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Why were 42 small boys (young men?) torn by bears for ridiculing Elisha?

There is an event in 2 Kings 2:23-24, which records part of a journey of the prophet Elisha: "...while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw… Continue reading Why were 42 small boys (young men?) torn by bears for ridiculing Elisha?

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The Ax and Ox – Chapter 5 – Promise

In case you missed it, there are 8 chapters total, and all the published chaptersso far are listed here. Gustave Dore - (Isaiah answers the call from God to write to God’s people ~700 B.C.) The next topic we’re about to cover is the period after the fall of man until Jesus, which covers a… Continue reading The Ax and Ox – Chapter 5 – Promise

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The Gospel Is The Power of God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld-woRRiFTo Audio Only: Listen or Download: https://soundcloud.com/eric-gagnon-128/the-gospel-is-the-power-of-god If someone were to ask you, what is the gospel? How fast would you be able to answer them? Maybe you could stumble upon an answer, but could you answer in a way that was simple and memorable? We’d like to help you get better at it. The… Continue reading The Gospel Is The Power of God

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The Ax and the Ox – Chapter 4 – The Fall

In Case You Missed It:IntroductionChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3 “God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.” Ecclesiastes 7:29 The next part in the story of the Gospel is the stumbling and the fall of mankind. So far we've simply discussed that the Word of God (the Bible) teaches us that there is… Continue reading The Ax and the Ox – Chapter 4 – The Fall

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Is “God, the Holy Spirit and Jesus” an adequate way of naming the three hypostases (persons) of the Trinity?

In short, no. Many Christians tend to (wrongly) call only the Father, God, as if that's the name of the Father only. I grew up doing the same thing. I think that is also part of the reason I had so much trouble believing Jesus was God. But Jesus is God! (See the entire New… Continue reading Is “God, the Holy Spirit and Jesus” an adequate way of naming the three hypostases (persons) of the Trinity?