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  • Was Arphaxad the first Ubaid ?

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    Here are two questions ,Was Arphaxad the first Ubaid and did the word Sumer from from the Shem in the Bible?We will discuss the matter today.So who was Arphaxad ,his name was Arpakhshad אַרְפַּכְשַׁד and he was a son of Shem from the book of Genesis.He had a son ,Shelah which means sent and maybe…

  • Thoughts on the Adamic period.

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    I am not going to quote tons of scripture on this one because it is already out there.We know the genealogies of Cain and Seth and we know Genesis 6 and the giants and flood from other articles or you can simply read the first six chapters of Genesis. Was there a pre Adamic period?…

  • What is Calvinism ?

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    Let us start with ,who was Calvin? Born as Jehan Cauvin in 1509 ce in northern France and he was one of the important people in reformed theology which took a more radical view of the Protestant reformation.Although Cauvin himself did not know anything of Calvinism it was his theology that inspired his followers to…

  • Who were the Anunnaki?

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    So who were the Anunnaki? The name itself means seed of princes or offspring of An (the sky god) The Anunnaki (Sumerian: 𒀭𒀀𒉣𒈾, also transcribed as Anunaki, Annunaki, Anunna, Ananaki and other variations) are a group of deities of the ancient Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians. In the earliest Sumerian writings about them, which come from the Post-Akkadian period, the Anunnaki are deities in the pantheon, descendants of An (the god of the…

  • What is Christology??

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    What are Christologies and why do they matter or does it matter? Does one have to embrace one ? These are questions this article will try to answer.Christology is the theory of the nature of Christ and so first what does Christ mean? It is from the Greek word christos meaning anointed which evolved from…

  • Do you have to believe in the trinity.

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    First let us start with what is the trinity?It is the belief that the creator God YHVH,Jesus and the Holy Spirit are three persons of one essence and character.That God exists in three aspects in a sense or God has three persons ,it is a very abstract thing.Does one have to believe in the trinity…

  • Where all of Pauls letters authentic?

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    This is a major debate these days but is not new because the authorship of letters like 2nd Thessalonians and Hebrew were questioned by the early church actually.Turtullian who live in the 3rd century CE questioned the authorship of some of the letters of Paul,so this debate is not anything new. So who was the…

  • A couple of scriptures with history predicted in advance.

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    A big thing in history is the discovery that the world is round and of coarse many believe Christopher Columbus discovered this.This is not so actually because almost all educated people in the time of Columbus (the 15th century ce) knew the earth was round.So when was it first proved that the world was round?…

  • Another look at science and Genesis

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    I think we have talked before about science and Genesis but I wanted to have anothe discussion on this topic.Today I want to go into big picture thinking and I think where people get caught up in the Bible vs science debate is excessive attention to detail ,often details unproved also.Today I want and overview…

  • “Once saved always saved” is it a true doctrine??

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    We will address the Calvinist belief of once saved always saved and it’s nuances. We all agree as truth that salvation can never be lost by a bad deed or failure to do good deeds and that salvation is not performance based.But can salvation be lost by loss of faith? Some say they believe in…