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• Are Homosexuals “Born that Way”?

  One major defense for homosexuality is that those who have this inclination were “born that way.” In other words, they have a genetic predisposition for the practice. The obvious problem with this line of reasoning is that it suggests that people are in bondage to fleshly desires or whims and must live according to them […]

• What Is the Year of JUBILEE?

  Leviticus 25:10 shows that the Year of Jubilee refers to the 50th year after 7 cycles of 7 years in which the land of Israel and its people gained freedom and celebrated. It was to be a year of: Rest for the Hebrews and the soil (25:11). Since the 49th year was already a sabbatical […]

• The Issue of CIRCUMCISION

  Are male believers in Christ obligated to be physically circumcised? What do the rightly-divided Scriptures say? Let’s start with how the apostle Paul knew how to recognize legalists because he used to be one. Notice how he refers to legalists in this passage: Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those […]

• Why You should Always FORGIVE When the Offender Is Repentant

  There’s this religious myth that Christians must automatically forgive everyone for everything all of the time, but this simply isn’t true. To forgive means to cancel the debt or dismiss the offense. While we are certainly obligated to forgive the repentant — those who humbly ‘fess up or apologize in some obvious manner, even if […]

• Is the “Sign of the Horns” Inherently Evil?

    With hand signals you have to be careful to discern what the technical signal is and what the individual in question means by it in his or her heart. For instance, the signal Billie Eilish is flashing in this pic is technically the American Sign Language sign for “I love you” (ILY), which you […]

• What Will the Believer’s GLORIFIED BODY Be Like?

  Since spiritually-regenerated believers are “co-heirs in Christ” (Romans 8:17) — that is, joint participants — we are going to receive the same kind of resurrection body he did. This is why John said, “we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him” (1 John 3:2). And Paul stressed that our current lowly bodies will […]

• The Gist on Giving and “Tithing”

  All believers will stand before the Lord and give an account of their lives for what they do or don’t do at the Judgment Seat of Christ. This includes what we do with our income. More is expected of those with greater knowledge, talents and spiritual maturity. As Christ said, “To whom much is given, […]

• Is CHRIST’S BODY After Resurrection PHYSICAL or SPIRITUAL (or Both)?

  Jehovah’s (false) Witnesses make the claim that Christ’s body after his resurrection is spiritual in nature, not physical. In other words, they argue that the risen Lord is a spirit creature only, which they base on a myopic reading of 1 Peter 3:18 and Paul’s statement “I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh […]

• Why Are Both Lucifer and Christ Called the “MORNING STAR”?

  Before his fall from Heaven (Luke 10:18), Satan is referred to in the Bible as “Lucifer, son of the morning” (Isaiah 14:12 KJV), a ruling spiritual being (paralleled in this context with the king of Babylon, Sennacherib). The word translated as “Lucifer” (in the King James Version) is helel (hay-LAYL); other English translations say “morning […]

• How Big Will the NEW JERUSALEM Be on the New Earth?

  – We’ve all heard about the gates of Heaven referred to as “the pearly gates,” yet in the Bible this is actually a description of the twelve gates of the New Jerusalem, a very large city that is presently in the spiritual realm of God, aka Heaven (Revelation 21:21). Guess what ultimately happens to this […]