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Bible Lessons

Baptism: Not A Requirement for Salvation

In the world today, there are a few sects and movements that think the Bible tells us that baptism is a requirement for salvation. Is this what the Bible really says? This research paper will illustrate how baptism is not a requirement for salvation. Heretical Teaching #1: "The scriptures include ba...

Noncanonical

The Gospel of Mary [Magdalene]

[The Coptic papyrus, from which the first six pages have been lost, begins in the middle of this gospel.] "...will, then, matter be saved or not?" The Savior said, "All natures, all formed things, all creatures exist in and with one another and will again be resolved into their own roots, because th...

Questions

Can God's face actually be seen (Genesis 32:30)?

In Genesis 32:30 Jacob said, "I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared." Mormons sometimes cite this verse with a view to proving that God the Father has a physical body with a face that can be seen. This is a faulty interpretation. To begin, it is possible for a blind person to speak "fac...

Discipleship

Family Resemblance

I personally believe that the Apostle John wrote the epistles that are ascribed to him in the New Testament—not just because of their content, but because they read as though they were written by an elderly man. If you scan over them quickly, they seem to ramble, but if you read them carefully, you ...

Discipleship

Discerning Itinerant Prophets

More than the rest of us, charismatic Christians are careful not to quench the Spirit, so they allow just about anyone to stand up and speak in church. However, this virtue leaves them vulnerable to self-appointed itinerant ‘prophets’ who inflict much pain before they are discovered to be false prop...

Discipleship

Witnessing to Jews

As one reads through the Bible, we find progressively detailed prophecies about the identity of the Messiah. Obviously, as the prophecies become increasingly detailed, the field of qualified "candidates" becomes increasingly narrow.In showing a Jewish person that Jesus is the Messiah, one effective ...