... , a person will string together several verses or short passages. These "key verses" are usually not chosen because they truly are key to the meaning and message of the books in which they are found, but because they strike an inner chord within the reader. It is not bad to have favorite verses or to memorize isolated passages, but when these passages ... , but a compilation of many different readings (both from the Majority and minority families of manuscripts) chosen by the compilers based on criteria the compilers believe to be logical and scholarly. While the exact criteria differ bet...

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... were no fast-food restaurants or hotels. A traveler's survival depended on hospitality. (Silver 60) God lets the reader know exactly what the sin of Sodom was and why He destroyed it. God uses the prophet Ezekiel to chastise His chosen people, the children of Israel (the Jews) about the sins that they committed when they broke the covenant (agreement) that had been set forth: 48 As I live, saith ... sexual act betwe! en two men (or a man and a woman) is sinful because they are committing fornication since they are not married. The Word of God doesn't stop there, however. He goes on to s...

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... a way to justify deaths of others, as well as the want for religious assimilation, and the persecution of those who do not conform. They also show the consequences that can occur when people choose to ignore Gods messages and warnings that he gives through these figures, of which he has chosen. Among these major figures, and the first key story, that will be compared is ... the one of Noah and his Ark. In both the Bible and the Koran, Noah is depicted in similar and ... yet different ways. The story of Noah is said to have come about around 3000 B.C., when severe ... ...

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... It is fascinating to speculate about why this word was chosen to become special. Perhaps, it is because Isaiah employed the idea of the gospel in some of his Messianic prophecies. Or perhaps it comes from the connection between a teacher and his pay. Thus the gospel is not only the message but the reward also. The reward being salvation. However, it could simply be that ... well as forward to the impact of the message on the souls of men. The gospel was the motivation for the Christians in the first century AD to live, teach, worship, and hope. In the early church the gospel was that me...

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... all justly deserve is eternal damnation for cosmic rebellion against the Almighty and Sovereign Creator of the Universe. The verses cited in this paper indicate that just the opposite is true: that the ultimate decision for salvation rests with God and not with man. The Bible teaches that from all eternity God has chosen to intervene in the lives of some people and bring them to saving faith ... have with regard to spiritual issues might be alleviated if the Christian client understands the extent of God's love and the sufficiency of Christ's atonement. Nowhere is this more evident than...

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... walls, sword in hand. The walls were finished and Ezra, the priest, brought the Book of the Law of Moses and read it aloud to the people. There was a general renewal and the city was once again established. Malachi later proclaimed the coming of a messenger of the Lord, and the coming of the day of God. Throughout the Old Testament, it is very clear that God has chosen the Israelites to be his ... people. God first called the Israelites when he ... into a great nation, and I will bless you" (Gen. 12.1-2). Deuteronomy reaffirms this by saying, "For you are a people holy to the Lord your...

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... of this new nation, Abraham epitomizes faith in his unquestionable trust and obedience. The Abrahamic Covenant narrowed God's focus on earth and established the Jewish race as His chosen people with the promise of a new nation, which would occupy its own land and the establishment of a theocracy. The covenant included God's blessings on Abraham's descendants, as well as a curse on their enemies. Symbolized and ... customized by the ritual of circumcision, His covenant was to set apart His people to ... sins because of His duality, mere man and almighty God. Whereas, the ritual of circ...

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... God made a covenant with Abraham; he said that the descendants of Abraham shall inherit a promised land (foundation for the belief that they are the "chosen" people) because of his faith in and fear of God. God promised Abraham that the Jews (his descendants) would inherit the land of Canaan. The teachings of Judaism are based upon the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament), which consists of three sections ... : Torah, Prophets and Writings. The collection as a whole is referred to as the Tanak. The Torah consists of the first five books of the ... their promise is not valid anymore and they...

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... this plan to be carried out, there needed to be a leader or savior. Jesus and Satan volunteered, but Jesus was chosen. Satan, being jealous, turned evil there and was kicked out of heaven with all his spirit followers. The Mormons believed that they weren't among the spirits that were expelled from the skies because they were born on earth. Adam was believed to be ... the best man available in the entire spirit world. He was the Michael that fought and defeated Satan. Eve was supposed to be God's chosen daughter. The two were the most perfect couple, but when they ... disobeyed God, wh...

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... are several other passages stating we cannot lose our salvation, then we must not take these verses to mean we can. If this were the case, the Bible would be contradicting itself. Second, just because passages warn believers not to fall away, it does not imply that they can. It ... of an Arminian. The Need to Persist in Faith (The Conditional Security View) This view holds the opposition to the eternal security view. They state that in order to have a loving relationship with Christ, it is essential that this relationship is by free choice and must be freely chosen to sustain. If we .....

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... school and studied seminary classes that prepared them for ordination. "Years after Vatican II, theologians, canon lawyers, and biblical critics all interrogated the tradition and found no persuasive reason why woman should not be ordained women enrolled in divinity schools and studied at seminaries in astonishingly large ... choose your sexual preference; it would be like choosing your skin color. It is natural; you have no choice in the matter. "Something neither chosen nor changeable; heterosexuals who have made their peace with homosexuals have often done so by accepting that premis...

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... some understanding of what it is we hope to take away from it. In approaching a religious text this understanding becomes even more muddled due to the vast complexities and differences that exist between religion and contemporary thought. To accurately approach biblical thoughts we, as moderns, must learn to "unthink many ... can never be expressed." Our experiences with God and Her word can never be expressed in language or placed in rational thought categories. Thus, the words of the Bible may lead us to error if we insist upon accepting them through our "literal mindedness." We must r...

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... solutions ( such as "Father, Son, Spirit-) must be questioned and replaced or augmented by better alternatives. Is Jesus Christ mainly to be remembered as the one who commanded his disciples to call God "Father-? One author after another, in more or less sophisticated ways, advances that because Jesus called God ... - specific in any sense. In calling God "Father-, however, Israeli was deliberately refusing to call God "Mother-, Israeli was deliberately repudiating everything that the fertility cults around it associated with female deities. Yes Israeli did occasionally use female imager...

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... the sake of ecumenicalism? Is the issue of Sola Scripture such a trivial matter today that we dismiss it as one of those insignificant doctrines that doesn't matter anymore? Years ago when someone would claim to have a dream from God the evangelical church would rightly call that man a liar because the church knew that God has chosen ... to speak to us ONLY through the Holy Scriptures BUT today the evangelical church instead of condemning the mystics condemn those who continue to cry out: ... "Scripture Alone!" 7. Semi-Pelagianism. For those who don't know what Semi-Pelagianism is It is...

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... argue that there is an additional incapacitation effect -- executed offenders will never commit another capital offense. Opponents counter that there is no valid statistical evidence supporting the assertion that crimes are deterred by the death penalty, and that capital offenders can just as easily be prevented from committing further crimes by a life sentence with no possibility of parole. Opponents argue ... to reach, minor surgery might be necessary to find a deeper vein. Thirty-four states use lethal injection as their chosen form of execution. Since 1976, 406 prisoners have died by...

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... characteristics of their journeys but also their heroic conduct. He concluded that "whether presented in the vast, almost oceanic images of the Orient, in the vigorous narratives of the Greeks, or in the majestic legends of the Bible the adventure of the hero normally follows the pattern of the nuclear unit a separation from the world, a penetration to some source of power, and a life enhancing return" (1973 ... man - is not in the separate member, but in the body of the society as a whole; the individual can be only an organ" (1973:383). The hero is only a part of humanity and the imag...

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... like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour' (1 Pet.5:8). But because Satan and his demonic followers have been legally ousted from their usurpation of rule over the earth by the victory of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, the old serpent's days are numbered (Jn.12:31). However, because his powers are now limited (Rev.20:1-3; Col.2:15; Eph.4:8), his anger knows no bounds ... come to Him in repentance and faith. Even in the Old Testament prophecies of the outpouring of the Spirit on the Church, this Baptism with the Holy Spirit is shown to be for all those who come to Christ. As t...

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