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Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.

The doctrine of eternal torment is unbiblical. Anyone who attempts to support eternal torment using scripture is quickly crushed by mountain of scripture which unambiguously supports annihilation. Here is a good web site that biblically supports annihilation and disproves the doctrine of...

To me it separates those who have been touched by the Spirit to accept what Jesus is teaching, and those who have a hard heart. For example, the Pharisees have closed minds and do not accept Jesus' teachings but his disciples are able to accept the teachings. Today it can represent those who...

I sure am glad the 11 apostles didn't just go home and worship God quietly after Christ was crucified! If they had, no one would even know about Christ and/or Christianity!

I was addicted to WOW for several years (before I became a Christian). We are slaves to whatever has mastered us and for many people in this world, WOW is their master. It's very addictive, but only you know for sure if you can play it without becoming addicted. As for me, I know that these...

I just give them money and don't worry about what they do with it - that's between them and God. I give them money because my Lord commands me to, and I know He sees my generosity.

Thanks! Just wanted to expand a bit. Word-for-word translations such as KJV, NKJV, and NASB replace each Hebrew or Greek word with an equivalent English word, so that is why they are more accurate than the NIV. When you read KJV, NKJV, or NASB it's almost like reading the originating Greek...

There's nothing necessarily wrong with the NIV but you do need to understand that it is not as accurate to the original Word of God due to the way it was translated. The NIV is a "thought for thought" translation whereas the KJV and NKJV are "word for word". So when you read the NKJV you read...