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I am a born again christian who loves the Lord and I am taking bible classes online
I am a born again christian who loves the Lord and I am taking bible classes online
05
Mar
2026
2 Tim 2:16-17 – Biblical Consistency and the Believer’s Treatment of False Teachers

2 Tim 2:16-17 – Biblical Consistency and the Believer’s Treatment of False Teachers

Problem: If Christians are to be kind and loving to everyone (Luke 10:29-37), some question why 2 John 10-11 teaches, “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine (‘the doctrine of Christ’—vs. 9), do not receive him into your house nor greet him; for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.”1 Also, why did Paul instruct Timothy to “shun profane and idle babblings” (2 Timothy 2:16; 1 Timothy 6:20-21)? Are Christians to shun those with whom we disagree, and even go so far as not to greet them or allow them into our homes?

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
04
Mar
2026
Restoring the Literal Interpretation of Prophecy

Restoring the Literal Interpretation of Prophecy

The literal, imminent return of Jesus Christ was the heart and soul of the fundamentalist movement of the turn of the 20th century (last part of the 1800s and first part of the 1900s).

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Posted by petra1000 in Apologetics, Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
04
Mar
2026
2 Tim 2:15 – Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth

2 Tim 2:15 – Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth

Problem: This verse of Scripture ought to be very meaningful to those of us who are accountable to the Chief Shepherd of the flock. God has committed unto us sixty-six infallible, inerrant Books which we are to faithfully study, allowing the truth of His Word to become part of the very fabric of our being. We are then to teach others also (2 Tim. 2:2). “My brethren, be not many masters (teachers), knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation (judgment)” (James 3:1). We are certainly not to take this awesome responsibility lightly.

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
03
Mar
2026
Fish Teach Humans to Make Better Ceramics

Fish Teach Humans to Make Better Ceramics

When scientists finally learn how to make ceramics that can endure high temperatures and conduct electricity without resistance, they may have to thank the sea urchin for teaching them how to do it.

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Posted by petra1000 in Apologetics, Creation, Evolution
03
Mar
2026
2 Tim 1:10 – If Jesus abolished death, why do we still die?

2 Tim 1:10 – If Jesus abolished death, why do we still die?

Problem: Paul affirms in this text that Christ “has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.” But death is not abolished, since “death spread to all men” (Rom. 5:12), and “it is appointed for men to die once” (Heb. 9:27).

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
02
Mar
2026
Comfort, Comfort

Comfort, Comfort

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
Isaiah 40:1–2 ESV

“Comfort, comfort my people, says your God,” the prophet Isaiah recorded. Let those words soak into your soul. God doesn’t say, “scold, scold.” Not “shame, shame.” Not “punish, punish.” “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.”

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
02
Mar
2026
2 Tim 1:7 – Are We to Fear God?

2 Tim 1:7 – Are We to Fear God?

Problem: The word “fear” appears in the New King James Version of the Bible 367 times. In some of these occurrences, the text is expounding upon “the fear of the Lord” and its relationship to wisdom (cf. Job 28:28; Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 1:7). In numerous other passages of Scripture, one can read where God commands that His creation fear Him (Leviticus 25:17; Deuteronomy 6:13; Matthew 10:28; et al.). It is widely known that one of the repeated truths in the Bible is that God’s “mercy is on those who fear Him” (Luke 1:50). It also is well known, however, that in the New Testament Paul informed Timothy that “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). The apostle John went even further, saying, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment” (1 John 4:18).

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
01
Mar
2026
1 Tim 6:20-21 – Biblical Consistency and the Believer’s Treatment of False Teachers

1 Tim 6:20-21 – Biblical Consistency and the Believer’s Treatment of False Teachers

If Christians are to be kind and loving to everyone (Luke 10:29-37), some question why 2 John 10-11 teaches, “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine (‘the doctrine of Christ’—vs. 9), do not receive him into your house nor greet him; for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.”1 Also, why did Paul instruct Timothy to “shun profane and idle babblings” (2 Timothy 2:16; 1 Timothy 6:20-21)? Are Christians to shun those with whom we disagree, and even go so far as not to greet them or allow them into our homes?
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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
28
Feb
2026
A Look At Genesis Chapter 1

A Look At Genesis Chapter 1

Genesis chapter 1 opens the Bible with one of the most profound declarations in all of Scripture: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). These ten words establish the foundation of our faith. Before time, space, or matter existed, there was God—eternal, sovereign, and all-powerful. Unlike ancient creation myths that depict gods battling chaos or emerging from it, the biblical account presents one true God who speaks order into existence from nothing. This ex nihilo creation reveals His unmatched authority and sets Him apart as the sole Creator.

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Study, Bible Teaching
28
Feb
2026
1 Tim 6:16 – Does God Dwell in Light or Darkness?

1 Tim 6:16 – Does God Dwell in Light or Darkness?

Problem: In the February 12, 2009 Butt/Barker Debate on the existence of the God of the Bible, atheist Dan Barker spent nearly two-thirds of his opening 15-minute speech alleging that the Bible’s portrayal of God is contradictory. Barker alleged several discrepancies (most all of which we have answered elsewhere on our website), including that God cannot logically dwell in light and darkness. Twelve minutes and five seconds into his first speech, Dan Barker asserted:

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
27
Feb
2026
Cave Mysteries

Cave Mysteries

Have you ever been in a cave? If you have, perhaps someone has told you that the rock formations hanging from the ceiling—called stalactites—are thousands or even tens of thousands of years old. Scientists tell us that stalactites take 100 years, on average, to grow one inch. But just how accurate is this figure?

Stalactites grow where water seeps through limestone rock, dissolving limestone in the process. When this water containing dissolved limestone emerges from the roof of a cave, it hangs for a moment. In a current of air, some of it evaporates, causing the limestone to deposit. Finally, the remaining water drops to the floor of the cave and continues to evaporate and deposit. The deposit on the floor is called a stalagmite.

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Posted by petra1000 in Apologetics, Creation, Evolution
27
Feb
2026
1 Tim 6:16 – Does God Alone Possess Immortality?

1 Tim 6:16 – Does God Alone Possess Immortality?

Problem: The Bible repeatedly testifies to the fact that this life is not all there is. For the faithful, the best is yet to come (Luke 16:22; 23:43; 2 Timothy 4:8). For the unfaithful, the worst is yet to come (Luke 16:23-24). The unrighteous “will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” (Matthew 25:46, emp. added; cf. Lyons and Butt, 2005). At death, “the dust will return to the earth as it was,” but “the spirit will return to God who gave it” (Ecclesiastes 12:7; cf. Genesis 2:7). Jesus taught: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die” (John 11:25-26, emp. added). In short, the soul of man is immortal (Romans 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:10; 1 Corinthians 15:53-54).

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Proof, Bible Teaching
25
Feb
2026
Swing

Swing

Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.
(1 Samuel 2:12 ESV)

A permissive father says, “Whatever you want!” An abusive father says, “Whatever I want!” The passive father simply says, “Whatever.” He is not really engaged or connected. He watches his children hurt themselves and self-destruct, and he doesn’t even raise a voice of restraint. Almighty God put a whole story in the Bible so that we know what He thinks of passive dads, because those father wounds run very deep.

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
25
Feb
2026
1 Tim 6:16 – Does this passage support annihilationism?

1 Tim 6:16 – Does this passage support annihilationism?

Problem: Paul writes that God “alone possesses immortality” (1 Tim. 6:16). Annihilationists argue that this supports the notion that those in hell are not conjoined to an eternal soul. Instead, they are annihilated at death. Is this the case?

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching