And indeed, does a modern understanding require the existence of hell at all?" The writer has the view that the answer is available to any earnest inquirer and that there is a heaven to gain and a very real hell to shun! ... "21 The report continues on and notes that universalism becomes increasingly acceptable to a pluralistic, multicultural society and gains traction within liberal Christianity. One fundamental flaw in the belief of Universalism is its lack of understanding of Salvation. ... We were saved by Christ, both historically and in actuality when we believed upon Christ&...

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My goal is that through reading this, you will gain understanding of basic beliefs, but more importantly gain an understanding of difficulties faced due to faith practices within a different culture than our own. ... All religions must register with the Religious Affairs Bureau and gain approval to allow public worship. ...

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In the beginning of Whitefield's time, he found it difficult to gain listeners or support, so he sought out to preach in various random towns, without direction he even preached in wooded areas. ...

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.# This insight helps in understanding passages such as Hebrews 4:2: "For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it." ... Often, this visual context and representation provides added meaning, understanding, and even emotional import to a word. ...

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In turn the Church can gain by the same actions which would allow them to find their trustworthy in the public forum. ... Their strong opinions helped peace to gain acceptance in the first century. ... Klassen believes that the early scriptures in Babylonian and Egyptian literature can be rooted to further understanding of Jewish idea of loving ones enemy. ...

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As noted above, my aim here is rather to explore and defend a third way of understanding the traditional C hristian notion of resurrection, a theory virtually all (but not quite all) of the church Fathers who discussed resurrection held in one form or another.' ... The theory may also help resolve a similar tension that is sometimes said to exist in Pauline thought, with texts like I Corinthians 15 and I Thessalonians 4 pointing toward the idea of a future, eschatological, resurrection (with those who die beforeh and existing till then in a kind of bodiless sleep) and texts like 2 Corinth...

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