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What sort of "slave" is Paul referring to in 1 Corinthians 7:21-23?
I think this is a false dichotomy: either a servant (a willing laborer for someone, like modern employment) or a slave, such as American enslavement of blacks, an unwilling, forced laborer. Paul ...
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Historical basis for 'evangelion' in specific military context?
The word "euangelion" comes from the root word, "angelos" = "message" with the prefix "eu" = "good". Thus, good message, or good news.
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Is the Book of Job a parable or an actual account?
I have studied and preached on the book of Job for many years. It is clear to me that there was indeed a real man named Job. The words that God gave to the writer were given notice that it is true:
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Did the author of the Book of Judith realize that Nebuchanezzer was really a Babylonian? (Judith 1:1)
Nineveh & Nebuchadnezzar
Nineveh (sometimes spelled Nineve) was destroyed in 612 BC, and the Assyrian Empire (of which Nineveh had been the capital) was broken apart in 605 BC (source). ...
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Did the author of the Book of Judith realize that Nebuchanezzer was really a Babylonian? (Judith 1:1)
Here are two quotes from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Judith that summarize the situation with Judith -
Today, it is generally accepted that the Book of Judith is
ahistorical. The fictional ...
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How were scrolls sealed in the time of Revelation?
Perhaps, the seals represent the governance of satans rule on earth, conquer through religion, war, commerce, sickness, plague and death. The Depiction is the final warning in heavens throneroom, a ...
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In John 19:23, was Jesus crucified naked?
Four of the biggest errors when reading Scripture are, First, forgetting that our "bibles" are the result of translation. And in any work of translation,the meaning of original language is ...
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In John 19:23, was Jesus crucified naked?
It is clear that Jesus was crucified naked, both from this passage and from comments in other passages in the New Testament. The original Greek in this passage is as follows:
Οἱ οὖν στρατιῶται ὅτε ...
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