Month: November 2025

22
Nov
2025
1 Cor 7:1-26 – Is Marriage a “Good” Thing?

1 Cor 7:1-26 – Is Marriage a “Good” Thing?

Problem: Generally, marriage is looked upon by the world around us as a good and acceptable institution. Since the commencement of time, the universal law has been that marriage is proper and beneficial. On the very day that God created the first man, He stated: “It is not good that man should be alone” (Genesis 2:18); thus He created a wife for Adam (2:21-24). Everything God had created and examined up until that point had been “good” (1:4,10,21,25). The one thing He stated as being “not good,” however, was man’s lack of human companionship. Therefore, God created woman to be man’s helper and lifelong companion. It was only after her creation (at the end of the six days) that we read for the first time His creation was “very good” (1:31).
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21
Nov
2025
1 Cor 7:1-8 – God said it was not good for man to be alone, so why did Paul say it is good to remain single?

1 Cor 7:1-8 – God said it was not good for man to be alone, so why did Paul say it is good to remain single?

Problem: Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. (1 Corinthians 7:1 (NKJV))

For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that. But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am. (1 Corinthians 7:7–8 (NKJV))

And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” (Genesis 2:18 (NKJV))
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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
21
Nov
2025
Confusion in the Pews

Confusion in the Pews

New research shows a troubling trend in America’s churches: regular attendees are increasingly unsure what the Bible actually says. Issues once considered clear-cut —like sexuality, family, and morality— now leave many Christians confused. Even foundational truths seem to be losing their stronghold inside the very institutions meant to teach them.
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20
Nov
2025
Is the Bible Reliable

Is the Bible Reliable

The Bible is a Book that is loved around the world. Its followers live in every country and in every climate. Those who read it regularly love its pages and often do not get enough of it. Many even devote their life to the study of it, going after many degrees. But is it a love well-placed, or is it an obvious blind-sidedeness? Is there some real proof that the Bible is reliable? Is it for the people of today?
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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Proof, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
20
Nov
2025
1 Cor 6:9-11 – Who are those who do not inherit the kingdom? Are they saved or unsaved?

1 Cor 6:9-11 – Who are those who do not inherit the kingdom? Are they saved or unsaved?

Problem: Today in the evangelical world there is a mushrooming movement which professes to champion the “free grace position,” but which others see as dangerously approaching antinomianism. Those who embrace this doctrinal position insist that a true believer can depart from the faith, deny Christ totally, persist in sin (including homosexuality, drunkenness, adultery, etc.), abandon Christianity, and yet still be counted among those who are truly saved. According to this view, such apostates will gain heaven, but will suffer greatly at the judgment seat of Christ and during the kingdom reign of Christ. Indeed they teach that there will be a group of saved people during the kingdom age who will put into outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (a hell for believers?).
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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
20
Nov
2025
Practical Approaches to Deepening Your Bible Study

Practical Approaches to Deepening Your Bible Study

Introduction To Bible Study

Bible study, in essence, is a formal process of learning, introspection, and reflection on the text, themes, and principles outlined in the Bible. Rooted in a deep desire to appreciate the richness of Scripture, Bible study enables believers to delve into significant theological tenets, gain a broader understanding of historical and cultural contexts, and apply such wisdom to their daily lives.

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Study, Bible Teaching
19
Nov
2025
What Is Sin?

What Is Sin?

Sin is the world’s “BLOOD POISON.” Bad blood manifests itself in the human body in two ways. Inwardly as diabetes, and outwardly in inflammation, boils, carbuncles and ulcers. The former is invisible and may for a time be unsuspected, while the latter are evident to the eye. We must distinguish between “SIN” and “SINS. “ ”SIN” is that tendency or disposition to sin that we inherit from Adam. “SINS” are the “specific acts” of sin that we commit as the result of our tendency to sin. The first like diabetes is internal, the second like boils and carbuncles are external. Jesus came to make an Atonement for “SIN,” not for “SINS.” He came to remove the “Natural Depravity,” or tendency to sin, of the human heart. That is to impart a “New Nature” in which there will be no tendency to sin, and therefore no desire to commit specific acts of sin. By “Natural Depravity” is not meant that there is nothing good in human nature at all, that men are never kind, affectionate generous, lovable, but that the tendency of the human heart is naturally toward evil. It is because people do not understand the nature of sin that they are offended when we speak of them as sinners. They think that a sinner is one guilty of some specific crime, as murder, theft or adultery, whereas a sinner is one who has a sinful disposition.
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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Study, Bible Teaching, Death, Jesus’ Death
18
Nov
2025
1 Cor 3:12-15 – Does the Bible teach purgatory?

1 Cor 3:12-15 – Does the Bible teach purgatory?

Problem: Roman Catholic apologist Tim Staples writes, “First Corinthians 3:11-15 may be the most straightforward text in all of Sacred Scripture when it comes to purgatory. Does this passage support the Roman Catholic doctrine of purgatory?
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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
17
Nov
2025
The Cancer of Sin. (Why do Christian Suffer?)

The Cancer of Sin. (Why do Christian Suffer?)

The Cancer of Sin. (Why do Christian Suffer?) We all at one time or another have seen many types of cancer, the cancer of the flesh and the cancer of the spirit. Cancer is a silent killer, resting in the body until one day it shows itself and by that time the body is already consumed, with no hope and no cure, death is inevitabile. Even thou God allows cancer of the flesh to exist, cancer of the spirit can be destroyed. What is cancer of the spirit? Sin. Why do Christian Suffer? Because we have chosen a path that the world rejects. Many hikers will choose a path to walk, sometimes its the easy way and sometimes its the hard climb. Christians suffer because the path that we’ve chosen is hard and trecherious.1Co 4:11-15 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;
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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Study, wisdom
17
Nov
2025
1 cor 2:8 – How could Paul say the rulers of this world did not know Christ, when Christ came before them at His trial?

1 cor 2:8 – How could Paul say the rulers of this world did not know Christ, when Christ came before them at His trial?

Problem: The apostle affirms that “none of the rulers of this age knew [Christ]; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” Yet Jesus came before both Jewish and Gentile rulers, including Pilate, Herod, and Caiaphas (cf. Matt. 26–27; Mark 14–15; Luke 22–23; John 18–19).
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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
16
Nov
2025
A Guide To Christian Singles

A Guide To Christian Singles

Living as a single may be a choice for some, but for most people, it is a stage before marriage that is supposed to prepare you for a life-long commitment. In this stage, you usually date to find your future spouse. Even single parents, separated and divorced men and women, widowed and uninvolved persons who are similarly referred to as singles at one time or another are looking for their perfect match and intend to marry or remarry.
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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Study, Prayer, wisdom
16
Nov
2025
1 Corinthians 1:14-17 – The Bible’s Teaching on Baptism: Contradictory or Complementary?

1 Corinthians 1:14-17 – The Bible’s Teaching on Baptism: Contradictory or Complementary?

Problem: According to numerous skeptics, the Bible is inconsistent regarding whether or not water baptism is necessary (e.g., Drange, 1996; Morgan, 2003; cf. Wells, 2001). In Dennis McKinsey’s book, Biblical Errancy (2000), he lists several verses that teach the need for one to be baptized in order to be saved (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 1 Peter 3:21; etc.), but then he lists four verses (John 4:2; 1 Corinthians 1:14,16,17) which allegedly teach that baptism “is not a necessity” (p. 61). According to these men, Jesus and Paul were confused regarding the purpose of baptism.
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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
15
Nov
2025
Romans 16:25-27 – What is the “mystery of the gospel”?

Romans 16:25-27 – What is the “mystery of the gospel”?

Problem: There are a number of similarities between these verses and Paul’s opening verses in Romans chapter 1. Consider the following:


The last of these (in bold print) is actually a contrast. In chapter 1 Paul speaks about the gospel of God which had been promised before by the Old Testament prophets, but in chapter 16 Paul, in speaking of the gospel, mentions a mystery which had been kept secret but which is now revealed by the New Testament prophets. There is a sense in which the gospel is both old and new. There is an aspect of the gospel which is old and which was revealed on the pages of the Old Testament Scriptures. There is another aspect of the gospel which is new and which was kept secret throughout the Old Testament period, but which has been made known during this present age by Paul and other New Testament prophets and apostles.
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