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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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What Does It Mean To Mock God?

What does it mean to mock God? Is that something we might do? Mocking God I do know Scriptures testify to the fact that God is not mocked, meaning, “Don’t fool yourselves, whatever you sow, that’s what you’ll reap,” and I speak to myself too, but some openly mock God to His face, so to […]

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Why Did God Choose Jerusalem To Be The City Of God?

by Jack Wellman

Why did God choose Jerusalem over all the cities of the world to put His name? Jerusalem – City of Peace? Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world, but the city hasn’t lived up to its name, at least not yet. Jerusalem means “king” (jeru) of “peace” (shalom), but it has been […]

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Is The Atonement Limited Or Is It For All People?

by Jack Wellman

Can everyone be saved? Is the atonement through Christ limited or for all people? Limited Atonement Limited atonement is the “L” of the TULIP and is associated with John Calvin’s view on salvation and how he explained the five points of the atonement. In the Reformed tradition it is sometimes called limited atonement, or the […]

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Why Can’t Satan Or The Demons Repent?

by Jack Wellman

Is it still possible for Satan to repent? What about the demons? What is Repentance? The Greek word used for repentance in the New Testament is “metanoia” and it means “a change of mind,” but it is much more than simply changing our mind. It is a change of direction. It is a turning away […]

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What’s The Difference Between Calvinism And Hyper-Calvinism?

by Jack Wellman

Is Calvinism and Hyper-Calvinism opposed to one another? Is one wrong and the other right? John Calvin John Calvin was one of the early reformers during the period or movement we call the Great Reformation. John Calvin broke from the Roman Catholic Church because he felt much of what they taught was not biblical, like […]

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Why Does God Allow Tares In The Church?

by Jack Wellman

Why does God allow for tares to be in the church? False Converts The church has long since had false converts in it, and they are certainly in the church today, but the problem is, we can’t always know who they are. We might see some bad fruit and think, “They’re sure not Christian” and […]

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Who Was Saint Augustine?

by Jack Wellman

Here is a look at one of the greatest Christian’s in history, Saint Augustine. Augustine of Hippo Saint Augustine or Augustine of Hippo (354-430), was nothing like a saint when he was young, probably like most of us, but this man is regarded as perhaps the greatest thinker, philosopher and theologian in the first one […]

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What Is The Sin Of Gluttony?

by Jack Wellman

Gluttony is a sin mentioned in the Bible, so what is gluttony? Does it relate only to food and drink? What is Gluttony? I don’t believe we have a good idea of what the word gluttony means as far as the world is concerned. We can envision a huge 300 pound man gorging himself on […]

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Can Demons Possess Inanimate Or Non-Living Objects?

by Jack Wellman

Is it possible for Satan or demons to possess inanimate objects like chairs, houses and other non-living objects? Fallen Angels Who or what are demons? Demons are angels that fell from grace by choosing to follow Lucifer’s rebellion against God. In wanting to become like God, or really, to be in place of God, Lucifer […]

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Why Did God Tell Moses He Would Kill Him?

by Jack Wellman

The Bible seems to indicate God threatened to kill Moses, but why? Moses the Murderer When Israel began to grow so large in population that Pharaoh began to wonder if they would overthrow Egypt during a war, Pharaoh ordered that all male babies be killed (Ex 1:9-17). Most of the Egyptian midwives refused to obey […]

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