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Did God use an extra day to make different human races?

Your suggestion that God created "races" on an eighth day of Creation is not found in Scripture, and in fact, it contradicts Scripture. First, the Bible is clear that there were only six days of Creation. The Bible never records an "eighth" d...
17 February 2021
Space Available

I have a fascination with boxes. I don’t understand it, but I can’t pass one without having to open it, even when I know that it’s empty. I think it’s actually the emptiness that appeals to me and all the ways that space could be filled. Maybe tha...
24 March 2011
How is Jesus “the Word”?

The prologue of John's gospel is an important work within the New Testament because it provides perhaps the clearest statement of Jesus' identity in spiritual terms. Essentially, John's prologue states Jesus is and always has been God, but it also...
23 July 2010
Papal Fallibility

Is the pope infallible? This is a dogma of the Catholic church, yet recent statements by the current pope suggest otherwise.
15 November 2014
Why is God called the Angel of the Lord in the OT?

The Second Person of the Godhead is called the Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament, and in fact all manifestations of God in the Old Testament are manifestations of the Angel of the Lord. These two are one and the same, and they are always appe...
18 May 2020
To fear or love God?

A relationship with the living God has always been based on faith in the promises of God. God makes promises because of His love for the world and His willingness to extend His mercy, as Paul says: Rom. 9:16 So then it does not depend on the man ...
2 February 2016
Wrestling with God - Part 2

In Part 1 of this article, I described a conversation between our ministry and a reader, who I have named "Sally." Sally asked a series of difficult questions concerning God's program of election. In the course of our exchange, Sally described her...
11 January 2011
What is the connection between altars and salvation?

We regret Pastor Armstrong's explanation was confusing. To summarize his teaching, in the Law the Lord demanded that Israel use only uncut stones (i.e., not shaped by human hands) for the construction of an altar. This detail served to emphasize t...
17 February 2021
Why does God permit suffering?

The question of suffering is a common one, but the Bible has the answer. In short, the answer for why suffering exists is sin. Sin is disobedience to God and a departure from living in the counsel of God’s word. When Adam decided to disobey God’...
25 June 2016
Is John one of the 24 elders?

The text never says John was actually present in the future. More likely, John was presented with visions of the future, and if so, we can safely assume the Lord didn't show John a vision of his future self. Regardless, John's memory of the scene ...
7 February 2021

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