Does Hebrews 6 Teach You Can Lose Your Salvation?
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“I would argue the passage is a warning, and as a warning it alerts us to lurking dangers that entice us to forsake Jesus. It does not announce faith’s possible failure.” - Christ Over All
How to Preach a Text You Don’t Fully Understand
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“So what I would do with Matthew 11 is outline the various options, give a few reasons why each are plausible, and then make some application.” - C.Leaders
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Explaining Anomalies: Alleged Contradictions in the Bible
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“The vast majority of supposed “contradictions” in Scripture are relatively easy to reconcile. However, for the sake of honesty, I must acknowledge that there are a handful of problems in Scripture that are exceedingly difficult.” - R.C. Sproul
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“Somehow, we must instill confidence in the readers of Scripture yet also allow the reader to see challenges to interpretation.”
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“…one of the greatest weaknesses of the West is our commitment to autonomy….We think we should be able to read the Bible and come up with its proper interpretation all by ourselves….God told us that one of His chief gifts to the church is teachers (Eph 4:11).” - DBTS Blog
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6 Wrong Ways to Approach Difficult Bible Passages
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“…avoiding these texts doesn’t make them disappear. Eventually you or someone you love will want an explanation.” - TGC
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Why would God send a bear to maul children?
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“Gleason Archer puts everything in perspective when he describes this large roving band of teenagers as ‘a serious public danger, quite as grave as the large youth gangs that roam the ghetto sections of our modern American cities.’” - C.Index
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The Angel of the Bottomless Pit: Challenging Our Comfortable Worldview, Part 2
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4. The smoke from the pit darkens an already darkened sun.
When I say “an already darkened sun” I do so because of Revelation 8:12:
Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.
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The Angel of the Bottomless Pit: Challenging Our Comfortable Worldview
There are some Bible passages that pose peculiar challenges to interpreters. These passages confront us with revelations of weirdness. We are faced with accepting and exploring this weird side of Scripture, or else with smoothing it over, perhaps by not actually dealing with it, but instead just pretending it is obscure, and on that basis, moving on. Episodes that qualify to be on the list of weird passages would include Genesis 6:1-4 and Joshua 10:11-14, but many could be added.
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