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Do all Oriental Orthodox Christians believe that the Ark is in Ethiopia or just Ethiopian Orthodox Christians?

Mia Love likely lost Republican votes for standing up against Donald Trump when he was wrong and in favor of civil rights, but she did the right thing.

The Million Man March was an event for people of all faiths: “Allah” is the Arabic word for God, used both in the Koran and in Arabic translations of the Bible: While there is indeed violence in the Koran, there’s more violence in the Bible: The African Ancestors of Jesus

Najeeb Azar was the president of the Seventh-Day Adventists' Jordanian Mission. When he immigrated to the United States, the official Adventist church wouldn't provide him a job, so he became a successful small businessman instead. After being apparently turned away from the Adventist church...

Najeeb Azar was the president of the Seventh-Day Adventists' Jordanian Mission. When he immigrated to the United States, the official Adventist church wouldn't provide him a job, so he became a successful small businessman instead. After being apparently turned away from the Adventist church...

The Democratic Party might have worthy policy proposals like police reform and extending unemployment benefits for people in hard times, but there’s one big problem. If politicians cannot be trusted on the right to life, the most fundamental human right on which all other rights hinge, then...

Judaism has never expected that Gentiles follow the Mosaic law. Instead, we are under the Noahide Law, which was reaffirmed in the Acts of the Apostles' Council of Jerusalem. There had to have been a moral law before the Torah was even given. That's all the laws of Noah are, the universal...

Open theism was taught by the medieval Jewish philosopher Gersonides, as well as other medieval Jewish thinkers, based on Genesis 22:12, as well as other scriptures where God appears to react based on human decisions. Genesis 22:12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” He said. “Do not do anything to...

Open theism was taught by the medieval Jewish philosopher Gersonides, as well as other medieval Jewish thinkers, based on Genesis 22:12, as well as other scriptures where God appears to react based on human decisions. Genesis 22:12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” He said. “Do not do anything to...

I would like to visit an Adventist church but I might have a major disagreement with Adventism. I believe that the millenial kingdom will be on earth after a post-tribulation rapture, rather than in heaven. Are Adventists allowed to have difference of opinion regarding the location of the...

I would like to visit an Adventist church but I might have a major disagreement with Adventism. I believe that the millenial kingdom will be on earth after a post-tribulation rapture, rather than in heaven. Are Adventists allowed to have difference of opinion regarding the location of the...

This is my results from Selectsmart's religion quiz: 1. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (100%) 2. Seventh Day Adventist (86%) 3. Orthodox Judaism (85%) 4. Roman Catholic (84%) 5. Eastern Orthodox (84%) 6. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (83%) 7. Church of Jesus Christ...

Calvinists often dismiss criticisms of unconditional election, insisting that it must be true, despite being contrary to reason. The Bible, on the other hand, reveals that God is a God of reason: Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet...

Perhaps because of their commitment to nonviolence, the dominant theory of atonement in the Anabaptist movement has been the Christus Victor theory of atonement: The Christus Victor theory of atonement was the dominant theory in the early church, especially as articulated by Athanasius of...

Can you please help me to understand Eastern Orthodoxy's position on election and predestination? I am expecting that it will be very different from Calvinism, given that Calvinism was based on Augustinianism.

Since N. T. Wright is the gold standard of conservative Biblical scholarship today, it's worth hearing what he has to say about predestination and election as taught in scripture: It seems Wright understands election as a corporate election of the church, for anyone who freely chooses to be...

According to Calvinism's theodicy, all evil acts in the world are sovereignly decreed by God, according to His purposes, however hidden from us they might be. If your daughter is raped, for example, their theodicy would tell you to find solace in the belief that it was all part of God's...

I've always loved John Piper. Now I better understand why. In his heart of hearts, John Piper, like John Calvin, agrees with unlimited atonement. John Calvin: Not a Calvinist Ecclesiastes 7:18 It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes...

While I disagree with open theism, it's a false accusation that open theism is a modern innovation. Open theism was taught by the medieval Jewish philosopher Gersonides, as well as other medieval Jewish thinkers, based on Genesis 22:12. Genesis 22:12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” He said. “Do...

If the pretribulation rapture weren't contrary to the plain meaning of scripture and the post-tribulation rapture premillennialism taught in the early church, I'd probably be a dispensationalist. The Anabaptists, the historical forerunners of the Baptist faith, believed in premillenialism but...