see how people were ... This cannot be said of sprinkling or pouring. Next we turn to Acts 8:36-39. The evangelist, Philip, had been teaching the gospel or good news of Christ to an Ethiopian eunuch while they were riding along in a chariot. Then in verses 36-39 we read: "Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, See here is water, what hinders me from being baptized? And Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, you may. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. So ... But we then ask the question, where then did sprinkling or pouring come from? The first recorded case in all of early church history was that of Novatian in 251 AD, who lay sick on his bed and water was poured on him. Who made this first ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/salvation-19-baptism-is-immersion.htm

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Jehovah's Witness leaders sympathized with Hitler Click to View The Jehovah's Witnesses are proud of their war-record, and are today writing articles about how they were the only church resisting Hitler and his Nazi government. The basic problem is that while rank and file Jehovah's Witnesses were indeed unjustly persecuted by Hitler, the ... Reichskanzler, as well as the high officials of the German Reich and its countries, with a document of the fact that the Bible Re searchers of Germany only have one goal in their work, namely to lead people back to God and to be witnesses of the Name of Jehovah, the most high, the father of our Lord and redeemer Jesus Christ. We are convinced that you, Mr. Reichskanzler, will not have such activities ... Jehovah God persecutes no one, but permits each one to choose his own course, holding him responsible for his acts according to knowledge. Jehovah God has emphatically expressed his anger against those who do persecute others who are trying to serve him; and this proves that those who ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-hitler.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Isaiah 45:23-24 = Philippians 2:9-11 ... The act of bowing to Jesus brings glory to God, just like "accepting one another brings glory to God" Rom 15:7; and "our eating or drinking or whatever we do brings glory to the Father" (1 Cor 10:31); or "Let your light shine before men (our actions) in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven." Mt 5:16. There is no avoiding the forceful conclusion that every knee will bow to Jesus! Just as Isaiah 45:23-24 prophesied! Anti-Trinitarian rebuttal #3 Jesus was given his high name, therefore he did not always have this high status and therefore he cannot be God, for God's name is always high. Acts 2:36 says Jesus was made Lord and Christ. ... Joint co-worship of Father and Jesus Both are co-recipients of worship Heb 1:6; Rev 5:11-14; Matt 14:33; 28:9; John 9:38; Rev 19:10 Both are co-recipients of the kind of "service" that is only allowed to God: Matt 4:10; Rev 22:3f Greek--latreuo; cf. ). Notice the identical structure in Rev 20:6 speaks of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-philippians9-11.htm

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The Septuagint, LXX, origin, textual transmission, synagogues ... I. Chronological Birth and function of the Septuagint: 1. 282 BC: Birth of the Septuagint (LXX): Historical accounts of the Greek Torah translation process in 282 BC 2. 280 BC: Birth of Synagogues: Synagogues originated at Alexandria Egypt in 280 BC spawned by the Septuagint 3. 150 BC: Septuagint Completed (Gen - Malachi): All Old Testament books 9Tanakh) ... Shem died before Abraham was born. 2. Shem was second-born and NOT Melchizedek. Japheth "the Great" was firstborn in the LXX. 3. Angels are commanded to worship Jesus Christ in Deut 32:43 in the LXX (Heb 1:6) 4. The 70 weeks of Daniel 9 end in 33 AD with the resurrection of Christ in the LXX. III. Single textual variants in the Old Testament: LXX vs. MT 1. Methuselah was 187 years old when Lamech was born not 167: Gen 5:25 2. Jacob enters Egypt with 70 or 75 persons: Gen 46:27; Ex 1:5; Deut 10:22; Acts 7:14 3. Genesis Flood Chronology: Three calculated, deliberate variants in Gen 7:11; 8:4, 14. 4. 471 LXX Verses Identical with SP and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Old-Testment-Tanakh-ancient-Synagogues-first-century-church-PtolemyII-282-246BC.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Agatharchides of Cnidus "When Agatharchides (169 BC) had premised this story, and had jested upon Stratonice for her superstition, he gives a like example of what was reported concerning us, and writes thus: "There are a people called Jews, who dwell in a city the strongest of all other cities, which the inhabitants call Jerusalem, and ... Vessels: Stoneware cups and wash basins 4. Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 5. Artwork: Heart-Shaped Columns 6. The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus Master ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Agatharchides-of-Cnidus-169bc.htm

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3 secret reasons why Seventh-day Adventists keep the sabbath Vow #8: "I accept the Biblical teaching of spiritual gifts, and believe that the gift of prophecy is one of the identifying marks of the remnant church." Vow #11: I know and understand the fundamental Bible principles as taught by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is my purpose, by the grace of God, to order my life in harmony with these principles Vow #13: people of every nation, race, and language are invited and accepted into its fellowship. I desire to be a member in ... They also make clear that the Bible is the standard by which all teaching and experience must be tested. Support is found in these Bible passages: Joel 2:28,29: Acts 2:14-21: Hebrews 1:1-3: Revelation 12:17: Revelation 19:10" Don't believe it? Check it out: ... from the 1890s to about 1930. This shift was started by Ellen White while she was in Australia with here books, Desire of Ages, Thoughts From the Mount of Blessings, Steps to Christ, Christ Object Lessons and the first chapters of Ministry of Healing. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-White-halo.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) And many common-sense people learn it. Only administrators in theological systems find this principle hard to accept. The more conservative the religious body and the people who subscribe to the creed, the more difficult it is to make the mental adjustment that is necessary. In the extreme, if the theological administrators and their people have accepted the delusion that their truth, their God, ... acts and utterances to the virtuous and miraculous level, thus reinforcing the idea of the supernatural connection; (c) to deny access to information and records of the events and facts of the past; and (d) to buy time so as to get as far as possible from the point of living knowledge of the beginnings of the legend. All four of these methods have been used by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, ... The most dangerous result I see from the many divergent discussions in the church today, has to do with what I call the Cheap Gospel.". . We must trust in the finished work of Christ; but of equal ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH12-incidents.htm

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Does It Matter What We Believe As Long As We Are Honest? He was honest and sincere, however, God destroyed him very soon afterward because of this disobedience. The ardent Jewish Pharisee, Saul of Tarsus, persecuted the church in the days soon after it's establishment, and brought many Christians to trial and death. He did Christ a very great wrong because he wanted to please God. But Saul did all these things with a sincere and honest conscience; years later, this same man (now a Christian) said, as recorded in Acts 23:1, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day". Men still say, "God will be pleased with your life and your worship as long as you are honest and sincere in your heart". The story about the good father is an earthly example to show that honesty and sincerity are not always the key to being pleasing to the one in authority. The stories about the prophet and Saul are only two of a host of examples which show that the actions of sincere and honest people are not, necessarily, pleasing to God, and if God is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-honesty-enough.htm

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Why Pentecostals say, "knoweldge is of the Devil" (anti-intellectualis ... Acts 22:3 "although I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more: circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless." Phil. 3:4-6 These quotes are from prominent Charismatics and Pentecostals For more details on ... The Shakers consequently saw no need for Bibles but gave themselves up to be led and guided entirely by the operations of the Spirit of God. (The People Called the Shakers, Edward Deming Andrews, p 98) Branham, William Click to View often denounced what he called the ... He said that while he and evangelist Steve Hill do preach sermons that are simple and easy to understand, the signs and miracles are what actually turn people to Christ, not the Word of God. "We've heard so many sermons and so much of the Word of God that we've ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-anti-intellectualism.htm

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Sunday: The weekly memorial of the new creation and our deliverance ... The first day of the week (Sunday) Click to View The weekly memorial of the new creation and our deliverance from sin. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2 Cor 5:17) A. Tradition of Jews vs. the tradition of Christians: Christians worship on a new day with new meaning! The Sabbath was only for Jews! Only Jews were given the Sabbath, not Gentiles who have never been slaves in Egypt or delivered out of physical slavery by the power of God. Who was commanded to keep the Sabbath? Jews who had been slaves in Egypt! Why were they to remember ... B. In honor of our new creation and new redemption, Christians honor the day that made it all possible - the first day of the week: The resurrection of Christ was on the first day of the week. This is the foundation of the Christian religion. The Church began on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2). Pentecost was always on the first day of the week. The promise of the Spirit ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-memorial-new-creation.htm

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Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff ... ... Only an inaccurate exegesis which overlooks the more immediate grounds of interpretation can see references to the Trinity in the plural form of the divine name Elohim, the use of the plural in Gen. i. 26, or such liturgical phrases of three members as the Aaronic ... It affirms that God is not only the ruler of the universe, but the Father of Christ, in whom he is perfectly revealed, and the source of a holy and blessed life which transforms nature and is realized in the Church. It constitutes the distinctive characteristic of Christianity as contrasted with Judaism and paganism and is a modification of Christian monotheism." (New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia, Trinity, Doctrine of the; p18) "Only thus much is true, that ... says, Look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, only for a season; but the things which are not seen are eternal (cf. II Cor. iv. 18). The philosophy of Plato is eminently theistic. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm

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Why are most Jehovah's Witnesses former Roman Catholics? Both consider God to be the head of the world organization. Both the Pope and the Governing body both claim inspiration. Both organizations are "spirit directed" by God. A simple definition of both is as follows: "Definition of a Catholic/Jw: ... Newman, but anticipated by the German theologian Mohler in his work, Symbolik. This hermeneutic contended that Christ had committed to His Church certain seeds and germs of truth, destined afterwards to expand to definite forms; that He did not intend that the teaching ... No children are allowed in both. Catholic = monasteries; JW = Bethel Both withhold the Lord's Supper/communion from the common people. Only the governing body (the 144,000) of Jw's are allowed to have communion, the average "publisher" that ... Jehovah's Witnesses are Catholics wearing Sadduceeian coloured sunglasses TRUTH: The Bible is understandable by merely reading it: Eph 3:3-5 The Bible is the only guide for doctrine Creeds and the Watchtower are additions to the Bible that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-JW-converting.htm

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Four Hebrew Scripts: Mosaic, Hieroglyphic, Paleo, Aramaic, square ... During the time of Abraham Hebrew was a spoken language with no writing script of any kind or alphabet. The first record of Hebrew script is the signet ring seal Judah gave Tamar as a pledge in Gen 38. Legal contracts at this time were based upon rituals like placing a hand on the genitals or taking a shoe off. The Hebrew people acquired a double bonus under Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh by not only creating ... The Jews have used four different alphabets to spell out Hebrew words. The first is called "Hieroglyphic Hebrew" which was invented by Joseph and used by God in the Ten Commandments and Moses in the book of the Law that was placed on the side of the Ark of the Covenant. The shapes ... Just as first Hebrew alphabet prepared the way for the written law of Moses, so too the translating the 39 books of the Hebrew old testament into Greek prepared the way for the Church. At the birth of Christ, thousands of synagogues all over the world with their Greek Septuagint Old Testament and full ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Hebrew-ancient-earliest-writing-Bible-scripts-alphabets-origin-Mosaic-heiroglyphic-Paleo-Aramaic-Masoretic-Jewish-Greek.htm

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Cosmic Consciousness, Richard Maurice Bucke, 1901 AD ... It seems impossible to believe that as a race these creatures are self conscious." White people had evolved their "higher executive faculties" at a fast rate and this made them more susceptible to insanity. Bucke ... When his idol, mentor and fellow humanist, Walt Whitman died, he proclaimed, "The Christ is dead!" and dedicated his book to Whitman as possessing "The Most Exalted Moral Nature". He was also communist who looked forward to the classic Marxist "utopia" where religion would vanish when in the future every man will be his own god: "all religions known and named today will be melted down ... Each soul will feel and know itself to be immortal". Although the son of a church minister, he had very confused religious views that were a mix of atheism, humanism, Bahai, Buddhism, ... Even as it is, diverse as is our psychology, we do, by watching his acts, enter into the dog's mind pretty freely-we see what is going on there-we know that the dog sees and hears, smells and tastes- we know that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/cosmic-consciousness-richard-maurice-bucke-1901ad.htm

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Lesson 6: Christ Has Paid Our Penalty There is no other way. John 14:6 says, "Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: No man comes to the Father except through Me." The only way we can get to God is through Christ. We also read in Acts 4:12, "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." We cannot be ... Christ Has Paid Our Penalty (click on the button of the answer of your choice) 1) (Romans 5:6-10) If we are justified it will be by A Our own goodness. B Our church. C The blood of Christ. 2) T F Christ died for sinners like you and me. 3) (1 Peter 3:18) Christ suffered once for our sins, He is the just, A We are the ... C Was punishment Christ deserved. 10) T F Christ prayed to God for another way so he would not have to die. 11) (1 Peter 2:24) Whose sins did Christ bare when he died? A His own sins. B Our sins. C Only the sins of criminals. 12) T F Since Christ paid the price for everyone's sins then all people will be saved. Click ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/salvation-6-christ-paid-penalty.htm

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Is it OK that My church doesn't have Communion every Sunday? What the church did under the direction of the apostles must have been God's will. Let us look then at the record. In Chapter 20:7 of Acts, it is said that at Paul's return to Troas, "Upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to ... Pages 46 and 85 says: "The first of all the Christian churches founded by the apostles was that at Jerusalem; and after the form and model of this all the others of that age were constituted. That church, however, was governed immediately by the apostles, to whom the presbyters (or elders) and the deacons, or overseers of the poor, were subject. Though the people had not withdrawn themselves from the Jewish worship, yet they held their separate meetings, in which they were instructed by the apostles and presbyters (or elders), offered up their united prayers, celebrated the sacred supper, the memorial of Jesus Christ, and the salvation he procured . . . . The Christians of this century assembled for the worship of God and for their ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-frequency.htm

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THE PIRATES OF PRIVILEGE: Walter Rea Rocks the Seventh-day Adventist ... ... Whether her writings were inspired by God or not, these leaders repeatedly disregarded her specific counsels in regard to both the handling of the tithe monies and of the Church's investment practices in ... Also, the real landlord of those post offices turned out to be the Seventh-day Adventist Church with several hundred of its leaders and divines helping the Doctor launder his actions and money through the church's laundry.2 It is an incredible story, even for a people who had just been caught with its prophet lying about her gifts and her material.3 It ranks in size with the ... Did these men really believe what they preached to others that each day, week, month or year might bring the end of all things? These leaders were foremost in preaching the poverty of Christ, at least for ... For the deeds that you do with their motives tacked on Are reviewed by an impatient hoard For often the things that you thought were well done Were the acts that were largely ignored. So the wise and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-pirates-of-privilege.htm

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Examples of Mental Illness in the Bible Psychologists reject the moral code of the Bible and replace it with their own person standard of what is right and wrong in the DSM-5, known as the "Bible of Psychiatry". b. Psychologists will often identify church attendance and Bible reading as ... Psychologists are trained to give no actual advice, but ask reflective questions to have the person find solutions from within their own self. Of course, many people do not have the solution inside them. Why would anyone seek a professional ... The devil loves Psychologists. 3. The mental health industry (Psychiatrists, Psychologists, social workers, certified councilors etc.) is rotten to the core and stands for the exact opposite to the will of God, Jesus Christ and the message of the Bible: a. ... Corresponding insanity behaviours. 1. Balaam: 2 Peter 2:15-16 2. David: 1 Samuel 21:12-15 3. King Saul: 1 Samuel 18:10-12 4. Nebuchadnezzar: Dan 4:30-33 5. John the Baptist: Mt 11:18 6. Jesus: John 10:20-21 7. Paul: Acts 26:24 learn more Suicide ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-bible.htm

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creed and beliefs of Baha'i Faith: A brief history & notes on ... ... He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed". Mat. 21:42 italics text - Jesus quoting Psalms 118:22 Indeed the descendants of Isaac lost their inheritance as Christ had foretold. Within 50 years of this prophecy Jerusalem was destroyed and the people of Israel scattered. By the second century AD the Christian church was composed almost entirely of Gentiles. The people of Israel had failed to meet the terms of the covenant established by God with Isaac and were therefore no longer permitted to occupy the holy land. This does not mean that God failed to keep his promise to Abraham. Aside ... Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about him; and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul why do you persecute me?" And he said, "Who are you Lord"? And He said, "I am Jesus," Acts 9:3 For I (Paul) delivered to you as of the first importance what I also received , that Christ died ... ... https://www.bible.ca/creed-bahai-beliefs.htm

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Angels commanded to worship Jesus Christ in Deut 32:43: Textual ... ... For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the ... But to which of the angels has He ever said, "Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies A footstool for Your feet"?" (Hebrews 1:1-13) b. The parallel use of Him to refer to two people in Rev 20:6 proves Rev 22:3 refers to both Jesus and the Father. i. Both are co-recipients of worship Heb 1:6; Rev 5:11-14; Matt 14:33; 28:9; John 9:38; Rev 19:10 ii. Both are co-recipients of the kind of "service" that is only allowed to God: Matt 4:10; Rev 22:3f Greek--latreuo) iii. Notice the identical structure in Rev 20:6 speaks of Christ or both, but not the Father alone. "but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years." Rev 20:6 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Book-of-Deuteronomy-32-43-Angels-Worship-Jesus-Bible-Manuscript-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-Tanakh-Septuagint-LXX-Masoretic-Text-MT-scribal-gloss-copying-error.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Herodium 66 AD ... a synagogue and following this set pattern would suggest that this pattern or typology was well entrenched in the thinking of the Jewish people in the first century." (Archeology and the NT, Craig Evans, NT307, Herodium, 2014 AD) e. ... 4. Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 5. Artwork: Heart-Shaped Columns 6. The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" ... a providential sign, out of which when he had unexpectedly escaped, he had the reputation of being very dear to God; for that evening there feasted with him many of the principal men; and after that feast was over, and all the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Herodium-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-bema-mikveh-mikvaot-free-standing-columns-open-air-first-jewish-revolt-66ad.htm

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The Clinical Textbook of Biblical Psychiatry: home page Read with an open mind. Find a church in my hometown for me to attend. . Click to View "The spirit of a man can endure a sick body, but who can bear a broken spirit?" (Prov 18:14) Click to View Six pillars of the Clinical Textbook of Biblical Psychiatry The Foundation is Jesus Christ, "Doctor of the Soul": "For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 3:11). The Bible: "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the ... Law: "They have beaten us in public without trial, men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed!" (Acts 16:37) Jails and asylums are two behaviour control ... Psychiatric Self-Diagnostic System: 1. Fifteen Master Diagnostic Laws EDS-7.7 a. Law of Narcissistic Behaviour Choice (NBC) EDS-7.7.1.NBC "People choose to engage in behaviours from which they derive some personal ... ... https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/welcome.htm

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Extra-Biblical oral apostolic tradition does not exist today ... So they move forward on the assumption that these later century Catholics must have gotten their ideas from someplace, so that proves that the Church always believed in these two dogmas. They then define the dogmas and their definition of them acts as final ... Hence, both Scripture and Tradition must be accepted and honored with equal feelings of devotion and reverence... . It is clear therefore that, in the supremely wise arrangement of God, sacred Tradition, sacred Scripture and the Magisterium of the Church are so connected and associated that one of them cannot stand without the others" (Vatican II, Const. on Divine Revelation, Chp. 2, Sec. 9). "Christ did not leave his followers a religion in the sense of a 'package of clear ... We speak of these, not in words of human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, thus interpreting spiritual things in spiritual terms" (I Cor 2:10 13). "May you learn from us not to go beyond what is set down, so that none of you will grow self important by ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-tradition.htm

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What Early Christians believed about BAPTISM ... 2, pg. 216-217.) 150-200 AD CLEMENT "When he had given them these and such like precepts, he made proclamation to the people, saying: 'Since I have resolved to stay three months with you, if any one desires it, let him be baptized; that, ... they who are not born in the Church can be the sons of God! For the blessed apostle sets forth and proves that baptism is that wherein the old man dies and the new man is born, saying, 'He saved us by the washing of regeneration.' But if regeneration is in the washing, that is, in baptism, how can heresy, which is not the spouse of Christ, generate sons to God by Christ?" (Cyprian, "The Epistles of Cyprian," Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5, pg. 388) 200 AD Cyprian of Carthage "While I was lying in darkness . . . ... in Thy life, and perfect her in Thy perfection." ("The Acts of Philip," Author unknown, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 8, pg. 498) THEODOTUS "Now, regeneration is by water and spirit, as was all creation: 'For the Spirit of God moved on the deep.' ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-baptism.htm

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Geographic variation caused New Testament canon variation from ... 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 ... Spirit exclusively to His apostles. (Jn 16:12-13) This promise was fulfilled when the church is born on the day of Pentecost. (Acts 2:1) The 3000 who were baptized by immersion for the remission of their sins, (Acts 2:38-41) who have no canon at all, except for the Old Testament. ... This was due not only to the difficulty in circulating exactly the same books in communities stretching from Judea to Asia Minor to Gaul, but also to the sheer number of different texts being distributed. Many people simply assume that ... This is what I believe Jesus meant when he said, "Scripture cannot be broken." and 1 Peter 1:23 that the "word of the Lord endures forever." And the word of God is "living, and active, and sharper than any two edged sword" (Heb 4:12) By ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-why-varied-geography-30-400AD.htm

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Bible Miracles and Modern day impostors! The son died, but the father steadfastly insisted the Lord would raise the son from the dead in three days. This delusion did not come to pass. The minister of a 40 member church in Tennessee was freed of a manslaughter charge ... All of these miracles are authorized by the same text - the same text others very selectively choose as their basis for tongues-speaking or healing. Do not many people today believe in modern-day miracles? Yes, but such belief does not mean that it is authorized of the Word of God. Throughout human history there has been the spurious as well ... There would arise, Christ warned, "false Christ, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders. . ." (Matthew 24:24). Servants of Satan would be able to display "power, and signs and lying wonders" (II Thess. 2:9). The Apostle Paul explained that we should not be astonished that such false teachers would appear, "for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light" (II Cor. 11:14). A crucial question is how ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-miracles-today.htm

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Jacob enters Egypt with 70 or 75 persons: Exodus 1:5: Textual ... The Masoretic Text (MT) reads 70 persons in all three old Testament Texts: Gen. 46:17; Ex 1:5; Deut 10:22 b. The Septuagint (LXX) reads 70 persons in one text: Deut 10:22 c. The Septuagint (LXX) reads 75 persons in two texts: Gen. 46:27; Ex 1:5 d. The New Testament reads ... persons in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven." (Deut 10:22, MT) b. "With seventy people your fathers went down into Egypt, but now the Lord your God made you as the stars of heaven in number."" (Deut 10:22, LXX) 5. Stephen in the New Testament reads 75 persons: Acts 7:14 a. "Then Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all." (Acts ... Conclusion: 1. We find direct evidence through the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q1 and 4Q13) for two different Hebrew manuscripts in use at the same time long before the time of Christ that read 75 persons: a. This proves that the Greek Septuagint was translated in 282 BC with ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Book-of-Exodus-1-5-Jacob-enters-Egypt-70-75-persons-Bible-Manuscript-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-Tanakh-Septuagint-LXX-Masoretic-Text-MT-scribal-gloss-error.htm

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Door Knocking as a method of Evangelism I believe that one of the most beneficial therapies for a Christian, even surmounting the golf green, is simply walking and knocking doors. The early disciples went "from house to house" (Acts 5:42). ... The Therapy of Soul Cleansing Nothing will do more to make one feel right about his standing with God than being about his Father's business. Jesus was doing that at age 12. One must undergo the experience of what I am talking about before he can effectively reflect upon it. A young lady in the church told me recently that it made her feel a lot better to be out knocking on doors. Somehow all the ... chair out from under his feet, having a rope about his neck, when some of our people saved his life by knocking on his door when he was within an inch of his suicide. We never know who is going to come to the door, and the sour notes who do are greatly offset by the good one can do actually trying to reach lost souls for Jesus. We are hunting for "big game" when we are knocking doors for Christ! ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-door-knocking.htm

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Our Sanctification comes from faith in Christ, not Sabbath Keeping ... ... Eze 13:9 "So My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will have no place in the council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am the Lord God. Mt 9:6 "But in order that ... Ex 7:17 'Thus says the Lord, "By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it shall be turned to blood. Jos 3:10 And Joshua said, "By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will assuredly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite. Heb 10:10 By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. "a sign" Passover blood Ex 12:13 and Circumcision Gen 17:11 were also signs. So Sabbatarians slaughter the seder lamb ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath-by-this-you-know.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Inscription from Xenephyris, Egypt 139 BC Literary date: none 6. Contemporary Rulers: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, King of Ptolemy (145-116 BC) 7. References: a. JIGRE #24; Corpus Inscriptionum Judaicarum II, Jean-Baptiste Frey, 2.1441, 1952 AD 8. Related Literary references: a. Acts 16:13; Philo, Embassy 132-134; Josephus Life 277 B. Inscription ... Vessels: Stoneware cups and wash basins 4. Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 5. Artwork: Heart-Shaped Columns 6. The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus Master ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Xenephyris-Egypt-synagogue-Greek-inscriptions-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-PtolemyVIII-Cleopatra-proseuche-house-of-prayer-prostates-139bc.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses a replica of the Roman Catholic church! Both "explain away" doctrinal changes, reversals and flip-flops by claiming "new light". Both view every other church as heretical and false. No salvation outside of their organization. The word of ... Both have system of monasteries where "most holy and dedicated" selflessly pledge to do the "work for God" without any material rewards. No children are allowed in both. Catholic = monasteries; JW = Bethel Both cover up sexual molestation between men and children. We know that pedophilia can happen anywhere, schools, sports teams and churches. Covering up such acts is wrong. The CBC program, "The ... They just switched organizations and creeds TRUTH: The Bible is understandable by merely reading it: Eph 3:3-5 The Bible is the only guide for doctrine Creeds and the Watchtower are additions to the Bible that actually entrench doctrines that differ from the Bible forever. Salvation is an individual matter that is fundamentally rooted in faith in Jesus Christ and does not dependent upon any ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-catholic.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Inscription from Athribis, Egypt: 194 BC Literary date: none 6. Contemporary Ruler: Ptolemy V Epiphanes King of Ptolemy (204-180 BC) 7. References: a. JIGRE #28; Corpus Inscriptionum Judaicarum II, Jean-Baptiste Frey, 2.1444, 1952 AD 8. Related Literary references: a. Acts 16:13 b. Philo, Embassy 132-134 c. Josephus, Life 277 9. Further documentation ... Vessels: Stoneware cups and wash basins 4. Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 5. Artwork: Heart-Shaped Columns 6. The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus Master ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Athribis-Egypt-synagogue-Greek-inscriptions-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-PtolemyV-Cleopatra-proseuche-prayer-Philotera-Benha-194bc.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Inscription from Nitriani, Egypt 139 BC Literary date: none 6. Contemporary Rulers: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, King of Ptolemy (145-116 BC) 7. References: a. JIGRE #25; Corpus Inscriptionum Judaicarum II, Jean-Baptiste Frey, 2.1442, 1952 AD 8. Related Literary references: a. Acts 16:13; Philo, Embassy 132-134; Josephus Life 277 B. Inscription ... Vessels: Stoneware cups and wash basins 4. Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 5. Artwork: Heart-Shaped Columns 6. The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus Master ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Nitriani-Egypt-synagogue-Greek-inscriptions-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-PtolemyVIII-Cleopatra-proseuche-appurtenances-Natrun-139bc.htm

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Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet Vision 12/1844) "It was just as impossible for them (those that gave up their faith in the 1844 movement) to get on the path again and go to the city, as all the wicked world which God had rejected. ... published works." . . . "And here I pause to state that any of our people having in their possession a copy of any or all of my first views, as published prior to 1851, will do me a great favor if they will send them to me without delay." SELECTED MESSAGES 1 p. 60 "It is well known that many were expecting the Lord to come at the 7th month, 1845. That Christ would then come we firmly believed. ... the sight of GOD." Spiritual Gifts Vol 1-p. 189. White blames her failed prophecy on the members of the Seventh-day Adventist church! "Thus the work was hindered, and the world was left in darkness. ... entered the holy of holies, and there appears in the presence of God, to engage in the last acts of His ministration in behalf of man-to perform the work of investigative judgment, and to MAKE ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-prophecy-blunders.htm

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Christianity Wasn't Influenced by Pagan Religions! ... While a tendency toward eclecticism or synthesis developed after A.D. 300, each of the mystery cults was a separate and distinct religion during the century that saw the birth of the Christian church. Moreover, each mystery cult assumed ... The cults used many different means to affect the emotions and imaginations of initiates and hence bring about "union with the god": processions, fasting, a play, acts of purification, blazing lights, and esoteric liturgies. This lack of any emphasis on correct belief marked an important difference between the mysteries and Christianity. The Christian faith was exclusivistic in the sense that it recognized only one legitimate path to God and salvation, Jesus Christ. The mysteries were inclusivistic in ... The sort of death that they died is quite different (hunting accident, self-emasculation, etc.)."[14] (3) Jesus died once and for all (Heb. 7:27; 9:25-28; 10:10-14). In contrast, the mystery gods were vegetation deities whose repeated deaths and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan-christianity.htm

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Parenting Encyclopedia: How to raise God fearing kids! Click to View A Guide to surviving church services with small kids! Click to View Poem: When your child quits attending church. Click to View The results of NOT Disciplining Children the Bible way! ... Click to View How To Understand Your Teenager & the Bible Click to View Could my children's faith in Santa destroy their faith in God? Click to View Parenting Ephesians 6:4 1. Multitude of books on ... I. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY - FATHERS, Eph.6:4. A. Why? Fathers responsible as overseers. 1. Doesn't eliminate mothers, II Tim.1:5; Tit.2:3-5. 2. Mothers operate under father's authority. B. Fathers ... Expect immediate results (instant coffee, minute rice).Try 2 or 3 days and see no change. Establishing new patterns takes 2 or 3 weeks. d. Young people want rules; to know limits, what to expect. e. ... positive goal in mind, backed up with the rod. 2. "Discipline of Lord" includes chastening, Heb.12:5-6. 3. Rod is Biblical, Prov.13:24; 19:18 KJ; 23:13, 14; 29:15. 4. Prov.22:6, "Will not depart." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/parenting.htm

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Irrefutable questions that Roman Catholics can't answer ... Why did God fail to provide an inspired and infallible list of Old Testament books to Israel? Why would God suddenly provide such a list only after Israel was destroyed in 70 AD? How could the Jews know that books of Kings or Isaiah were Scripture? If the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches both believes that the scripture: "the church is the pillar and foundation of truth" means the church is protected ... 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)? The Church Fathers believed what Paul said in Eph 3:3-5, that the scripture could be understood by merely reading it. They indicated that the scriptures ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-questions.htm

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Terah's begetting age of Abram: Terah was 130 not 70 years old ... Terah was 130 years old not 70 when Abraham was born. Because of a sloppy reading of Genesis 11:26, most people wrongly believe that Terah was 70 when Abraham was born. Historically, the Jews living from 300 BC down to 70 AD generally all misinterpreted the age to be 70 years old. In spite of Acts 7:4, several ancient Christian sources also got it wrong. Presently among modern Rabbinical ... In fact, Abraham left Haran the same year his father died at age 205, when Abraham was 75 proving Terah was 130 years old when Abraham was born. The variant reading in Gen 11:32 is suggested as a way to ... Today, we know Terah lived 205 years and begat Abraham at age 130. There never was a problem and it is always better to obey God in not changing the text of the Bible because your change you think ... Herein lies the fatal assumption made by many in the past. b. Abraham is first because he is in the bloodline of Christ not because he was firstborn. c. There is a pattern in the Bible of listing second ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-Chronology-variants-theological-interpretation-Old-Testament-Book-of-Genesis-11-32-Terah-70-beget-abraham-born-130-years-textual.htm

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