Author: Jack Bell
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World Religions
While there are only a few major religions in the world, it’s believed that there are tens of thousands of belief systems that branched off from those few. Each one has its own doctrines, beliefs, practices, and forms of deities or non-deities. If you asked the followers of each religion why they believe what they Read more
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Protestant Denominations
LUTHERANISMLutheranism is the largest branch of the Protestant Church. It grew out of the teachings of Martin Luther. The term “Lutheranism” was first used as a rebuke on a papal bull. Luther preferred the term “Evangelical.” There are around 100 million Lutherans in the world. About half the population of Germany are Lutherans. There are Read more
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Life after Death
Job, speaking out of his despair, asked, “If a man dies, shall he live again?” (Job 14:14, ESV). All of us have been challenged by this question. Is there life after death? What happens to us after we die? Do we simply cease to exist? Is death a revolving door of departing and returning to Read more
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Baptism and Salvation
The belief that baptism is necessary for salvation is also known as “baptismal regeneration.” It is my contention that baptism is an important step of obedience for a Christian, but I reject baptism as being required for salvation. I believe that each and every Christian should be water baptized by immersion. Baptism illustrates a believer’s Read more
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The Holy Spirit and The Trinity
was recently asked a question about identifying the Holy Spirit. What a hard question! It certainly has encouraged me to continue my studies.The Bible declares that the Holy Spirit is God. You can be certain of yourself when you give your praise and admiration to God – the Father, God – the Son, and God Read more
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Who is the Holy Spirit?
Depending on your personal belief about God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, I share this study and information with all of you that do accept the Holy Spirit as God and to those of you seeking to understand more about the Holy Spirit – just as I am. Who is Read more
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What Is Truth?
Recently, I was in a conversation with a good friend of mine who stated “It’s all about truth”. We weren’t able to resolve what was meant by the word truth during that conversation.This is my answer to him: Almost two thousand years ago, Truth was put on trial and judged by people who were devoted Read more
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Believe in Christ
Believe in the full diety and humanity of ChristBelieve in the substitutionary atonement and bodily resurrection of Christ Believe in salvation by faith in ChristBelieve in the physical return of Christ Read more
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Jesus Christ
Unlike the question “Does God exist?” the question of whether Jesus Christ existed is asked by relatively few people. Most accept that Jesus was truly a man who lived in Israel 2,000 years ago. The debate begins with the discussion of Jesus’ full identity. Almost every major religion teaches that Jesus was a prophet or Read more
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Who is God?
Who is God? – The Fact The fact of God’s existence is so conspicuous, both through creation and through man’s conscience, that the Bible calls the atheist a “fool” (Psalm 14:1). Accordingly, the Bible never attempts to prove the existence of God; rather, it assumes His existence from the very beginning (Genesis 1:1). What the Read more