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The Greatest Commandment - Loving God with all our 1) heart, 2) soul, and 3) strength
Jesus highlights Deuteronomy 6:5 as the greatest commandment in the law. This commandment highlights three aspects of loving God, specifically with our hearts, our souls, and our strengths.
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all…
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Why did Jesus use the expression, "very truly I tell you"?
I used to think nothing of it until someone said, "it makes you wonder what he was saying the rest of the time".
Now I don't believe for one moment Jesus was a liar, but why did He use that strange expression?
One of 26 examples exists here:
John…
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What support is there for the Jehovah’s Witness translation of John 1:1?
Rather than the more traditional “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” Jehovah’s Witnesses use the New World Translation, which gives John 1:1 as “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,…
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Where are the tombs of Jesus' original 12 Apostles
I would like a list of the twelve Apostles, correlated with their most probable burial location. I understand that many reliquaries containing parts of their bodies were distributed throughout Christendom, but if there is a "primary" burial location…
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What does the Bible say about Science?
It's a debate that atheists seem to thrive on. Fact vs. Faith.
Personally, I believe in a co-existence of the two, but I'm interested in what the Bible has to say about us learning about our environment and explaining His creations rather than…
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What is the Biblical basis for saying that wives can divorce their physically abusive husbands?
Some Christians teach that it is acceptable to divorce a physically abusive spouse. Some would even say that someone in that situation should do so. What is the Biblical basis for this?
Society would generally say that the sane response would be to…
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What are the steps to become Confirmed in the Catholic church?
What are the steps you have to take (general steps not necessarily church specific) as someone raised in the Catholic church to become Confirmed?
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What is the scientific effectiveness of "street preaching" as a method of evangelization?
I've been looking around for hard facts on the efficacy of street preaching but can't find any. Are there any hard numbers on the number of people who come to faith through this kind of evangelism? Has its efficacy changed over time? In Acts 2 Peter…
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Was the Last Supper not the Passover meal?
The accepted answer on How long was Jesus in the tomb? would only have been possible if the Last Supper was not the Passover meal, which I had always thought it was. Was the Last Supper in fact not the Passover meal?
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A Christian view of Mohammad
I would like to present a summary of the Muslim point of view about Christ and in return I ask for the same: Who was Muhammad according to Christians? It's not about who is right or wrong. I just want to know the general point of view.
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Under what conditions does the Bible support divorce?
It seems that Jesus talks out against divorce. But in other places, divorce is allowed. How does this all play out and where does the bible really stand on this? Is it a sin or is it just part of the culture?
I'm seeking the exegesis of…
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Was John the Baptist Elijah?
This should be straightforward, as John the Baptist explicitly says that he isn't:
John 1:19-21 (ESV)
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" 20 He confessed, and did…
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How old is the idea of premillenial rapture?
Wikipedia claims that the doctrine of rapture was first formed in the 17th century:
The concept of the Rapture, in connection with premillennialism, was expressed by the 17th-century American Puritan father and son Increase and Cotton Mather. They…
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Since God provided for the forgiveness of sins in the Old Testament, why do we need Jesus?
I thought of this when I was researching this question.
Leviticus 4 goes into great detail about the sacrifice that must be made in order for a sin to be forgiven. However, we see here that God actually provided a way for these sins to be…
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Did Augustine teach sola fide?
It is popularly taught that the reformers declared five distinctive elements of theology that differentiated them from Rome: salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, for the glory of God alone, as sufficiently taught in…
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