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April 9, 2023
Published by Carlos Xavier at April 9, 2023
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From Word Biblical Commentary on Hebrews 7:18-19 The argument begun in v 11 is brought to a conclusion in vv 18–19. In v 11 the writer […]
April 9, 2023
Published by Carlos Xavier at April 9, 2023
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In Matt 25:46 Jesus warns that the wicked “will go away to eternal punishment.” The Greek word translated “eternal” means of or belonging to an age […]
April 9, 2023
Published by Carlos Xavier at April 9, 2023
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The first big debate of the early church was whether or not Gentiles needed to get physical circumcision in order to follow the Law of Moses. […]
March 20, 2023
Published by Carlos Xavier at March 20, 2023
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by Sarah Jimenez You can probably think of some lies the world tells, things you might hear around you – maybe from TV, from other people, […]
February 25, 2023
Published by Carlos Xavier at February 25, 2023
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In Matthew 28.19 Jesus commands his followers to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the […]
November 8, 2022
Published by Carlos Xavier at November 8, 2022
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From the book Jesus in the Church’s Gospels: Modern Scholarship and the Earliest Sources By John Reumann · 1968 Ask any hundred New Testament scholars around […]
November 8, 2022
Published by Carlos Xavier at November 8, 2022
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Setting the Stage Lion’s den = humans threatened by beasts; People of God reject pagan worship; People of God are released from the furnace and den […]
November 8, 2022
Published by Carlos Xavier at November 8, 2022
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by Gregory Boyd As people who live in a democracy, Christians are certainly free to express their opinions however they see fit. But if one chooses […]
October 6, 2022
Published by Carlos Xavier at October 6, 2022
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From What is a Jew? by Rabbi Maurice Kertzer, 1978. BELIEF in the coming of the Messiah–a descendant of the House of David who would redeem […]
October 6, 2022
Published by Carlos Xavier at October 6, 2022
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In his letters to the Galatians and Colossians Paul addresses problems that concern both Jewish and Gentile Christians. The problem includes an unusual mixing of Gnostic-Gentile […]
October 6, 2022
Published by Carlos Xavier at October 6, 2022
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From Announcing the Reign of God, Mortimer Arias, 2001, pp 115f. One thing is absolutely clear: we need to claim and to recover the totality of the […]
September 9, 2022
Published by Carlos Xavier at September 9, 2022
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John 1:14 famously says when the word of God became a human person people saw the glory of God in His uniquely procreated Son. As a […]