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The “Nephilim” are referred to in Genesis 6:4. These were two different groups on the earth before the flood. “Nephalim” is a precarious word simply because it is seldom used. Therefore it is not possible to translate the word with absolute certainty. It appears to be related to the Hebrew word “naphal” which is clearly translated as “fall.” As such, the word may carry with it a semantic nuance of “violent death”–as someone falling upon another with evil intent since such is within the global range of naphal. Though the word has an “uncertain etymology,” Gesenius, a ...

This is a dilemma, and I think we should ask God to give us faith to believe Him, and skeptical only of some people’s claims, but not of God’s power or the fact that He sometimes miraculously intervenes. We need discernment, but not skepticism and certainly not cynicism.

There are different views of the restrainer of 2 Thess. 2, and a case can be made for two at least. 

I am a newer believer and sometimes get frustrated over all of the different doctrines in various churches. Can you help me sort these out?  

If you are a believer in Christ, once you leave this life in death or at Christ’s return, you will never suffer from the curse, death or suffering or any disease, including diabetes.

I came to Christ in a church that was Arminian, so that was naturally my early leaning. I went to a Bible college and seminary that were both middle of the road where neither hard core Calvinism nor Arminianism often surfaced in class, though on a continuum, some faculty would lean more toward one than the other.

Satan labors to give people an inaccurate view of heaven.

Leave it to a child to ask a great question which has no definitive Biblical answer. Here is what we know.

Our theology tends to come from whatever we trust.

Ecumenism is a term that must first be defined to be discussed. It has many modern nuances.

“The babies [Jacob and Esau] jostled each other within her [Rebekah].” (Genesis 25:22)

Think about the person you would most want to spend time with. Who would that person be? Your favorite singer, author, or athlete? Your best friend who moved away? A family member who’s already died?

That first century Jewish culture understood truth far better than grace. Grace comes first in John 1:14 because it was more surprising.

I desire, I want to be a jewel that does not cringe if God chooses to give my soul a hard scrubbing every now and then.