INTELLEGENT DESIGN CONTINUED From all this, we can conclude that intelligent design is real.  It is not the product of religious presupposition, but the only reasonable conclusion from the evidence.  Those who persecute the supporters of ID would do well to consider the facts.  But then again, most of them approach the question already […]

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? THE INTELLIGENT DESIGN DEBATE   From Kansasto Dover, Pennsylvaniato BaylorUniversitya debate has been raging across the United Statesover whether or not the theory of intelligent design should be taught in schools.  Recently, televangelist Pat Robertson said of the voters in Dover, Pennsylvaniawho turned out a pro-ID school board, ?If there is a disaster in […]

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I just read the article by Professor Geisler about early monotheism and had a few questions. I’m guessing that the author is assuming that Adam and Eve were the first ‘homo sapiens’ , and that the levant civilizations, particularly that of the ancient ‘habiru’ was the very first. I have read that the Chinese and […]

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The bible teaches in Acts that the miraculous gifts were given at the laying on of the apostles hands. Therefore, they could have still been in existence in the late 2nd century (up to 100 years after John the apostle died). Is there any reference to miraculous gifts by the early ‘Church Fathers’ in their […]

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What is Acts 10:44-46 talking about? Some people use this scripture to support that baptism is NOT neccessary for salvation, but I belief that baptism is indeed necessary for salvation. The context of Acts 10:44-46 is that this is the event through which God was able to convince Peter that salvation was for the Gentiles […]

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In Matthew 13:31-32 Jesus talks about the kingdom of heaven and what it is like. The mustard seed starting out small and growing into something big(a tree that grows 10-15ft high). My question is what do “the birds of the air” symbolize in this passage? Is there any reference in scriptures that would help identify […]

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Are Christians allowed to cast lots to make important decisions? I am interested in whether it is “allowed”, not whether it is “recommended”. The standard response I get is that Christians are supposed to pray for guidance. The New Covenant (at least, after Pentecost) includes the provision to Christians of the Holy Spirit, also called […]

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Note: Below is a rather long statement which is not exactly a question. After this paragraph is the response. I first thought to examine the history of Charles Darwin’s religious developement a few years ago when I walked over his grave in Westminster Abbey. I thought “how’d this happen?” I assumed like most Americans that […]

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CREATIONISM   By   C. Foster Stanback   Creationism is a term that has frequently been misunderstood by its opponents.   In its most general sense the term means a worldview which attributes the existence of the earth, the cosmos, and life to a divine Creator.  Yet within this broader sense there are a number of […]

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Como puedo contestar biblicamente sobre los extra-terrestres? Un companero de mi trabajo dijo que Dios es extraterrestre porque no pertenece a la tierra, aunque el la creo. Tu que piensas sobre este tema? Gracias. Puede contestarme en Espanol. Gracias!!!!!! si no puedes esta bien. Yo me esfuerzo por leer ingles. Dios no es extraterrestre. Un […]

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I’ve decided that there has to be a creator of everything due to the complexity of life and all creation, but how do I know Christianity is the right religion and not Islam or Judaism? This is a very good question. It is a bad assumption that one can simply leap from belief in God […]

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IS IT RIGHT TO UNDERGO plastic surgery if you do like a particular part of your body. I cannot think of a passage in the Bible which condems the use of plastic surgery. In fact, plastic surgery did not exist in the time of the New Testament! A general principle of the Bible is that […]

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Agradesco muchisimo su atencion y tambien que dediquen tiempo para responder las inquietudes que se nos presentan.;yo me llamo Geovana y pertenesco a ala iglesia de cristo en Mexico y siento algunas inquietudes con respecto a el papel de algunas iglesias especificamente en Estados Unidos. Existen algunas iglesias de otras denominaciones que han prihibido la […]

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BOOKS ON APOLOGETICS  Book titles which are highlighted are linked to a book review or to a place to buy the book. GENERAL APOLOGETICS Reasons for Belief:  A Handbook of Christian Evidence, by John M. Oakes, PhD (GCI Books, 2001) The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, by Josh McDowell (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1999) Know […]

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Abajo son notas para una clase sobre el Islam y Cristianimso   IGLESIA DE CRISTO EN MÉXICO, A. R. ESCUELA DE CAPACITACION BIBLICA UII-M1-211 HISTORIA DE LA IGLESIA III: RELIGIONES Y SECTAS. PROFESOR: DR. JOHN OAKES. ISLAM (literalmente, rendir la voluntad en Arabe). •·        Fundador: Mahoma. Cerca del 570-632 AD, en la Meca, Arabia Saudita […]

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  Power Point: Daniel, Prophet to the Nations 2.87 Mb Notes on Daniel Class:  see below.     NOTES FOR FULL DANIEL CLASS Background to Daniel: Theme:  God Rules the Nations, Do Not Fear! Main messages: 1.  How to stay pure and uncorrupted-to maintain your integrity in a world      in which you are surrounded by […]

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ISLAM (literally, submit the will in Arabic)   Founder:  Muhammad.  About 570 ? 632 AD, in Mecca, in modern Saudi Arabia.   Roughly 1 billion Muslims in the world.   Location:  Northern Africa, almost the entire Middle East, Pakistan Afghanistan, Bangaladesh, India, Albania, Indonesia and the Phillipines, with scatterings elsewhere.   Background:   Arabiavery pagan, […]

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JEHOVAH?S WITNESS     Background and History.   Founded by Charles Russel   Russel was influenced by the Adventist movement (let to the 7th Day Adventis t Church)   The Adventist/Millerite movement began in the 1830?s   William Miller used Daniel 8:14 and Daniel 9:25 (a very odd connection) to calculate that the millennial reign […]

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I was wondering about 1Tim2:9-10 and its relation to 1 Peter 3:3-4. I do not understand whether it means we are forbidden to wear pearls, gold and/or have our hair braided, or whether it is just a lesson that our obvious beauty should be of good deeds, etc. What do your think God is teaching […]

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1) Christianity holds that at one pointing time, the Old Testament was the truth and the Jews were the chosen people. What changed this? The Torah states 23 times “this is an eternal law for all generations” (to name a few, Exodus 12:14, 12:17, 12:43, 27:21, 28:43). If the Torah was at one point true, […]

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Who was Susanna, martyr in Spain? I am afraid you will have to give me more specific information for me to answer this question. I did some research and the problem is that with Roman Catholic history, there are literally thousands of “saints.” There is the Susanna in Luke 8:3. I also found information about […]

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I was wondering how one could prove that both chapters one and two of Genesis were correct. Not knowing how to correlate these two chapters is a serious impediment to sharing my faith with skeptical educated people. I have already answered this question. To save you some work, I will copy and past the previous […]

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What are the types of English translations (literal, interpretation, literal+interpretion): Holman (HCSB), King James, Contemporary (CEV), Good News (GNB), God’s Word (GW), The Message (MSG)? We see the MSG translation as interpretation and the KJV as a literal translation. Is that correct? (I am Romanian and my wife is Hungarian) About Bible versions, it is […]

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What was Paul’s purpose for writing Romans? What was the pleasues soughted? What principles stressed? What are the potential for today? Most commentators believe that with Romans, although the letter is addressed to the church in Rome, it is a general epistle. In other words, the letter was intended all along to be a letter […]

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I would like to know difference between choice and fate in our Christian walk. Starting from Adam to Judas. This is certainly one of the most significant theological/doctrinal debates in the history of Christianity?indeed in all religions. Given that God is all-knowing and all-powerful, and given that he exists outside of time, it seems logical […]

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1. Cro-Magnon lived up to 100,000 and Neanderthal up to 300,000 years ago. What was the most recent dates for those species and when were they extinct? What year was Homo-Sapien on the scene – 45,000 years ago? Cain was the first agricultural farmer as far as evidence in the Bible, were the Homo-Sapiens the […]

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As I was reading Genesis, I came across a scripture that I don’t quite understand. In Genesis 1:3, “God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light… there was evening and morning the first day” However, the sun was not created until the fourth day, right? In Genesis 1: 14 “Let there be lights […]

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