Confession: Uprooting vs Burying Sin

Pretending that temptation doesn’t exist to avoid engaging with it makes it harder to resist, and it makes you miserable. However, calling it out directly and acknowledging it changes things. Confession can be a form of therapy.

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The Context of Matthew 18

What is the context of the “binding and loosing” statement in Matt 16 and 18? Is it about a prayer of agreement, or is it about excommunication? If the latter, is there still evidence for a prayer of agreement?

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Numeric Discrepancies in Bible Translation

Sometimes, there are numerical and mathematical discrepancies between Bible translations. For example, in 2 Samuel 15:7, Absalom plotted his coup against David’s kingdom for 40 years in some translations, but for four years in other translations. What do we do about those? 

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The Christmas Story

The pop-culture version of the Christmas story is that Jesus was born in Bethlehem at night under a star, aThe pop-culture version of the Christmas story is that Jesus was born in Bethlehem at night under a star, and three wise men (the Magi) showed up and gave him a bunch of gifts. Then, immediately that same night, they fled to Egypt to escape a city-wide infanticide initiated by the regional ruler, King Herod. This is an oversimplification, and it is not accurate.

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Witch of Endor Talking To The Dead

The Bible says talking to the dead is a sin (Lev 19:31). Does that confirm that talking to the dead is possible? After all, Saul consulted with a necromancing medium in 1 Samuel 28 to speak to the deceased prophet Samuel, right? Was that Samuel or something else?

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