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Articles by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is a father and grandfather and a Christian author and pastor of Heritage Evangelical Free Church in Udall, KS [https://modelchrist.org/] & also a Prison Minister. He did his graduate work at Moody Theological Seminary. His books are include: “Teaching Children The Gospel/How to Raise Godly Children,“ “Do Babies Go To Heaven?/Why Does God Allow Suffering?,“ "The Great Omission; Reaching the Lost for Christ," and “Blind Chance or Intelligent Design?, Empirical Methodologies & the Bible."

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Top 6 Bible Verses Often Taken Out of Context

What Bible verses do you see most often taken out of context? How does proper context change what people perceive verses to mean? What is one that you could add to this? Context is Everything Maybe you’ve heard it said that text taken out of context makes it a pretext and usually a false one […]

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How Did Christianity Spread So Fast With the Early Church?

by Jack Wellman

How come the early church spread so fast? What made Christianity take off like wildfire? The Birth of the Church Pentecost essentially marks the birth of the church that Jesus Christ built. Jesus said that the gates of hell would not prevail against the church (Matt 16:18) meaning that not even death itself or the […]

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Who Were The Major Prophets? A List and Christian Study

by Jack Wellman

Who are considered the Major Prophets? Why are they labeled “Major?” Are they more important than the Minor Prophets? Why Are They Called Major Prophets? The Major Prophets are not called “major” because they are more important than the Minor Prophets like Jonah or Micah. It is because of their size that they are called […]

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Is Masturbation A Sin? A Biblical Study

by Jack Wellman

The Bible is silent on whether or not masturbation is sin. What verses can we turn to in trying to determine if this is sin or not? Sexual Immorality Starts in the Mind James gives us insight into how sin starts. Sin begins with temptation as we read in 1:13-15 “Let no one say when […]

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God’s Unchanging Nature: The Immutability of God

by Jack Wellman

What does it mean that God is immutable? How can we understand that God’s nature is unchanging since every other created thing changes? What Immutability Means Imagine that I am on the couch and I want to mute the sound on my TV but there are no batteries in the remote control. It is impossible […]

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Who Were The Minor Prophets? A List and Bible Study

by Jack Wellman

Why are the Minor Prophets called ”minor?” Who are these men and what was their purpose in writing their books? The Minor Prophets The Minor Prophets are not called minor because they are unimportant but because of the size of their books. Prophets like Jeremiah, Isaiah and Ezekiel have large books and so these prophets […]

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Should Children Take Communion?

by Jack Wellman

The Bible commands that Christians should take communion but what about children? Should children be allowed to take communion if they profess faith in Christ? What if they are not yet saved? The Command of Communion The Bible is clear about believers partaking in communion or the Lord’s Supper on a regular basis. Some churches […]

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God Hates The Sin But Loves The Sinner: Is This In The Bible?

by Jack Wellman

Have you heard the saying that God hates the sin but loves the sinner? Can that be found in the Bible? How can God love us while hating our sins? What is Sin? Sin is transgression of the Law of God (1 John 3:4) and sin is lawlessness or the breaking God’s Law’s (1 John […]

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How Did the Early Church Differ From The Church Today?

by Jack Wellman

How is the church of today different from the church during the apostle’s day? What are the major differences? What is missing from the church today that was present during the church’s beginning? The Birth of the Church The church was actually born on the Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came upon believers. […]

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What is Christian Dogma? Should Christians Be Dogmatic?

by Jack Wellman

What does it mean to be dogmatic? What is meant by the term Christian dogma? Is it good to be dogmatic? What is Dogma? Dogma is a set of codes, beliefs, and principles which are held to be necessarily true and cannot or will not change. For example, there are dogmas of science and religion which […]

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