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From which I can only conclude that you have never read the NIV as a whole - all you ever do is compare isolated verses. And verses should never be taken out of their context. But if you insist on looking at isolated verses, you must also include those where the KJV diminishes or ignores the...

Some differences matter more than others. Whether Jesus was a specialist carpenter or more of a generalist builder makes no difference at all to us; the point was, He was a tradesman who worked with His hands. We need to remember that trades were classified differently in those days, and some...

Christian faith is not blind faith. We believe on the basis of evidence. We believe God's word because He has proved to be trustworthy. We believe that Jesus rose from the dead because of eyewitness testimony.

I'm not sure that this has anything to do with the success or failure of Adam and Eve's marriage. Their failure was in their relationship with God. In Genesis 4 we read that - despite the trauma of being exiled from Eden - they set about fulfilling their commission to multiply and fill the...

Fasting, like most other habits, takes practice. When you say that you "couldn't fast from food & drink", what exactly do you mean? Was it that you couldn't keep it up for more than a few days (or hours)? Or that you felt unwell very quickly? A fast from buying clothes sounds like a very...

In what way could I, in the 21st century, love a man who died two thousand years ago? (Or hate him, for that matter?) I see him as a terrible warning. You can be that close to Jesus - and yet turn your back on the light...

This is a more difficult question to answer; I don't think one can be as definite as "must" or "must not". Paul also states that a leader's children must be obedient and godly (Titus 1:6) - so does that exclude men who are married but childless? And as far as we know, Paul himself had neither...

The church in Crete was new, and its members were all recent converts. So it means that polygamy was common in Cretan society, not that it was a feature of the church! There is a similar situation in many parts of the world today. Men who already have more than one wife may be converted. Should...

Nothing in what Jesus says presupposes a young (6000 year-old) earth. And if God used evolution to make Man, He would still be our Creator.

This article is from the 1990s, when HIV treatment was in its infancy. Now that HIV is treatable, it no longer shortens lifespan - and so the article is seriously out of date!

Are you referring to His quote of Genesis 1:27 in Mark 10:6? "At the beginning of creation, God made them male and female" I don't see that this demands a literal understanding - for one thing, the creation of humans comes at the end of the creation story in Genesis, not at the beginning! And...

There's just one flaw in your argument. In the New Testament, the title "apostle" is not restricted to the Twelve. See Romans 16, for example, where Paul describes Andronicus and Junia as apostles; or Acts 14:14, where Luke describes both Paul and Barnabas as apostles. Not forgetting Paul himself!

Non-historical literature is also to be taken seriously. Jesus' parables, for example, and Revelation. "Historical" is not the only way to understand Genesis 1, and never has been. The early theologians (such as Augustine) weren't kow-towing to atheist scientists, so don't assume that modern...

Apologies - for some reason I assumed you were talking about sedimentary rocks. We know that dead animals are normally scavenged and eaten. That's the norm. And if they're eaten, they won't fossilise. Therefore, fossilisation is the exception, not the rule.

Of course not. However they interpret Genesis 1, all Christians agree that God is the Creator.

James is speaking ironically. Anyone who never sins with their tongue must surely be perfect - if there were in fact anyone! He's making the point that everyone commits sins of speech!

What rocks have been formed in "modern times"? How do you define "modern"? No species was "declared" extinct millions of years ago. Extinction is assumed if there are no modern specimens known, but then obviously if one turns up the scientists change their minds! Bear in mind that only a tiny...

Hmm... Why are atheistic scientists (like Richard Dawkins) so keen to interpret Genesis 1 in the most literal way possible - and why do so many Christians feel the need to agree with them? Actually, Christians have always had differences of opinion over Genesis 1. St Augustine of Hippo (the...

It isn't a case of one denomination being "right" and all the others "wrong". Different denominations have different strengths and weaknesses. They have different worship traditions, different ways of celebrating Communion, different approaches to evangelism / prayer/ church government etc. The...

The disagreement isn't between science and the Bible, but between science and a particular interpretation of part of the Bible (the early chapters of Genesis). So don't be in such a hurry to condemn the science. The Bible contains many types of literature, not all of which are intended to be...