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I did not say the US only executed serial killers. I'm fully aware the US system is broader in the crimes it executes people for. I'm not aware of any system that executes only serial killers but I'm saying that if a country is concerned about executing an innocent person by mistake, executing...

Lots of assumptions in your post. Having no death penalty does not prove there will be less violent crime. That's illogical. You mention Sweden as an example. Sweden is now number two on the list of rape countries, surpassed only by Lesotho in Southern Africa. Its gun crime has soared. Sweden’s...

I agree. There's a world outside the US and we're not just talking about that specific country. The system doesn't have to be as convoluted as theirs or as broad as executing people for just one murder. A system that executes only serial killers. The law would have to define the meaning of a...

Yes that was before DNA technology. Starting today how many would be wrongly convicted? We don't have many serial killers in the UK and I'm not aware of any that have been wrongly convicted.

Depends what the death penalty is for. I haven't known of any serial killers to be wrongly convicted. If there is then the law can be tweaked.

Hell is translated from 4 different words. Later translations than the KJV have replaced Hell with their original words in some passages. Old Testament Sheol means Pit or Grave. New Testament Hades seems to be the equivalent. Job asks to be hidden from God in Sheol. So that isn't Hell. Gehenna...

Hi Martyr's Crown, Thanks for your question. Yes I am a member of this church. I have been for about 3 years. I should stress that people do speak to me but as mentioned previously there are a few cliques where some simply don't ever speak or acknowledge me. I haven't spoken about this to...

If I can get my wife to go along to the other church and she feels more comfortable about going more often then that will be the clincher for me. It's only a small church of maybe 100 people and there are some nice people at my present church but there are a fair number that I have purposely...

I want my wife to be saved. She's reluctant to go to church anyway. I had talked her into going along to the other church then lockdown happened the week leading up to going so it never happened.

Thank you all for your thoughtful and informative replies. I really appreciate it. God Bless David

I am not sure if I am being legalistic, overly critical or whether my thoughts are actually correct. I have been attending a church for 5 years. I went to a few churches when I first felt led to go to church and I chose this one simply because it was close to home. However it is a Bible based...

Thanks. That's great to know. I've always wanted to know what the most reliable translation was and if JMc says it is then that's a pretty good endorsement. I'll keep an eye out for that new Bible.

Thanks JM. I have small phases of reading the KJV to try to get used to it but I still struggle with it and go back to NLT, NET or NKJV.

Once again, thank you David. I have decided to go for the MacArthur Study Bible 2nd edition to start with and see how I get on. Money permitting I think it's going to be gradual accumulation of other study Bibles and commentaries. I shall certainly keep in mind the Thompson chain reference as...

Thanks everyone for your replies. It's a really difficult choice as there are so many. Subject specific ones, individual ones e.g. MacArthur and ones where a group of people have written the study notes. I currently have ordinary Bibles in several different translations, NIV, NKJV, NLT, NET and...

Thank you. That's really useful to know. I had never heard of these commentaries.

Hi, It will be used for general bible study. I'm not looking for a specific one e.g Apologetics.

Hi All, I've been a Christian for almost 5 years, I read my bible every day and am now looking to get deeper into my studies by investing in a Study Bible. Could anyone give any pointers to what they consider the best study bible and why? Thanks David PS Dear Admins, I forgot to say, I hope...

There are quite a few comments on here asking why the earth looks old. Do we see things as old because we've been told they are old by scientists? If I am not mistaken the popular view of science is uniformitarianism. This is an assumption that how things are today they have always been that...

Done most of those. I have no doubt that the people, places and events existed and happened. I recently saw one documentary, Exodus:Patterns of Evidence by Tim Mahoney, an excellent piece of research into how historians have mis-undetstood the bible and based their historic timelines on that...