Authority That which rightfully demands our acceptance and obedience. Christ possesses all authority for the Christian and reigns over them through His Word. 2 Tim 3:16, Deut 18:20,…
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15 matching topics · Showing 1–15BENEVOLENCE: church: Acts 2:44,45; 4:32-5:11; 6:1-6; 11:27-30; Rom 15:25-27; 1 Co 16:1-4; 2 Cor 8:4; 9:1,12; 1 Tim 5:3-16. Individual: 1 Tim 5:4,8,16; Matt 15:4-6; 25:31-46; Ester 2:7;…
BIBLE/COMPLETE: Jn 16:13; 2 Pet 1:3; Jude 3
Day-Age Theory The Day-Age Theory interprets the creation “days” of Genesis 1 as long periods rather than ordinary days. Advocates appeal to the range of the Hebrew word…
Denomination The organized grouping of congregations with similar names, creeds, beliefs, structures and practices. This concept is foreign to the NT, since Jesus Christ only built one church.…
DENOMINATIONALISM CONTRARY TO THE SCRIPTURES: Jn 17:20-23; 1 Cor 1:10-13; Eph 4:4-6; Rom 16:16
Disobedience Disobedience is refusal or failure to submit to God's revealed will. Scripture does not present saving faith as mere mental agreement while a person knowingly rejects Christ's…
Homosexuality / Genetics Claim Scripture does not make a scientific claim that same-sex attraction or behavior is either wholly genetic or wholly non-genetic. Therefore the Biblical Pattern should…
Homosexuality / Natural? Romans 1:26-27 describes same-sex sexual relations as “against nature” within Paul's argument concerning humanity's rejection of God and disordered conduct. The passage addresses sexual acts…
The prepared NT library contains 250 reviewed phrase assignments. These are separate from the 48 NT color types, including the original 15 and the 100 Commands & Biblical…
Peter the head of the church?
Sola Scriptura?
UFOs? Scripture does not directly reveal whether biological life exists elsewhere in the physical universe, nor does it identify modern UFO/UAP reports as extraterrestrial spacecraft. Bible passages about…
WORKS: Jas 2:14-17, 19, 24, 26, Jn 12:42, 14:15; Gal 5:6; Acts10:34-35; Matt 7:21; Heb 5:9; Psalm 119:172; 2 Cor 7:1
Young-Earth Arguments — Source Material Young-earth creationism interprets biblical chronology and Genesis as supporting a recent creation, commonly measured in thousands rather than billions of years. That is…
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