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The Book of Galatians (Part 2) – God’s Law and Salvation

Second article in series… Legalism and Faith The book of Galatians centers on a controversy that existed in the early Christian church which still exists today. Every Christian today should thoughtfully consider the proper relationship between grace and law, faith and obedience. God chose Paul to address this matter because he had years of experience…

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The Book of Galatians (Part 1) – Justification by Faith

Justification by Faith “He [Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.” – 2 Peter 3:16, insertion mine The King James Version…

Eternal Hell, Baptism of the Dead, and Who Went to Heaven

Eternally Burning Hell (Continued) Last month we examined a few Bible verses used to support the idea of an eternally burning hell. This month we will consider a few more verses on this topic before moving on to other conflicts. To begin this study, please consider a critical point: The Bible is like the human…

Conflicting Bible Texts About Eternal Hell

In the July 2015 Wake Up Report, we examined a textual conflict in Philippians 1:20–26. This month, we will consider another textual conflict—Eternally Burning Hell. Perhaps the most difficult textual conflict in Scripture concerns God’s punishment of the wicked. Millions of Christians assume the wicked will languish with the devil in hell forever. This is…