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Resources for Learning to Read the Greek New Testament
There are many wonderful resources available for learning Greek that provide an alternative to attending a Bible college or seminary. Here are some reasons why I do not recommend learning Greek at a...
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Highlights from John Chrysostom Sermon against Homos
Excerpts from "Homily 4 on Romans" by John Chrysostom (4th Century A.D.)ROM. I. 26, 27.-"For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that...
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Official Letter from Netherlands on Pastor Anderson ban
Map of the "Schengen area." The navy blue area shows the countries I was banned from this week, bringing the total up to 31 countries that I am now banned from.This is a professional English...
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Schedule for FWBC Missions Conference (Jan 22-26, 2020)
Wednesday - Australia 5:00pm - Soul-winning @ FWBC 7:00pm - Preaching (Pastor Kevin Sepulveda) Song - "Jesus Loves Me” in English Thursday - Africa 10:00am - Preaching (Bro. Chris Segura & Pastor...
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It Doesn't Always Have to Be a Blockbuster
I was 17 years old, and tonight I was going to be preaching for the first time in my life at the “youth service” our new church was hosting. At the youth service, teenagers handled every part of the...
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The Hopi Tribe in Arizona
Two young Hopi women in 1920 The Hopi are a Native American tribe in Northern Arizona whose reservation lies within the borders of the Navajo reservation. Today they have a population of around...
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Dry Socket
For almost a week I had only slept about three hours per night because the pain was so intense. I had not even taken a Tylenol in over a decade, but now I was cycling maximum doses of Advil, Tylenol,...
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Animals are NOT People
“Animals are people, too. Animal radio!” So goes the jingle on XM’s Animal Radio station, and they are not the only ones making this outrageous claim. Billboards all over Arizona say,...
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Philosophical Problems with Evolution
There are two very different mainstream paradigms that seek to explain the origin of the wide variety of plants and animals that exist on the Earth today. One of these is Darwinian evolutionary...
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Here is a letter I wrote to an HR department, requesting that they grant their female employee the right to wear skirts and dresses to work:September 27, 2022To whom it may concern:This letter is to...
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Jonah as a Picture of the Jews at the time of Christ
Introduction The book of Jonah is about a prophet of Israel who did not understand that God is the God of the whole Earth. His view of God was so centered on the geography of Israel, that he thought...
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How was Nineveh "a city of three days' journey"?
What does the Bible mean in Jonah 3:3 when it calls Nineveh "a city of three days' journey"? One possibility is that this phrase is an idiom used to talk about a very large city. In this case, the...
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Why the Book of Jonah Should be Taken Literally as History
First I will give a few of the best arguments for Jonah not being literal, and then I will explain why Jonah should be read as a literal history.Arguments for Jonah not being literalFor me, the most...
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The Whole Armor of God
We as Christians are continually involved in spiritual warfare. On the one hand, Satan himself is seeking to devour us (1 Pet. 5:8), and on the other hand, the human enemies of the Gospel are...
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The Canon of Scripture
The English word "canon" comes from the Greek word κανών, which means "list,""rule," or "standard" (Klein 2017, 165). This Greek word is used in Philippians 3:16, where Paul tells the Philippians that...
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Ecology and the Christian Life
Our natural world consists of various ecological systems, in which plants and animals interact in complicated ways. A scriptural example of this is found in Psalm 104:10-21, which describes an...
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Christian Growth via the Internet
These days people are spending huge amounts of their time online, and this is especially true of young people. On the one hand, we could lament this and wish it were not so. On the other hand, we...
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Unity in the Local Church
Ephesians 4:7-16 is a great passage on the interconnectedness of Christians within the church. As members of the same body, we exert mutual spiritual influence as we engage and interact one with...
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What is the Gift of God in Ephesians 2:8?
Ephesians 2:8 is an important verse about salvation by faith, and in English translation, it ends with the statement, "And that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God." This verse is stating that...
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Beware of the Judaizers
Today there is a disturbing trend toward Judaizing, and the book of Galatians is more important than ever in countering this error. In modern America, the majority of Christian men are circumcised,...
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Spiritual and Human Elements to Our Understanding of the Bible
A unique attribute of the Bible is that it is written both by human authors and by God himself. As a result, it cannot simply be read like any other book without the aid of divine guidance. The Apostle...
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The Book of Judges and the Old English Epic Beowulf
Although the Old English epic Beowulf is not on its face a Christian poem, its author has clearly been influenced by the Bible. The poem makes no direct mention of anything in the New Testament, but it...
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Interview on Deep Shallow Dive Podcast
I really enjoyed doing this interview! We talked about: Salvation by faith alone Why modern evangelicals support Israel The truth behind the Scofield Bible Mormonism, Islam & Jehovah’s Witnesses...
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