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    Judging

    Belle has just told me that she is leaving, which is a pity becuase she is an asset on this board, and it is sad that she feels driven to do this.
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    101 Things To Do During A Dull Sermon

    Some years ago the Wittenburg Door put out a book called ' 101 Things To Do During A Dull Sermon' by Tim Sims and Dan Pegoda. Here is a portion: A Modest Proposal Write a letter to the church board proposing a lottery to help finance the new building program. Be certain you have done...
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    To tithe, or not to tithe?

    For my part, I have learned to not view the matter as being 'mine' and 'his'; instead, I now understand that ten percent of my increase belongs to God. I am not motivated by OT Law or NT freedom (not to suggest that I disreguard either of them, but they aren't the measure of how I make my...
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    a day for the crucifixion

    The real essence of my question has to do with the two verses, John 12:1 and 12:12. Quote: 'Jesus came to Bethany six days before the Passover,' and quote: 'On the next day....Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.' In short, these two verses place the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem as being 5 days...
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    a day for the crucifixion

    I want to ask about John 12:1 and 12:12. In the first verse we see that Jesus arrived at Bethany, and we are told it was six days before the Passover. The second verse says that Jesus made his entry to Jerusalem the next day. Given that Jesus presumably wouldn't have travelled on the Sabbath...
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    7 churches in revelation

    Although it's not reasonable to rule out the possibility that the seven churches of Revelation might be refering to certain Church periods that were to follow, I found that I couldn't be as certain on this point as I once was, and now I am more inclined to doubt this interpretation. Having...
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    What is a heretic?

    The span of most of history has been that the educated few have held control of the majority view of biblical interpretation. This began to change with the printing-press making Bibles more easily available, increases in general literacy, and most recently, the web, on which anyone with a...