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the starkness of Judaic thought
In the end, we all die. There is no heaven, there is no hell. At least, that is what the Jews believed, as well as many early Christians. Until Paul and his ilk grafted Greek ideas of Hades, Tartaros,…
Created 4 months ago
Ecclesiastes 9:2 (NASB), Ecclesiastes 9:3 (NASB), Ecclesiastes 9:4 (NASB), Ecclesiastes 9:5 (NASB), Ecclesiastes 9:6 (NASB)
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Luke 19:26-27
Luke 19:26-27 (NIV)
"He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away.Created 5 months ago
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not about Jesus...
As much as it'd be nice to believe otherwise, this is not a prophecy about Jesus. Linking it with Jesus requires the most painfully dishonest proof texting imaginable, labored hermeneutical gymnastics.
Created 5 months ago
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the actions of godly men?
It's shocking to read through the genocide and murder in the OT. This isn't just a historical fiction- it's a record of what pleases God and what does not. And I find that deeply troubling.
Created 7 months ago
2 Kings 10:18 (CEB), 2 Kings 10:19 (CEB), 2 Kings 10:20 (CEB), 2 Kings 10:21 (CEB), 2 Kings 10:22 (CEB), 2 Kings 10:23 (CEB), 2 Kings 10:24 (CEB), 2 Kings 10:25 (CEB), 2 Kings 10:26 (CEB), 2 Kings 10:27 (CEB), 2 Kings 10:28 (CEB)
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Untitled Note
Christ was foreknown but not preexisting? Obviously, God is omniscient- you and I were all foreknown. Does the trinity make sense?
Created 8 months ago
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Jesus' God
Always fascinated me that God (YHVH?) is not only Christ's Father, but also His God. Not His Father and Co-constituent member of the Godhead. It's positively shocking to me that reading the Bible is…
Created 8 months ago
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1 Corinthians 6:1-8
1 Corinthians 6:1-8 (ESV)
When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?Created 8 months ago
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1 Corinthians 5:11-13
1 Corinthians 5:11-13 (ESV)
But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.Created 8 months ago
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1 Corinthians 5:3-5
1 Corinthians 5:3-5 (ESV)
For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing.Created 8 months ago
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Chariots of Iron
This verse has always fascinated me- even the combined power of Israel, Judah and God Himself could not dispossess the valley from the people living there. Unlike so many stories in the Old Testament…
Created 8 months ago
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The Author of Good and Evil
God is the source of all evil, hate, and death as well as love and life. Not only that, but God becomes drunk at the taste of blood- it strengthens him, it quickens him. Mentioned earlier is the Sons…
Created 8 months ago
Deuteronomy 32:39 (ESV), Deuteronomy 32:40 (ESV), Deuteronomy 32:41 (ESV), Deuteronomy 32:42 (ESV)
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Untitled Note
Job can see through the lies of theodicy. Funny how the Bible speaks to us so plainly, only to have it's message undermined by priests, pastors, apologists and other scheming scribes.
Created 8 months ago
Job 9:19 (NASB), Job 9:20 (NASB), Job 9:21 (NASB), Job 9:22 (NASB), Job 9:23 (NASB), Job 9:24 (NASB)
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the wealthy are unsaved
This has gotta be a shover for so many of us: the wealthy are unsaved. This passage is one of the few where Christians are told explicitly how we can distinguish between one truly saved by Christ and…
Created 8 months ago
1 John 3:14 (NASB), 1 John 3:15 (NASB), 1 John 3:16 (NASB), 1 John 3:17 (NASB), 1 John 3:18 (NASB)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-10-05
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Tea Party, Take this to Heart
One of the many scripture passages most politically active Christians like to ignore, or allegorize into meaninglessness. Do we really serve Christ by threatening to shed a President's blood for the…
Created 8 months ago
Romans 13:1 (NASB), Romans 13:2 (NASB), Romans 13:3 (NASB), Romans 13:4 (NASB), Romans 13:5 (NASB), Romans 13:6 (NASB), Romans 13:7 (NASB)
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-09-30
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Creeping Universalism?
An interesting verse, to be sure! Even the atheist is saved, as long as he is not doing ill works to his fellow humans. If God were to deny the faithless, He would deny himself. Food for thought!
Created 8 months ago
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Anyone who does not find this passage deeply disturbing…
Anyone who does not find this passage deeply disturbing is not reading the Bible or a real Christian. Like it or not, God is not all loving, all just, or all forgiving. But he is all powerful, and so…
Created 9 months ago
Romans 9:15 (CEB), Romans 9:16 (CEB), Romans 9:17 (CEB), Romans 9:18 (CEB)
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Untitled Note
Rather invalidates the tradition of rejecting the Torah laws, doesn't it? Who do you trust- man (Paul) or God?
Created 9 months ago
Mark 7:9 (NASB), Mark 7:10 (NASB), Mark 7:11 (NASB), Mark 7:12 (NASB), Mark 7:13 (NASB)
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Ostensibly, Jesus is saying that only unrepentant…
Ostensibly, Jesus is saying that only unrepentant sinner needs Jesus. Those who repent and are remorseful have already received Christ's message. This certainly sheds light on the opinion of so many…
Created 9 months ago
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Blessed are the nonbelievers...
As an agnostic with an interest in the Bible, this is one of my faves by Saul. It's a hedge against what my senses and methods plainly declare: there are no gods, there is no afterlife, there is no immortal…
Created 9 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-09-12
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Another thumbs up for nonbelievers!
Another Christian verse supporting good works over Paul's idea of grace. Flatly contradicts what your average evangelical preacher tells you- in his view, it doesn't matter how kind, compassionate and…
Created 9 months ago
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One of the most rationalized verses in the Bible,…
One of the most rationalized verses in the Bible, usually by claimed Christians who don't actually have faith in him enough to trully follow. Why should I trust some well off hypocrite like Pat Robertson…
Created 9 months ago
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Modern hypocrites abound!
It doesn't get any more clear than this! Someday, I'm going to start carrying around a collapsable sign reading "Matt 6:1" to bring out whenever someone has a "John 3:16" sign, or otherwise behaves…
Created 9 months ago
Matthew 6:1 (NASB), Matthew 6:2 (NASB), Matthew 6:3 (NASB), Matthew 6:4 (NASB), Matthew 6:5 (NASB), Matthew 6:6 (NASB)
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Redactional heresy, so beloved by many revisionist Christians
It never ceases to amaze me how desperately the idolators of King James, noted autocrat and occult author, cling to these verses, and the many others added by medieval scribes. It should be a sign-…
Created 9 months ago
Mark 16:9 (CEB), Mark 16:10 (CEB), Mark 16:11 (CEB), Mark 16:12 (CEB), Mark 16:13 (CEB), Mark 16:14 (CEB), Mark 16:15 (CEB), Mark 16:16 (CEB), Mark 16:17 (CEB), Mark 16:18 (CEB), Mark 16:19 (CEB), Mark 16:20 (CEB)
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The Sabbath and the Son
Jesus may as well have said: "The Son was made for man, not man for the Son." This means that Jesus truly took away the sins of the world from all those who repent and endeavor to do good, not just those…
Created 9 months ago
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Yet another misrepresentation of the Adversary...
So many of the contradictions in Scripture appear so because of the flawed interpretation pushed by most churches. There is the problem of free will- how can there be free will if God allows an evil rival…
Created 9 months ago
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"The Satan" is a title, not an evil god!
"The Satan" is a title, not an evil god! One of the most common heresies practiced today is the unbiblical view that the Satan is a being, some sort of evil god that is not quite as powerful as YHVH.…
Created 9 months ago
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"The Satan" is a title, not an evil god!
One of the most common heresies practiced today is the unbiblical view that the Satan is a being, some sort of evil god that is not quite as powerful as YHVH. The biblical view is quite different- "Ha…
Created 9 months ago
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The chaff is sin, not sinners!
This verse is sometimes used as support for the idea of hell invented by the early Proto-Catholic church. Usually by folks who proclaim to "love the sinner but hate the sin." This is utterly wrong.…
Created 9 months ago
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The Trinity: Polytheistic heresy or truly Biblical?
Amazingly, this one verse is the entire case for the Trinity in the Gospels. It's shocking that Protestants didn't do finding about this. I wish more Christians actually read the Bible with a critical…
Created 9 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-08-23
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Sexy time
Song of Solomon 4:16 (CEB)
Stir, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow upon my garden; let its perfumes flow! [Woman] Let my love come to his garden, let him eat its luscious fruit! [Man]Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-07-26
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James 2:4-6, James 2:14-16
James 2:4-6 (NASB)
have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?James 2:14-16 (NASB)
What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?Created 10 months ago
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James 2:4-6
James 2:4-6 (NASB)
have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?Created 10 months ago
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James 1:22
James 1:22 (NASB)
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.Created 10 months ago
