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Instead of answering my question, you merely repeated your post. So, to clarify your meaning… Should we put a sign on the door of our church that says “Non-believers Not Welcome”…? Berean Study Bible: If anyone comes to you This phrase indicates the presence of itinerant teachers or...

Yes, God can make lemonade out of lemons. Even terrible things can ultimately fit into His plans. But He does not approve or endorse everything. I do not have supernatural insight into what all Christians know, but we must be very careful with that word “approve”. When we jump from “God allows...

No, God will not violate freedom of choice to stop a person from doing something sinful. Allowing is absolutely not approving. Approve means to officially agree to, accept, and speak favorably of something. It indicates that an action, plan, or idea has been judged as pleasing and...

So you think churches should only let saved believers enter them? Unsaved people must not be allowed to go to church? How do you determine if a person is saved? Do you stand at the door and interrogate them? Make them fill out a questionnaire? Put a sign on the door that says “Non-believers...

Calvinists portray God as the author of sin. The Bible says God hates sin. God cannot contradict Himself by giving a command, then willing His command to be violated. God did not approve of Adam sinning, nor did God cause it to happen. Satan must love hearing Calvinists accuse God of...

You go way too far when you go from “God allowed it” to “God approved it.” God allows wicked people to die in their sins, but God does not approve of it. God gives us the freedom to make choices, so we can be held accountable, and He can be just when He judges us. Sin causes us to suffer, and...

I have never heard of literal interpretation as inclusive of non-literal metaphor, symbol, and figures of speech. Technically there is literal vs. figurative interpretation. A text means exactly what it says (walked on the sea) or it refers to a symbol, which has similar attributes but is...

Serious errors proliferate when a person uses AI Copilot to interpret words used in the Bible like “sea”. Whenever I see these copy and paste posts from chatbots, I immediately suspect there will be bad hermeneutics involved. But people put their trust in these ridiculous AI programs and quote...

The Aramaic word that is used in the Aramaic Bible for generation is sharbatha. Sharbatha (also spelled sharbta or sharbtha, ܫربܬܐ) literally means a race, tribe, family, nation — and on rare occasions, it can be used for generation. In other words, the most common usage of the Aramaic word...

Yes, upon awakening, we should not enjoy having had a sexual or violent dream, but should self reflect. There was something internal or external that triggered that ungodly dream. It is refreshing when we wake up from a dream about sharing our faith or other spiritual event.

Ever heard of deep state? Career federal bureaucracy?

But it doesn’t really matter, does it? The dead body is just a shell. The person has departed and is now with Christ. The ashes are relatively insignificant. We scatter the ashes or bury them somewhere, but what actually matters is where the soul has flown off to. God will resurrect us, no...

People say that embalming and burial show more respect for the human body. But cremation is more affordable. God can resurrect a person no matter what happens to their body. Christian martyrs were burned at the stake.