This is a phrase used to establish personal guilt in an accused throughout scripture. hwoever, can it be rightly used regarding the establishment of doctrine as it is often used?
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Is there One church or many?
Is there One church or many? Like so many topics, beliefs surrounding questions like this have been used by the devil to divide the body. Like so many issues, this question is one easily agreed upon by anyone holding the scriptures as the final word on any issue of doctrine. Words used for “church” in the Bible and their meanings There were two words predominately used in the New Testament to refer to the gatherings of Christians. The first word is ekklēsía which means called out ones and is NOT a word exclusive to Christian gatherings, but was in fact […]
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Binding & Loosening The purpose of this article is to address the way these words have come to be used in the last 50+ years. We are going to look closely at the scriptures to see if… or to what degree, the scriptures support modern thoughts on the issue. What ARE modern thoughts and teachings of Binding and Loosening In most cases, and therefore the ones I am choosing to address in this article, the teachings of binding and loosening are largely in the sphere of spiritual warfare. Teachings regarding spiritual warfare are often riddled with difficulties, extremes and […]
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Why church?
Why Church? I am going to attempt to offer a simple and clear answer to this question. As such it will lack MUCH in terms proof, since that would immediately and greatly lengthen the article. So I will just say now that for a more in-depth answer, I have a separate article which I link to at the end of this one. First let me clarify what I mean by ‘church’ in this article. In the Bible, the word church is used two ways. First and most importantly the word church is used for God’s whole family in […]
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Who is Jesus?
The Person and Work of Jesus Christ If you are reading this, you probably want a straightforward answer about this man named Jesus and I offer a brief answer to that in the next few paragraphs for those who will never read this entire article. If you will though, let me say that anyone who wants to realize the scope of the claims He and His followers made concerning Who He is – you would immediately realize that a short and sweet definition could never hope to capture the true answer to the question…Who is Jesus? If you are wanting […]
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