That set of books representing the canon of Scripture, believed to be the inspired Word of God
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Did the gospels really copy from each other?
In school, I learned that the different gospels did copy a lot from each other. This was the explanation for why there are so many overlapping events between the gospels.
Is there substantial ...
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What is the Christian perspective on deceptive brain messages?
What is the Christian perspective on deceptive brain messages?
Modern science now shows us proof that we can rewire our brains, so that it works in more beneficial ways. The concepts in a new book by ...
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Are there disadvantages to Chronological Study Bibles?
I recently bought a copy of The Chronological Study Bible. According to the preface, the Bible takes all of the verses of the KJV bible and rearranges them (with some debates on certain verses) into ...
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How to contemplate without the urge to have to comprehend
What makes people feel they have to figure it all out? How can someone strengthen their spirituality through contemplation while avoiding a desire to try to understand everything?
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Difference between Gospel and Bible
The title almost says it all:
What's the difference between the Gospel and The Bible? did one contain another of what?
What does each one include?
Where did every one come from (or who authored ...
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Resources to learn about Bible canonization
I am interested in researching the history behind the Bible's canonization. I am particularly interested in writings of early historians, or books that compile facts from these historians in an ...
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How could Jesus be born during the reign of Herod, and when Quirinius was governor of Syria, if those periods were not contemporary?
In Matthew 2, it makes it clear that Jesus was conceived during the reign of Herod and was a young child when Herod died.
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in ...
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Do not allow a sorceress/witch to live?
I saw a witch a while back being mistreated, which deeply troubled me. I am strong proponent for Luke 6:31.
I am familiar with Exodus 22:18 which usually translates to something like: Do not allow a ...
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Why did Jacob insist that Joseph's sons were his?
In Genesis, Before Jacob dies, he has a conversation with his son, Joseph.
Genesis 48:1-6
Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim ...
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The Truth about Rapture
I don't like questioning anyone's faith but one of my friends is a mainstream Christian (Uniting Church) and she believes very firmly in the phenomenon of "rapture".
As I understand it, rapture is ...
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Are biblical laws suppose to be part of Government? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should biblical laws apply to non-Christians?
In the Bible (old and new testemanets) there are various laws, some controversial but clearly written otherwise. Are these ...
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What is the significance of the Bible to Christianity?
What exactly is the significance of the Bible to Christianity?
Is Christianity defined by the Bible?
If so, is belief in the Bible the most important (or foundational) belief in Christianity? Is ...
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Which denominations use the King James Version?
Which denominations primarily use the King James Version of the Bible?
I did a search on Google and could not find anything reliable.
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Into how many languages has the Bible been translated?
I understand that the Bible has been translated into more languages than any other book in the world. What is the current total of languages into which the Bible, or part of the Bible, has been ...
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Where does the belief the Bible is written by the Holy Spirit come from?
My pastor mentioned the Bible is written by the Holy Spirit, through man.
Where does this concept come from (rather than just written by wise or experienced men)?
Other than direct references to ...
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Please, advise Christian horror movies [closed]
I'm interested in any horror movies which can be considered Christian. I'm not a great expert in horror movies, 'The Frailty' is the only one that immediately comes to mind. Advise any, please.
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When one answers quoting an exact reference from the Bible then is such answer absolutely correct? [closed]
Use case:
The question: 'Does Jesus eat in Heaven?'
The answer: Yes, confirmed with some references to the Bible.
What worries me: It can be SATAN himself answering the question, how do I know?
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What is meant by the expression “living in darkness”?
At my church (Calvary Chapel) we have guest speakers from time to time. Many of them mention the same phrase "living in darkness", refering to the time before they were saved.
Are there Biblical (or ...
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Does the Bible condone bribery?
Proverbs 21:14 (NLT)
"A secret gift calms anger; a bribe under the table pacifies fury."
Reading this scripture it would seem to indicate that the Bible supports (at the very least some form ...
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Where in the Bible does it say that God is creating a new earth?
I've heard from my parents/grandparents that God is in the process of building a new Earth. Where in the Bible does it say God is creating a new Earth? Why would God build a new Earth? I know it says ...
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Jacob wrestled with God
We had our small group meeting recently and the topic was about the life of Jacob and here were the questions that were asked during the discussion, hope you could help shed some light.
If God ...
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What does it mean to comment on scripture with scripture?
What does it mean to "comment on a verse with a verse" or "only scripture can explain scripture"? I see these kinds of comments popping up in comment threads that discuss the meaning of a verse.
What ...
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How should a Christian deal with destructive higher criticism of the Bible?
In recent times authorship of Biblical books has been called into question by modern scholars.
It is believed that Isaiah didn't write Isaiah, John didn't write John, Matthew didn't write Matthew, ...
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Is it sinful to prophesy using the Bible?
My pastor correlates any event going on in the world as a sign of getting closer to the return of Christ, using all different quotes from the book of Revelation.
I remember Jesus saying something ...
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Do 'Bible Christians' find paraphrasing the Bible distasteful?
This might be a meta question, but I really mean it in a scholarly way. Does paraphrasing the Bible for conversational use make Sola Scriptura folks cringe?
I'm not even sure what my Church thinks ...
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Do the people God sends to challenge His people (for His Glory) have salvation?
Romans 9:17
17 In the Scriptures God says to Pharaoh: “I made you king so that you
could do this for me. I wanted to show my power through you. I wanted
my name to be announced throughout ...
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Have there been such an attempt made to make the comprehensive list of all New Testament scrolls ever found?
Have there been any attempts made to make a comprehensive list of all scrolls or pieces of scrolls of the New Testament (in original languages) that have ever been discovered by archeologists?
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How many Bibles--not translations--are there?
I've noticed recently on this site there is a push to enforce the rule that, in one's questions, one ought to state "which Bible" one is interested in learning about--whether that is the "Catholic ...
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When is it too late to ask for salvation?
In protestant teachings or directly from the bible, when is it too late to ask for salvation? There are many death bed conversion stories. The most momentous conversion in Western history was that ...
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Do Old Testament individual, family and social laws and guidance apply to Christians or did Jesus come to discard OT laws and guidance?
If OT laws are to be ignored by Christians, does God/Jesus provide substitute laws in the New Testament texts? I.e., if God thought it important to provide laws (in addition to requiring certain ...
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Why did the Lord create Goliath? [closed]
It seems the biblical perspective is that God creates everything, so why did He create Goliath - and choose not to help him in the battle with David?
What did Goliath do (or not do) that he was not ...
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Why in the Book of Exodus did God let the people travel for exactly 40 years?
What is the symbolic idea behind this number?
Also, what might be His intention behind the travel?
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Abraham's Bosom after Jesus
Abraham's Bosom as I understand was the Saint's portion (Paradise) of Hades while on the other side of a great chasm (gulf) was a portion of Hades described as torment. Does this place known as ...
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A “version” of the bible with sentence structure written in English but retaining most of the original untranslated “nouns/verbs/adjectives”?
Is there a "version" of the bible that has it's sentence structure written in English, yet retaining most of the original untranslated "nouns/verbs/adjectives" ?
Ok this is quite hard to explain, I'm ...
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Is it possible for The Bible to contain errors?
For those who profess to follow the word of Christ, everyone agrees that the Bible is the infallible word of God as transcribed by many different men compiled together in one book. But for this ...
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Was Onan really struck dead by God for masturbating?
Historically, Onan in Genesis 38 has been accused of masturbation, and for this supposed transgression was struck dead. The term Onanism (or in German Onanie) is still used to describe this practice.
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Should a Bible believing Christian be pleased at the death of Osama bin Laden?
I'm looking for a Biblical response to this question. And it's not specific to bin Laden but I'm just using him as an example.
I know Jesus said love your enemies. And Paul even showed how this can ...
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Which apostles quote Jesus?
In inspired by this question Did Paul preach Jesus's message?
Which apostles quoted Jesus and which ones did not?
Did Paul meet Jesus in person and did he ever quote Jesus?
Thanks.
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There is more to know than that which is written
I have heard it said many times in religious/spiritual and/or typical conversation that "there is more to know than that which is written [in the bible]." Is this comment scripturally inspired? If so ...
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Is Knuth's 3:16 project unique?
Famous computer scientist Donald Knuth is also the author of 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated (A-R Editions, 1990). This is a tour of the Bible using the methodology of "stratified random sampling", where ...
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Why is the second set of ten commandments different?
The first stone tablets with the ten commandments were smashed by Moses, so God created a second set of stone tablets that were supposed to contain the same commandments as the smashed tablets. But ...
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Can Angels die?
In Daniel, there is an angel who has to fight for nearly three weeks in order to deliver his message, and isn't able to overcome until Michael intervenes. If there was a battle this hard, it makes me ...
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Vacillating passion for Christ
Throughout a person's life they might experience some incredible highs in their relationship with Christ. They might receive answers to prayers and/or a bounty of unexpected blessings. A person might ...
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Does the Bible support the concept of male spiritual headship?
What I mean by this is a little beyond "Wives submit to your husbands." In Joshua 7:22-25 Joshua stones and burns the entire family of Achen, including his children, after he sins by keeping back ...
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Where does the Bible stand on vegetarianism?
The subject of vegetarianism (or dietary recommendations in general) appears to me to be a bit ambivalent in the Bible.
For example, Genesis 1:29 , Romans 14:21 and Isaiah 65:21-25 appear to endorse ...
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Is there a hierarchy in the Trinity?
It seems that there is some form of hierarchy within the Trinity.
For example, these passages seem to indicate that the Holy Spirit is subservient to the Father and Jesus:
John 14:26 (NIV)
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What does the bible say about homosexuality?
I was recently listening to a podcast and the preacher said that he has looked through the entire bible and could not find anywhere where it says that homosexuality was a sin.
Where does the bible ...
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What does Satan look like?
Many people have seen the Classical depiction of Satan in paintings and statues, but what does scripture say about what Satan looks like?
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Open my eyes so I may see
2 Kings 6:15-17 (KJV)
15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, ...
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Are there any atheists in the Bible?
Do any people in the Bible self identify as atheists?
Or are they all theists, differing in which god they follow?
Apparently at least some atheists existed, since David had heard of them:
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