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Foreshadowing Babylon —

How the destruction of Sodom is a prophetic warning of the end.

Foreshadowing Babylon —

How the destruction of Sodom is a prophetic warning of the end.

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The story of Sodom and Gomorrah has enraptured listeners for millennia. God’s cataclysmic judgment against these very wicked sister cities has been a generational warning flare to repent. It puts on full display what happens when God’s intolerance for iniquity reaches its full measure. But what I find interesting is
Reading & Writing in the First Century —

Were the first century New Testament writers illiterate?

Reading & Writing in the First Century —

Were the first century New Testament writers illiterate?

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The New Testament makes many significant claims. But one that can be easily overlooked is its claim that it is a written record. Turning to the Gospels, for example, we notice Luke’s opening statement: “Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have
Of Water, Wind and Fire —

Is water baptism just an outward sign of an inner reality? A brief reassessment of the Baptist conviction.

Of Water, Wind and Fire —

Is water baptism just an outward sign of an inner reality? A brief reassessment of the Baptist conviction.

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Why was Apollos baptized twice? His first baptism was administered by John the Baptist in obedience and repentance to God, to believe in the Messiah who was to come. In the same way many Protestants, particularly Baptists, affirm this view but relay it now in the past tense: Water baptism