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What Is Biblical Eisegesis And What Is Exegesis?

What is biblical exegesis and what is biblical eisegesis and why is the latter so dangerous when reading and studying the Bible? Eisegesis Eisegesis is, in short, the exact opposite of hermeneutics. Where hermeneutics is concerned with extracting the meaning out of biblical text, eisegesis (sometimes called “isogesis”) attempts to insert one’s own interpretation or […]

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What You And Your Church Can Do To Stop Racism

by Jack Wellman

Even though there may be no racists in your church, there are ways you and your church can reduce racism around you, and in your communities. Prejudice There are all sorts of ways we can show prejudice toward people. We seem to naturally judge people on sight. For one thing, it is our human nature […]

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What Is A Reprobate Mind? Can We Become A Reprobate?

by Jack Wellman

The Apostle Paul wrote about some who finally came to a have a reprobate mind, so what is a reprobate and is there a risk we can reprobate? A Reprobate A reprobate is someone who is an unprincipled person. To the hyper-Calvinist, they are a sinner who is not of the elect and is predestined […]

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What The Bible Says About Racism

by Jack Wellman

What does the Bible teach about racism, prejudice, and bias? The Old Testament One of my favorite chapters in the Old Testament is Leviticus 19. Now you might think that the Book of Leviticus is strictly about the Old Testament Laws, and you’d be right, but some of these laws were separate from the sacrificial […]

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What Does The Bible Say About Racism, Prejudice and Violence?

by Jack Wellman

In a nation ready to explode with riots, burning, looting, and killing, what does the Bible say about dealing with racism, prejudice, and violence? No Reason for Racism When it comes down to it, there’s really only one race…the human race. The Apostle Paul, speaking about the Creator, said that “he made from one man […]

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What Was Paul’s Macedonian Call?

by Jack Wellman

What is the Macedonian Call? Is that a call that Christians will have too, except not in Macedonia? Saul’s Call Perhaps the reason that Jesus Himself had to directly intervene in the Apostle Paul’s life to call him as a missionary was probably because no human alive could have ever witnessed to him about Jesus […]

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What Is Verbal Plenary Inspiration?

by Jack Wellman

What is verbal plenary inspiration? How can we be sure the Bible is actually God speaking to us? Verbal Plenary Inspiration In short, verbal plenary inspiration is this; verbal means spoken verbally or in the written form. In the Bible it ends up being both since God spoke directly to some (i.e., Moses, Abraham, Isaiah, […]

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Is The Coronavirus A Sign Of The End Times Or Last Days?

by Jack Wellman

Many believe that the coronavirus is a sign of the end times. Are they right? Is this pandemic a sign that Jesus is coming soon? A Seared Conscience The Apostle Paul warned about a time when people would be living in such a sinful state that they acquire a seared conscience. Sinning often desensitizes us […]

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Why Is The Fear Of Man A Stumbling Block?

by Jack Wellman

Why does the Bible say that the fear of man is a stumbling block? The Fear of God Society has declined so much that it is true that “There is no fear of God before their eyes” anymore (Rom 3:18), and when there is no fear of God, there is a lack of godly wisdom. […]

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What Does It Mean “The Last Shall Be First And The First Shall Be Last?”

by Jack Wellman

What does Jesus mean by saying, “The last shall be first and the first shall be last ?” Children of Promise During Jesus’ earthly ministry, the children of promise, or the children of Abraham, already considered themselves part of the coming kingdom. The Jews thought it was by Abraham that they would be saved, being […]

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