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How do you interpret the parenthesis of Gen 49:24? But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) Genesis 49:24 What, specifically, is the thence referring back to?

{NOTE : This is a somewhat long post. There were too many ideas that sprung up while writing and so I had to cut some short and even ignore some other ideas. The central thought could probably be turned into a book - and it probably already has been done many times. So I don't claim originality...

Please explain why or why not you think a believer (not an unbeliever) requires a pastor, teacher, fellow believer etc... to be given a call for repentance. In other words, could a believer live a life of repentance without someone else (besides the Holy Spirit without a human intermediary)...

This may already be a talking point - I am certain it is...somewhere. But since Trump seems to trump any political discussion on this board, I thought I'd propose it here and see if it resonates (or falls flat on its face). Basically, my thought is that NK is a dirt poor country that can't...

James Woods stirs controversy with remarks about family with "gender creative" child I couldn't find this anywhere else on the site, so if I missed it and this is a duplicate post, please let me know. I'm curious what people's reaction is to this ...

This may go nowhere as a thread. I'm not really posing a (single) question as pointing something out that I hadn't seen before. So all thoughts prompted by this are welcome. The relevant verse is as follows : I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his...

Question : Is the believer's freedom a derivative freedom or an absolute freedom? Clarification : Derivative in the sense that there is still a subordination of some sort such that there is constraint that the believer is constantly aware of. Not the constraint of the sinful proclivities...

Hebrews 11 is well known for its picture of those that died in faith. It highlights many who are luminaries in the scriptures for one reason and one reason alone - they believed God. And it is also not a shocking statement to say that the bible doesn't shy away from the imperfections of these...

Peter makes the following statement : Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the...

Does God judge choices or people?

Inevitably, the argument for Universal Reconciliation (UR - sometimes known variously as Christian Universalism, Universalism, The Wider Hope, The Restitution of All Things etc...) boils down to the character and nature of God - what God would or wouldn't do. Or rather, the distinction between...

Very simple question....what do you believe this verse means : If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. I Cor 3:17

Define true freedom and give a general outline of what it looks like, practically.

Live in the Sherman, TX area? Want to make some extra cash? Considered political espionage? Informant - Sunday Mornings (Sherman/Denison/Pottsboro) Clinton fund?

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the...

What is the cause of unbelief? Is it something we are born with or that we learn? I ask specifically of unbelief with the understanding that all that is not of faith is sin and belief on Christ is necessary for salvation and Godliness. If you don't think we are born as unbelieving, then does a...

I'm not a lawyer, but just a few minutes of reflection (and I'm not even certain how deep that reflection is...) makes me wonder how the law can withstand any sort of attempted defense of the bathroom laws being foisted upon the American public. After all, the only thing that could be said to be...

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Hebrews 13:7 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that...

In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul writes this : But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto...