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  1. CrochetOverCoffee

    What Is Biblical Faith?

    My contention is that these preachers are teaching falsehood.
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    What Is Biblical Faith?

    So do you really think that Noah, for example, built the ark without having faith? That faith that it would be needed was not required when it had never yet rained on the earth? Do you really think Abraham didn't need to believe in order to uproot his family and move into a new country? Do you...
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    What Is Biblical Faith?

    It's an interesting point, which I will be checking against some Greek sources I have at my disposal, but let me come at this from the back first: wouldn't someone who is faithful or has the quality of faithfulness by definition have faith? UPDATE: I did check and you are right that the word...
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    What Is Biblical Faith?

    By this I mean, what does the Bible say faith is, and what it entails? Faith is belief that comes from hearing or reading the testimony of others. I have never seen Paris, New York City, or Beijing, but I have faith that they exist because I have read about them from reliable sources. Faith is...
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    Faith and Obedience

    I am curious, based on some of the responses that I have gotten on other posts, what folks here think the relationship between faith and obedience is?
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    Picture of Mars vs. the earth. So how did Moses know?

    I'm jumping in at the end here, so I apologize if someone has already covered these points. The Bible says that the earth was without form and void and made of water. The image I get from that is an empty bubble of water floating in space, maybe wobbling around a bit like you see water doing on...
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    "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

    If you believe, you should obey, and baptism is commanded. How many times should it have to be commanded before it is actually a command? Once. It was also the first thing told to the first audience of the first sermon preached after Jesus's resurrection. And what does Luke say happened to these...
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    Sun created on Genesis Day 4, Plants on Day 3?

    First, it was one day. They would have been fine. Second, light was created before the objects meant to emit it. There was already light, just not a sun, moon or stars. And before you ask how, you know my answer will be God. I think that the universe was still an open system at this time, and...
  9. CrochetOverCoffee

    "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

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    "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

    "lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name." Paul isn't saying that baptism isn't required, he's saying that they were putting emphasis where it shouldn't be, namely on who was doing the preaching, and trying to divide the church up based on those names. They were trying to start...
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    Were you born into your current religion?

    It's not actually possible to be born into my religion. I was born to parents who were both of the same religion I am now a member of, but that did not make me a member. Only those who understand what sin is and that it is wrong can repent of it. Before that time, a child is considered innocent...
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    The Protestant Bible is flawed

    If the gospels perfectly agreed with one another in every single detail, their writers would have been accused of collusion. Instead, we have different perspectives, different background information, and one focusing on a certain part while another adds additional details. But that's not a...
  13. CrochetOverCoffee

    The Protestant Bible is flawed

    Is the Bible from God? Okay. The information you're requesting is virtually a book. However, I would love to share with you my resources. From Apologetics Press, I first went to their Defending The Faith Study Bible, Special Section: Why The Apocrypha Are Excluded From The Bible (pages...
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    "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

    Before 1922, there was no evidence for the existence of an Egyptian pharaoh named Tutankhamun. But the absence of evidence was not evidence of absence, and in November of that year, the first step into his tomb was discovered, leading to the most famous archaeological discovery ever. In other...
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    "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

    Unless otherwise stated or implied by context, you should always understand a word to have the most obvious meaning. Since the word means to immerse or to be in over your head, that's what it should usually be taken to mean. Ascribing other meanings where there is no textual evidence for it...
  16. CrochetOverCoffee

    "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

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    What did you do to feel closer to the God (deity) you believe in

    When I sing, when I pray, when I read from His word, especially the Psalms. I won't say that these things don't take practice. Learning how to pray is something I wasn't taught as a child, so I'm playing catch-up. I do have plenty of experience singing, but I was a choir nerd in high school...
  18. CrochetOverCoffee

    A Bunch of Reasons Why I Question Noah's Flood Story:

    Okay, this is a pretty big can of worms, and I'm obviously coming pretty late to this party (81 pages of responses!) so I'm not going to go over things point by point as I might have if I got here earlier. (I'm new to the forum.) Instead, I'll provide a couple of resources that might help you...
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    "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

    Faith, confession and repentance are requirements of salvation, but they are not baptism, and they are not enough, alone or together, to save you. You must also be immersed, or baptized, in water. (From etymonline.com: Latin baptizare, from Greek baptizein "immerse, dip in water," also...
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    Genesis 1:26 and the Trinity

    All of that is true without there being a contradiction between Christ being the firstborn and His not having a beginning.
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