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Yes, but when you 'pray' to a dead 'saint' not just 'venerate', what is that? "The Hail Mary is a traditional Catholic prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. It asks Mary to pray for all sinners, and to communicate with God on our behalf. "...

Since C.S. Lewis said he was a converted Christian, why did they he, along with his close 'fellow christian' friend J.R.R. Tolkien write stories that contained or exalted elements of magic, wizards and witchcraft synonymous with paganism or worse that are condemned in the Bible...

That's seems to be pretty clear, but what about if you say a "prayer to Mary". Well when a person prays to Mary or any of the "saints" who have gone to their grave, they are praying to the dead, which is necromancy. And according to the dictionary, necromancy is defined as: "Divination by means...

John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 2 Corinthians 5:10 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he...

I said think about it, anyone can put it together if they discern the origin.

Think about it, Christians getting up early morning and worship facing the rising sun........check this site https://www.reviewofreligions.org/2306/ancient-sun-worship/

Dig a little deeper, here is a site with the explanation: "The word “Easter” in acts 12:4 of the King James Version is a mistranslation of the Greek pascha. All other translations have subsequently rendered it correctly as “Passover”. The well-known Barnes Notes comments on this mistranslation...

Well, its not that if you look at the historical breakdown of what occurred that led to the pagan festivals such as Easter that entered the church in the early centuries. Most originated in Rome and from here they gradually spread to many of the western churches, and then to some of the eastern...

How, if we work 7 days a week, 365 days a year. No, the Creator knew our needs and in His wisdom and love gave us a day of rest. God made for man, the following in the seven days of creation, as the earth had no life, and was without form and basically empty. "In the beginning God created the...

Here is a good explanation... "The Reformation preachers unanimously identified the papal system as the Antichrist, and the Roman Church as Babylon—causing a mass exodus of believers out of the Catholic institution. Because Rome realized that the Reformation could jeopardize her position as a...

Jesus is not a "day" nor is He ever symbolically/metaphorically linked to being a "day" in the Bible; He's linked to being "the vine", "the lamb", "the door", "the rock" and many other things but never, not once, a "day". We must stick to the Bible and the Bible only. To "rest in Jesus" actually...

So the question is "Hell" burning now under our feet with our friends and loved ones who have gone to the grave as some claim 'being purified', or with the wicked who have no interest in following God or His commandments? Lets see what the Bible says... 2 Peter 2:9 King James Version (KJV) "9...

So with pagan ideas and Greek philosophy mixed in, we see how it got picked up with the Greek translations. From there it became seen as a place of eternal torment with demons in charger where sinners were punished forever, so you can see how todays idea of Hell evolved. So lets look at what...

Here is one aspect of Futurism that is clearly false yet has been twisted to fit nevertheless. 'False Interpretation #1 DANIEL'S 70th WEEK In the ninth chapter of the Book of Daniel we find a prophecy, commonly referred to as "Daniel's 70th Week," which has become a corner stone and...

Here is from Wikipedia where I am a author and it is straightforward: 'One of the most influential aspects of the early Protestant historicist paradigm was the assertion that scriptural identifiers of the Antichrist where matched only by the institution of the Papacy. Particular significance...

I have no issue with that.

The Bible should be our ONLY creed, stick with the Word and you cant go wrong. Now going on, we find In many places in the Old Testament it refers to the everlasting attribute of God, we see this with Abraham when he called upon the Lord. Genesis 21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in...

The Bible has it all there, but we must prayerfully look, and ask Gods help to understand to fully grasp the nature of Christ. Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder. and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The...

Look at what its talking about: A high sabbath or ceremonial sabbath is one of the seven festivals do not necessarily occur on weekly Shabbat (seventh-day Sabbath) and are called by the name miqra ("called assembly") in Hebrew (Lev. 23). They are observed by Jews and a minority of Christians...

Now lets look through history, as it shows the change was brought about in Rome, but the it took time to enforce it throughout the empire and the rest of the church. One of the first known reference to not observing the seventh day Sabbath by one associated with Christianity was by Marcion in...