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I've been studying the book of Matthew since last Christmas and one thing I noticed is how many times the phrase "the kingdom of heaven" is used. In fact, John the Baptist was telling people to repent for the kingdom of heaven was near in Matthew 3:2 and then Jesus says the same thing in his...

I have heard two or three times recently that Moses supposedly wrote Genesis. Besides tradition, what is the evidence that this is true? Does it matter to you that it is or not Moses who wrote it? I think it just as likely that it is someone that we don't even know the name of or that...

More and more I am feeling like perhaps my beliefs don't align that well with the Baptist faith that I have been a part of for the last 38 years. I am thinking about swithing, but not sure if I should go non denominational or something else. I am a little leery of going to a non...

I've been studying on my own 1 Corinthians since March of this year. I go verse by verse and look at the original language. One thing that seems clear is that this church had an enormous amount of problems and division and immaturity. Yet, Paul still says early on in his letter some very...

Have you ever wondered why the creation story of heaven and earth is so short in the Bible? Only the first two chapters cover the creation of basically everything we know. I was looking at verse 24 of chapter 1 of Genesis and it says that God said "Let the land produce living creatures. . ...

I am trying to make a decision about my church home and if I should stay at the church I joined before the pandemic started. A part of me feels like it is not really meeting my needs or beneficial for me to continue going there, but I am not aware of where I would go that would be better. I...

Two thoughts that ran through my mind today. What if Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden but Adam didn't eat the fruit? What if they both ate from the tree of life first and then the tree of knowledge? How could they live forever if when sin entered the world death did also?

3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, [a]haters of good, 4...

Is attendance at a local church essential to christian growth? Please use scripture to back up your statements.

In Genesis 22 it says that the Lord told Abraham to take Isaac and go to the region of Moriah and the sacrifice him there as a burnt offering. In verse 1 it says the Lord tested Abraham. It may seem like a simple question, but since God knows everything then why did God need to test Abraham at...

This is a repost from my blog. I would love to hear your thoughts about what I wrote I was listening to a sermon earlier today from Greg Laurie (which I will put a link to at the bottom of this post) and he was talking about the afterlife. There are many different thoughts about how things...

How important is it to you and why that the disciple of Jesus named Matthew really wrote the gospel of Matthew? What if it wasn't one of the 12 disciples at all? Does that make it any less valid?

I am just now deciding to weigh in on this topic as i don't have a lot of experience or knowledge with early christian writers outside of the Bible. I have read some of Augustine but honestly found it hard going to read and didn't understand a lot of it. If you were just starting out in...

O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know [a]when I sit down and [b]when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. 3 You [c]scrutinize my [d]path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. 4 [e]Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O Lord...

28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; 30...

I am reading a book by David Jeremiah and in it he talks about the rapture and about a 7 year tribulation period. I have heard this before and that the rapture occurs before the Tribulation period and then the second coming happens later. Some have suggested that the rapture is invisible but I...

I have heard people say for years that you should memorize scripture and I have done that some, but end up forgetting exact wording. Do you memorize scripture regularly? Which passages would you recommend and why?

I was reading in Jeremiah this morning and read this passage in Jeremiah 9:23-23 3 This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, 24 but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the...

"Often things do become more difficult after we obey God. You cannot determine if you’re in God’s will by whether or not things are going well in your current circumstances. “Open” and “closed” doors are not always indications of God’s direction." From Experiencing God, Henry Blackaby...

It isn't because the Israelites were more faithful that they were led out of slavery in Egypt. One thing you notice early on in the Exodus story is that the Israelites grumbled often at Moses and Aaron. As early as Exodus 14:11-12 the people say things like "Was it because there were no graves...