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The Acts of Thomas
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I am reading LOST SCRIPTURES: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament and I thought this part from The Acts of Thomas was interesting and thought I'd share. I know there are some people that do not believe in a literal hell, but I just thought I'd share this part anyway. Yes, it's...
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Bible versions
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I'm an old-timer, and strictly use King James. However, every time I go to the bookstore, there are more and more versions of the Bible available, and it becomes overwhelming as to what version to get.
Where do you draw the line between the Word of God, and the word of man? How do you differentiate th...
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Humility
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This is a great article on the tension between humility and radical/progressive Christianity. It is by Jim Wallis at www.sojo.net
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Lenten reflection: 'Humility is difficult'
by Jim Wallis
We all know Lent is meant to be a time of reflection, deepening, and prepar...
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What age were you baptized?
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What age were you baptized?
I was baptized when I was a baby  but then I was rebaptized again when I was 16 years old. It was then I was born again. Sure, I wondered off the path after that for a while, but I've found my way back. And besides I didn't count my baby baptizis...
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professional mourners in biblical times
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I copied this off bible-history.com:
Burial customs were very different in ancient times than they are today. In the ancient eastern cultures, including Israel, burial was always something which was to be done in haste, because of how rapidly the body decomposes. In Israel, there was a...
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What is Leviathan in the book of Job?
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Toward the end of book of Job, God talks about leviathan, a sea creature, to Job. What exactly is a leviathan? Was God speaking metaphorically? Or was it an actual sea creature? Steve What is Leviathan? Leviathan
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Atlantis
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Do any of you believe this was a Biblical city...? I don't remember if it says it in the Bible; however, in the Book of Mormon it makes references to whole cities taken up into Heaven, due to the goodness of the people.
And, in a couple of references Heaven is referred to as having streets of gold...no??...
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time elapsed
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How much time elapsed between Jesus' crucifixion and the acceptance by the church that Jesus was the son of God?
Did I phrase that question correctly?
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Question for you scholars!
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I was asked a question the other day that I didn't know the answer to. But I knew you guys would know!
A non-Christian friend watched the 10 Commandments last week and said at the beginning of the movie, it said the Moses was revered by Christians, Jews, and Muslims. He could understand M...
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Thomas' Struggle
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Thomas' Struggle
I am going to be consecrating/celebrating communion next weekend and I want to tie in the scripture readings for the week. Quote: John 20:19-31 19On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus...
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Mary Magdalene's 7 demons
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Not that it matters, I was just wondering...but in Mark 16:9 and Luke 8:2 it says that Jesus cast seven demons out of Mary Magdalene. Does anyone know what demons they were, or did they have any names? For example, in Mark 5:9 it Jesus asked the name: And he asked him, What is thy name? And he a...
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What Satan is capable of
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The following is a list of things Satan is capable of 1. inter-dimensional teleportation (Job 1:6,7) 2. Visual materialization in various forms (2Cor.11:14) 3. Transporting objects and people from place to place (Matt.4:5,8) 4. Molecular transformation of matter (Ex.7:12,22) 5. Counterfeit...
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The Apocrypha
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Has anyone read The Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha?
Just wondering. I've read most of it. Interesting stuff. One of my bibles has it included. To quote one website:
Though these books were considered non-canonical, slowly over the years they came to be regar...
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Did Enoch and Elijah go to heaven? Or somewhere else?
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The bible says in John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. But where did Enoch and Elijah go? The Scripture reads: "and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven" (II Kings 2:1, 11). Here are some interesting links to read thro...
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Encouragement...
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Hey sistas & brothers,
I just feel compelled to send out a brief email to encourage you all. I want you to know that I believe God has good things in store for you and your life. I believe God does have a plan for you... and it is good.
You may be really stressed out this...
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jonah got puked out by a fish
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i felt like looking up jonah today. i find this story hilarious. i mean, think about it. jonah ranted and raved and ran away. God said, nope. and ate jonah up with a fish. i'm sure the insides of a fish aren't the classiest of accomodations. and when jonah had enough, God got the fish to puke him out. burrrr...
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biblical contradictions answered
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A friend of mine and I were discussing biblical contradictions. And we came across some sites that were interesting. I thought I would share. This first site names only a few contradictions, but makes no effort to explain them, just merely points a few out:
http://www.infide...
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Adam and Eve
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Just wondering and not expecting actual answers, just thought it would interesting to know:
At what age did God create Adam? Research suggests between the ages of 25-35, but there is not actual evidence.
How long were Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden before they sinn...
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In the secret place...
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There's a song I've been learning on the guitar called, "In the Secret."
In the secret, in the quiet place In the stillness you are there In the secret, In the quiet hour I wait
Only for You 'Cause I want to know you more
The psalmist, King David, wrote a lot about the "secret place"... abou...
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Luke 3:20 KJV
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Dearest brothers and sisters; as I was reading I was thinking about how so many of us come from diverse backgrounds and have been outcasts while some others may be bound by doctrines of man. As I read about Herod the tetrarch being reproved by John the baptist for having his brother's wife I could...
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Passage of the Week
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I'm hoping this will be something we could do here. :)
I would like to start off something to help every one of us enrich our knowledge of the Bible, and also enrich our own lives, by using one passage of the Bible to apply to our daily lives, and at the end of the week--reflect on it, and see how it has impac...
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1 Thessalonians 5:16
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1 Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice evermore. (KJV) Today as I was reading my Bible I came across this scripture. Sometimes it is hard to rejoice when times get bad. Anyone can rejoice in the good times but I want to be able to rejoice always. As I wondered about this I really felt the Lord ministe...
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matthew 12: 7
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reading through my online bible (new american standard) this morning. this verse bowled me over. felt like i had been thirsting for something, and this drop was soaked up inside me right away...this verse hit me because months removed from much things ex-gay, i still ache...
matthew 12:7 (nav)...
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1 Samuel 16:14-15
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1 Samuel 16:14-15 says: The Lord's spirit left Saul, and an evil spirit sent by the Lord tormented him.
On www.learnthebible.org, it says: "Some of the most difficult passages in scripture are those that show God using the devil or evil spirits for His purpose. We know that God is not the cause of wic...
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