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This doesn't follow. Not all parts of the Bible are "literal". Jesus' parables aren't true stories. The poetry (the psalms, large chunks of Isaiah and the other prophets, Song of Songs) contains a lot of metaphorical pictures that shouldn't be interpreted literally. And let's not get started on...

Personally, I think that the stories in the first 11 chapters of Genesis describe real events in the early history of the human race - but they're not "literal" in the sense that if you'd been there you would have seen things happening exactly as described. Many cultures, all over the world...

There is no-one who is inherently un-savable. Homosexual behaviour is a sin, just like other sins. We are all sinners, we are all saved by grace.

Ah, I see... this isn't really about getting the translation right. It's about massaging Scripture to make it mean what we want it to mean. What about all the Scriptures that talk about the destruction of the wicked? They don't all use the word "eternal". And even I Timothy 4:10 makes a...

I haven't read the whole article, but it's obvious that the author isn't a linguist or translator. They seem surprised that a single Greek word can have many different English equivalents, when in fact that's not unusual when translating from one language into another. (Try translating the...

It's possible for the coronary arteries in the heart to go into spasm - giving you pain - but then be back to normal by the time your ECG is done. The cardiologist will be aware of such things. There may be other possible explanations too.

The Dome of the Rock was built 1300 years ago. The abomination of desolation is described as one of the final events just before Christ's return. So I don't think the two can be the same.

It depends on your church, how often they offer it. Jesus never stipulated how often we should take communion, which is why different denominations now have different traditions. The early church did it every week, at their Sunday meeting. Personally, I feel that somewhere between once a week...

If Nancy has found the right group, they are "The World Mission Society Church of God", and they have some very weird beliefs indeed (for example, that we have a Father God and a Mother God - better known as Jerusalem!) According to their website they say they believe in the Trinity, but they...

Hello, and welcome. What you describe is such a common experience. You decide to follow Christ, you look forward to being delivered from sin... and then you quickly discover that we can't shake sin off altogether in this life. Most of us have at least one besetting sin, a particular weakness...

1) Repentance is a change of attitude. Changes in behaviour follow automatically. 2) If you're wanting to repent, you are being drawn by the Holy Spirit. Repentance isn't a natural human desire. 3) It's not necessary to "feel" conviction or anything else. 4) God has promised to forgive all who...

In patriarchal times, this was undoubtedly true. Now that the earth is straining under a population of billions, we need to control our fertility to a level where the population stabilises. "Must"? I really think that this interpretation misses the point. Castration does a lot more than...

In the UK, flashing headlights usually means, "I'm giving way to you - you can pull out" (Or "come on through ", depending on the context.) In continental Europe, on the other hand, it means "Get out of my way!"

Hmmm... But if God created the human body of Jesus separately, ex nihilo, He wouldn't be a part of the human race that needed redemption - and so He wouldn't be qualified to redeem us. The Law required a Redeemer to be "of the same family." (Leviticus 25:48; Hebrews 2:11) "He shared in our...

Spiritual things aren't inherited through DNA, only physical traits. And it's not only Christians who have a spiritual inheritance. The Pharisees were "children of the devil" (John 8:44) - in a spiritual sense, not a physical or biological one! The whole of mankind inherits Adam's sinfulness...

Sin isn't inherited through DNA - there's no "sin gene". Adam in his original state had all human DNA - when he sinned, he didn't acquire any extra! Sin is a spiritual inheritance, not a biological one. I have to disagree with you (respectfully of course!) because to my mind, if Jesus didn't...

"Immaculate conception" refers to the conception of Mary (a Roman Catholic doctrine). The correct term for Jesus' coming is "virgin birth". He had no human father, but He did have a human mother and inherited His human nature from her. He would have had her DNA! So He was indeed Jewish. If...

You mean that Luke wrote his gospel under the influence of "bad doctrine"? That amounts to saying that the New Testament can't be trusted.

Was the Thief on the Cross Baptized or Not? We don't know. We are not told - and if baptism was essential to salvation, we would have been told.

Maybe. But remember that people have always suffered these kinds of problems, long before Covid or Covid vaccines came along. There are hundreds of possible causes of a high white blood cell count (any infection, or inflammation anywhere in the body), and a lot of them can cause clotting...