Over one half of all Americans age 12 or older consume alcohol (51.9% of the population). This number would seem to be consistent with the percentage of people that one typically sees consuming alcohol in restaurants and purchasing alcohol in retail and convenience stores. This number also explains why there are so many people who […]
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The word “Catholic” is from the Greek word katholikos which means universal. Catholics believe the Roman Catholic church to be the one universal church. There are roughly 1 billion Catholics on the earth today. The Catholic church has been in existence for centuries. This leads many people to assume that it must be the true
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Catholics claim that the apostle Peter was the first Pope. They even developed a special doctrine known as “the primacy of Peter” to accommodate their view that Peter was the chief of the apostles. They cite the “keys-of-the-kingdom” language in Matthew 16:18, 19 in defense of this view. However, this is not what Jesus taught.
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The religion of the Jehovah’s Witnesses was founded in the 1879 by Charles T. Russell. There are roughly 8 million Jehovah’s Witnesses throughout the world today. They work with and through their publishing arm known as The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society (also founded by Russell). Though they will sometimes cite certain passages from other
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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The question has been discussed and debated for years. Scientists have used everything from supercomputers to the laws of quantum physics to obtain a definitive answer. In 2014, British scientists used a supercomputer to meticulously analyze a chicken egg. They discovered that a certain protein required in
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An Ohio State University study recently concluded that religious people live an average of four years longer than atheists. The researchers theorized that the extra years were the result of abstinence from drugs and alcohol, the development of positive social connections with others of similar lifestyle, and increased volunteerism. While the study is interesting from
In his sermon on Pentecost Peter charged his listeners with crucifying the Son of God. Many of those listeners responded, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of
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Bible critics often cite the fact that since Bible books and letters were written thousands of years ago to other people in other places, then how can it possibly apply to us? These critics argue that because of this disconnect the Bible has no application to people today. They are wrong, but we need to
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The term “Christian” is used in so many different ways and applied to so many different things in modern times that its real meaning is lost on many people. In this article we will examine the word’s actual New Testament usage and determine its meaning from those texts. Though other related terms and descriptions are
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Many people call themselves “believers” but choose not to believe the Bible. They claim to believe in God but they reject the book that claims to be from God. By definition such people are theists. “Theists” believe in God or some notion of God, but do not believe that God intervenes in the affairs of
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