Is the the book, "Babylon Mystery Religion" by Ralph Woodrow fairly accurate in its historical and church data?
In doing research on Mystery Babylon I was told to read this book. It is very eye opening and would like to know what others have found who have read it.
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What should we learn from the life of Gomer in Hosea?
What's the bible say about vandalism?
I would say that, aside from violating the general biblical command that people are to love their neighbors as themselves (Leviticus 19:18), vandalism would...
How does God prove himself holy? (Ezekiel 28:25)
God can show His holiness in many manners. For example, that God punishes sin shows His holy, righteous nature. We can also see His holiness when we...
What is the Biblical concept of righteousness?
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So good, Derrol. How right you are: STANDING AND STATE It is important for every Christian to understand the difference between standing and state. Standing...
Didn’t John the Baptist know Jesus when Jesus met him at the Jordan River?
I would say that the very words that John the Baptist spoke to Jesus in the verse cited in the question indicate that he did indeed know who Jesus was when...
What did God mean when he said, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee" in Jeremiah 1:5?
This is a very similar statement to the fact that Christ was a Lamb slain before the foundation of the world. God knew before the world was formed that we...
Did Jesus pay our trespass debt as well as our sin debt?
Hebrews 9:24-28 24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear...
What should we learn from the life of Gomer in Hosea?
The story of Hosea and Gomer is several stories wrapped into one. Just as Paul, in the New Testament, compares God's love for us and our relationship with...
What does it mean that Satan masquerades as an angel of light?
Did Satan not say to Eve in the garden, "Who said you cannot touch or eat?" That is the role of Satan, to pretend to be the light, yet he is full of...
Didn’t John the Baptist know Jesus when Jesus met him at the Jordan River?
I am watching Jesus His life on the history channel.
Matthew 3:14
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What should we learn from the life of Timothy?
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What does it mean that the Bible is inspired?
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What is the curse of Jeconiah?
Is it wrong for a married couple to have sex just for pleasure?
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To believe that sex for pleasure is not right is to believe that pleasure of any kind is not right, in my opinion. Almost everything we do we do to get a...
How does God prove himself holy? (Ezekiel 28:25)
I would say that, in the verse cited in the question, the word "holy" is being used not in the sense of being sinless (which it can also mean, depending on...
How does God prove himself holy? (Ezekiel 28:25)
NIRV The Lord and King says, “I will gather the people of Israel together from the nations where they have been scattered. That will prove that I am holy. I ...
Ezekiel 28:25
What should we learn from the story of the rich man and Lazarus?
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I agree with your answer, Michael, but you have not emphasized the most important teaching of the parable. The whole chapter 26 of Luke's Gospel is devoted...
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How did the sun’s shadow go back? (Isaiah 38:7–8)
How did the sun’s shadow go back? (Isaiah 38:7–8)
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I love your answers, Mr. Tim Maas!
How do I get the image of God as imposing and angry out of my mind?
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God does chasten his children. We can make our heavenly father angry at us. Just like our earthly fathers chastened us, so will our heavenly father chasten...
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What is the Biblical concept of righteousness?
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Do we become angels after we die?
What does it mean that no one can know the Father except those the Son is willing to reveal Him to?
Rosemary, I am one to whom the Son chose to reveal the Father, and I think the answer is much simpler than we think. If Jesus revealed the Father to someone...
What did God mean when he said, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee" in Jeremiah 1:5?
I believe that every individual is a product of God's creative activity. Each one formed, known of God. By Christ's blood, as followers, believers, we are...
Does God love everyone or just Christians?
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John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. We all...
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Who am I supposed to choose when put in a situation between my own child or my husband, who is not my son's biological father?
This problem arises because of the first issue of not understanding what marriage covenant requires. Too often a woman, or the man, marries out of necessity...
Is it right to cover sins or not? --Proverbs 28:13
I would say that (as the verse from Proverbs cited in the question indicates) attempting to "cover" known personal transgressions -- although such...
Is it right to cover sins or not? --Proverbs 28:13
Proverbs 28:13: He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. The problem here is this: God warn...
What does it mean that the LORD is one?
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In regard to the comment above, I would say that God is indeed an eternal and omnipresent Being who does involve Himself in earthly or human affairs, and who...
Why does unbelief appear to be increasing in the world today?
The increase in disbelief has been coming for as long as I can remember; our enemy, the devil is very busy (he started in the Garden of Eden). Now we have...
What does it mean that the LORD is one?
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I respectfully disagree. In my opinion, it means that The Lord is one with all things, at all times and in all places. It's similar to the Greek mathematical...
Why did God destroy so many people—including wives and children—for the sins of a few? (Numbers 16:21-35)
During the Old Testament even the keepers of laws (mere human beings) were allowed to kill a person if the person committed a terrible sin. They were allowed...
Can restoration occur after a pastor has been caught in a scandal?
This question has been argued by many learned scholars. Some quote the restoration of King David after committing adultery and murder, claiming there is room...
Why is the science community so opposed to creationism?
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My experience of rsponding to "difficult" questions about the origin of life, without wishing to be patronising or dumbing down the question, is to put it...
What is the Biblical concept of righteousness?
I would like to sum up what I have read in these answers. Righteousness has a two facet application when it comes to Christianity. First, there is Positional...
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Do we have two or three parts? Body, soul, and spirit?
What's left in place of Tyre today? Ezekiel 26:14
From Ezekiel 26:14, "never be rebuilt" is best understood to mean that Tyre's glory and prestige would never be restored. It took Nebuchadnezzar 13 years to...
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What is the sea of glass mentioned in Revelation 4:6 and 15:2?
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What is the second death?
How did the sun’s shadow go back? (Isaiah 38:7–8)
Of course, one possibility for the believer is that it is just something that God miraculously made to happen (as He had earlier in the case of Joshua...
What's left in place of Tyre today? Ezekiel 26:14
Aside from the ruins of the ancient city of Tyre that remain in modern times, my understanding is that the the city's former location corresponds to the site...