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is the book of covenant and the book of law the same (one book) or a separate book (two books)?
Exodus 24:7 (verse-A)
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
That event is ...
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Do we have a true objective in this life?
In response to my yesterday's query "Why do God need to show his Glory" thanks for the clarity brought through the "comments" and "answer" posted.
But those all together puts a couple of new queries ...
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Can any sin be forgiven? (According to the teaching of the Catholic Church)
I was trying to research the influence Christianity had on Hitler and Nazism, when I came across this:
Hans Frank
Frank acted as lawyer and senior official for the Nazi party and legal advisor ...
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Why doesn't God want us to live forever after knowing good and evil? [on hold]
Why is it that God doesn't want us to live forever (after knowing good and evil) according to this text / passage?
Genesis 3:22 "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to ...
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The life in loving God, others, myself [on hold]
If our lives are centralised around 3 planes:
1) loving ourselves - building career, investing in things we like, spending time in our own hobbies
2) loving others - being a humanitarian, ...
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When and for what reasons does the Pope have the right to legitimately excommunicate members of the Church?
Please explain me the teaching of the Church on the subject of validity of papal excommunications.
I’ve met one priest who holds that popes can only excommunicate members of the Church for real and ...
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When did marriage become a sacrament?
The Nestorian Christians who accept just the first ecumenical council do not have marriage as a sacrament. It seems that matrimony was first insitutionalized as a sacrament in the Roman church at the ...
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Did God need to express his Glory? If yes Why? [on hold]
God has no beginning but universe and earth have a beginning as God created them. It is believed though not evident that God created these to show his Glory. Why did God need to express his Glory? ...
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The sacrificial perogative of the kings of Israel
Why was the sacrifice offered by Saul at Gilgal rejected by God while obviously the sacrifices of David and Solomon at a later time were evidently accepted? Did it have anything to do with the death ...
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When did a “formal act of correction” of a pope's statement happen in the past?
In this article Cardinal Raymond Burke has now indicated the cardinals are contemplating a “formal correction” should the pope fail to address their concerns.
Also, he states:
Historically, in the ...
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What did Puritans say about Christian Philosophy/Worldview? [on hold]
In the past century, we have so much development of Christian philosophy or worldview. We've got famous philosophers such as Van Til, Gordon Clark, Alvin Plantinga, etc.
However, as far as I know, ...
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What is the mainstream Puritans position on Christianity and Culture? [on hold]
In our age, there's a lot of talk about Christianity and Culture. For example, we have two competing doctrines: Two-Kingdom (2K) and Neo-Calvinism (or Transformationalism). But I'm just curious, what ...
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7th day adventists…will the saved ultimately take on a new form in the kingdom of God?
What is the SDA explanation of the following.
1 Corinthians 15:49-50 states:
And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.
50 I declare ...
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What is the biblical basis for the theory that Christians should not eat pork?
I've been tormented by hearing from friends and such (that aren't religious) that they've heard and been told eating pork and chicken is a sin. And that it means going to hell....which is obviously ...
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What do “sin” and “death” mean in Romans 5:12?
Romans 5:12 NASB
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—
In my country's language, the word "sinned"...
