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Recent content by lewiley

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    If the Devil wrote a Bible, he'd say...

    He would say, "So what if God SAYS... trust your god given instincts. Doesn't it please you senses? Listen to your inner being." Actually, he did say that.
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    Keeping Torah Was Not a Way of Salvation

    Genesis 26:5 "because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” These are the same words used to describe the Torah. So, Abraham kept the Torah 400 years before it was recorded. How? you might ask. I would say he loved God and his neighbor. It is a...
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    Why did God say He created evil?

    Actually the full equation is: E2 = (pc)2 + (mc2)2 It includes the momentum term. Light has no mass but it has momentum and is affected by gravity. Reference How do you derive E2= (pc)2 + (mc2)2
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    Is it Sinful to Sing Hymns Other than the Psalms in Worship?

    I have a friend from the OPC who said they only sang Psalms. I asked about Psalm 137, in particular "Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!" He admitted they didn't necessarily sing all the Psalms.
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    Romans 9, neither Calvinist nor Arminian

    In the Hebrew there are two different words used for hardening. The first is to strengthen and the second is to become stubborn. Pharoah first strengthened his heart then he finally admitted he sinned then he became stubborn. That's when God hardened his heart in the second manner, because he...
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    Unscriptural but popular Christian Cliches

    This is a common misquote of 2 Cor 5:8: To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. Or how about, You can't get blood out of a turnip. (Cain and Abel)
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    If the beginnings of Genesis aren't literally true, then what way are they true?

    I understand Einstein's theory of relativity. I know how the first 24hrs of a Big Bang expansion could be measured as 8 billion years of our time at our speed. I don't think, however, that it is relevant to the text as narrative. I think the Author is addressing something else with the seven...
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    If the beginnings of Genesis aren't literally true, then what way are they true?

    I've seen this discussion so many times but rarely has anyone discussed what "literally" means because I never see OT Hebrew scholars weigh in. Therefore, "literally" means according to the standard English translations. Well, there are many grammatical difficulties in the first chapter that are...
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    Design...actual or not and why?

    Maybe all you need to create a universe is a big explosion and time. Gravity would form some patterns and there would be a appearance of design. Gravity and Hydrogen and a couple of billion years and just like magic you have a universe, but it's not that simple. What if gravity is too strong...
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    "Death" in Gen. 2:17 and Rom. 5:12

    It must have been plan A since Christ was crucified before the foundation of the world. Some commentators consider the death in Gen. 2:17 as a death sentence. I think it was spiritual death. Jesus didn't sin, therefore he was not under the curse. Other than his spiritual life he looked and...
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    a passage that confuses me

    It's possible that these two verses are part of a hymn. They do, however, give a fitting conclusion to the discussion about the Sabbath rest by appealing to the nature and authority of the Word of God. The same word that addressed the Israelites in the desert still speaks to us today.
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    2011 Bible Study - Genesis 4-6, Matthew 2

    The author doesn't say sacrifice, but offering or gift. The reason for Cain's gift may be an attempt to "buy off" the Lord. A gift to the boss may be an expression of gratitude, or it may an attempt to make him happy.
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    Are Jews still God's Chosen People ?

    I think your real inquiry is to the keeping of the law. Let me try to be brief but lay out some important passages. Exodus 19:5-6 "Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be wmy treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; 6 and you...