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Theonomy – Should we have the Mosaic civil laws today?

If the Mosaic civil law was to be binding in NT times, why wasn’t Paul taken out and stoned when he converted? Or if he didn’t kill anyone, why was he not at least beaten, “eye for eye, wound for wound…” If the civil authorities don’t carry out a law, Jewish people in that day […]

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Suffering – What is the reason?

Proverbs 20:30 Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being. EZE 14:23 “Then they will comfort you when you see their conduct and actions, for you will know that I have not done in vain whatever I did to it,” declares the Lord God. (NASB, UNASB, YLT) Now this is the […]

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Unpardonable sin?

What does it mean to sin against the Holy Spirit? Here are some verses which may be pertinent: EX 23:20-21 “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. […]

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Women in ministry?

1CO 14:33 As in all the congregations of the saints, women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. But what law is Paul referring to? There is no Mosaic law forbidding women to speak in the assembly, actually the opposite seems […]