Bible study

-Does the Bible Have Anything to Say About Abortion?

The Bible does address abortion as directly as it addresses the killing of toddlers. Neither is specifically mentioned, but it is clear from the following passages that human beings are made with a special dignity as part of their nature. [...]

May 23, 2008

-Rev Mar’s May 11 Sunday Sermon with English subtitle

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May 23, 2008

-Faith & Works: Paul vs. James

One of the thorniest textual problems any Christian can face is the apparent contradiction between Paul and James. Is justification by faith, as Paul claims, or by works, as James seems to say? This problem actually has a very simple solution. [...]

May 23, 2008

-Bad Arguments Against Calvinism

We've been talking about the biblical question of predestination lately--not strict determinism, which mechanistically fixes every detail of our lives, but rather the view that God has personally chosen (predestined) those who would believe in Christ for salvation. [...]

May 22, 2008

-Romans 1 on Homosexuality

A rather lengthy passage in which Paul seems to use homosexuality as indicative both of man's deep seated rebellion against God and God's proper condemnation of man. [...]

May 22, 2008

-Paul, Romans and Homosexuality

To most readers, the first chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans contains the Bible's clearest condemnation of same-sex relations--both male and female. Recent scholarship, though, reads the same text and finds just the opposite--that homosexuality is innate and therefore normal, moral, and biblical. [...]

May 21, 2008