Daniel Profeta de las Naciones 614.00 Kb Notas para Daniel, Profeta a Las Naciones abajo   Destinatarios principales de la carta: los jud?os que sufr?an durante la persecuci?n de Ant?oco Ep?fanes. Hay que notar que este es un paralelo cercano a Apocalipsis, cuyos destinatarios principales eran los disc?pulos que sufr?an bajo la intensa persecuci?n del […]

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  Daniel, Prophet to the Nations Power Point 1.48 Mb Notes to accompany Daniel Power Point Presentation   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 unbelievers.   […]

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  How We Got the Bible 3.94 Mb Notes to accompany HOW WE GOT THE BIBLE Many have claimed that the Old Testament contains a number of myths and legends which were created by Jewish writers in the two or three centuries before the time of Christ or soon thereafter.  Others would claim that most of […]

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  Power Point: From Shadow to Reality 237.50 Kb   Outline for From Shadow to Reality   OT Theme:  The Messiah is coming   NT Theme:  The Messiah is here   Jesus is priest, prophet and king.  Jesus brings together the entire OT. Jesus says:  Everything must be fulfilled that was written about me Luke 24:44 […]

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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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   Power Point: The History of Science and Religion 787.00 Kb   Notes to accompany A History of Science and Christianity.    The ancient world:  Chaos vs Cosmos   1. Thales (585 BC) Predicted a Solar Eclipse: Nature is predictable. Cosmos and the human mind.   Melvin Calvin (atheist expert on the chemical origin of life):  ?The […]

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I would say that at first glance this passage might be difficult to understand if one were assuming it was about judgment day. God is talking about bringing physical judgment on the city of Jerusalem and on Judah for their unrighteous deeds. In fact, that is the main subject of Ezekiel chapters 20-23. Israel had […]

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It is debatable to say whether masturbation is listed specifically as a sin in the Bible. There are probable references to it in the Old Testament. Even involuntary nocturnal ejaculation made the Jewish men “unclean” and required a time when the Israelite was unable to offer certain types of worship. However, we are not under […]

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Question: Why would God allow the sinner to be more successful than the righteous or the one who is following him? Answer: You ask an excellent question. David asked the same question in several of his psalms. For example in Psalm 38:35, David said, “I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a […]

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We do not know when the flood happened, but presumably it was at least several thousand years ago. I can only assume that human beings evolved the different “racial” characteristics over the past several thousand years. In a gene pool with a fairly broad genetic diversity, the physical characteristics which lead to the greatest survival […]

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You have rephrased my questions. Although it seems to be the same to ask “how much is 2 plus 2?” or “what is the result of the sum of the numeral 2 to another numeral 2?”, the approach taken to respond tends to required further analysis than just a simple response. Your response to my […]

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I cannot understand why there is the perception of God as a distant being, external to us. A ruler with a human personality and weaknesses, like a puppet master who seems to be not more than a magical-religious being, created by human mind to justify our existence and everything that surround us, instead of preferring […]

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I’m doing a brief study on the foundation of Christianity for our Bible study group and have been browsing your website. Am I correct in that in accordance with Jewish burial customs Jesus’ body would have been wrapped similar to that of an Egyptian mummy? If so would that not be further evidence against the […]

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Why did God create us? It says because he wanted people to appreciate his creations, but why? Does God get lonely? Didn’t he, in fact, create us above all to worship HIM? If that is our supreme purpose, what is the point of creating people merely for the satisfaction of receiving their praise? You ask […]

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As far as God condoning killing, I understand that he hates sin and so seeks to establish justice on the earth; however, it’s not that he condones killing that bothers me, but that he used Israel to do it! Israel was as sinful (if not more so) than the nations surrounding them. Sinful people killing […]

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The simple answer is that we are not required to keep it holy. This is a basic New Testament doctrine which, unfortunately, many religious groups have distorted. To prove this, consider Colossians 2:9f. “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who […]

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1) The natural amino acids are L and D, and in proteins are only L. So in any hypothetical primordial soup, surely there would have been an equal proportion of both. The problem for the materialist is to answer how did the first proteins become just L amino acids (since racemic proteins can’t exist). If […]

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The NIV has the term ‘deaconnesses’ in the footnotes. Biblically is there such a thing as a deaconness and what would their role be if there is? There are two questions implied here. One is whether there is such a thing as a deaconess, and the other is whether this is implied by the Bible. […]

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