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    Once saved NOT necessarily always saved.

    Luke 8 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: ... 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 13 They on...
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    What is faith?

    We usually speak of faith as a belief e.g. Christian faith. But looking at Heb 11:1 it says... Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. In mathematical terms faith = substance = evidence It does not say faith is what you hope for or something unseen...
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    New moon = new month. Definition??

    Does the Bible anywhere give the means of telling when a new month begins? We assume it is with the sighting of the crescent moon in Jerusalem. Why that and not the astronomical new moon? I ask this in connection with Ps 81:3 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on...
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    The Bible is not a maths textbook

    Many read the Bible and INSIST that we take every word literally (when it suits their point of view). I do like to take the Bible as literally as possible, but not to the extreme of trying to apply it like a maths formula where "all" = infinite, and "none" = 0. This insistence is particularly...
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