The traditional component of a person, distinct from 'body' and 'mind'.
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A.W. Pink and the Tripartite Theory of Man
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Reading Arthur W. Pink's pamphlet Regeneration: Or, the New Birth recently, I was surprised to find that he had a tripartite ...
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What did God mean when He said 'lest they live forever'?
I was talking to a Jehovah's witness who did not believe in the immortality of soul and he pointed out a scripture to me.
Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold ... lest he put forth his
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Protestant explanation of an immortal spirit
Some Christian denominations think that the spirit is not immortal and that death is like sleeping.
When Christ comes back he would resurrect the dead bodies from within the ground (like God made ...
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What does Jesus say about your spirit going to heaven?
I had an interesting question presented to me by a rector of a church. He asked me to find anywhere in the bible where Jesus spoke of your spirit going to heaven and then research those specific ...
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What are the differences between the spirit of God and spirit of Man?
First, I thought that the spirit Christians get from God is the same as the spirit of God. Recently, I heard a sermon that asserted they are different, but gave no more details. Which verses describe ...
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Did the “spirit of Samuel” come from God?
Was the "spirit of Samuel" that the witch of Endor summoned (1st Samuel 28:11-19) from God or from Satan?
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What did Peter, James and John see on the Mount of Transfiguration?
During a Bible discussion for seekers last week, one of them asked a question that led me to ponder this questions.
As I understand it, the body of Moses (not Elijah since he never died) should still ...
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Do we have no control over our flesh?
This is from a Facebook fan page titled "Jesus Christ":
We all struggle with sin, and at times it's so bad that we think" God has to hate me,I will never get into heaven, I am so awful!" Well ...
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What does a Christian believe an evil spirit IS? [closed]
Luke 11
The Danger of Emptiness
24 “When an evil spirit comes out of someone, it travels through dry
places, looking for a place to rest. But it finds no place to rest. So
it says, ‘I ...
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Indication of the possibility to discern the spirit of a man by/without listening to his words
Is there any indication in the Bible (N.T. is preferred) that the spirit of man can be discerned properly from the words that he is speaking? And is there any indication of the opposite - that the ...
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Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit Advice [closed]
I have been in a rather deep depression and after reading so much about Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit that I committed in thought previously many people said it was the HS speaking to me and others ...
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Why does laying hands not work on a non-believer [closed]
Why is it that laying hands only works for believers of the same faith/religion? Like for example if a Muslim gets hands lain on him by a Christian, it won't do a thing, or specially a non-believer. ...
