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Gary Cottongim
by Gary on April 18, 2010
APPENDIX FOUR: THE HEART OF GOD
(EXCERPTS FROM HELL: BIBLICAL TRUTH OR PAGAN MYTH?)
Jesus made some puzzling remarks while pronouncing judgment upon the cities of Chorazin and Bethsaida:
“But I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city. Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For [...]
by Gary on April 16, 2010
THE HEBREW WORD SHEOL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
[The following was compiled by a fellow brethren who wishes to remain anonymous]
PART I: SHEOL TRANSLATED “PIT”
The word “pit” is found 77 times in the King James [...]
by Gary on April 16, 2010
APPENDIX TWO: TESTIMONIES
Polybius, the historian, says: “Since the multitude is ever fickle, full of lawless desires, irrational passions and violence, there is no other way to keep them in order but by the fear and terror of the invisible world; on which account our ancestors seem to me to have acted judiciously, when they [...]
by Gary on April 16, 2010
APPENDIX ONE
(A): Though Paul never used the word “hell” anywhere in his epistles, there are several places where warnings of “falling short” of the kingdom of God are given:
“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor [...]
by Gary on April 16, 2010
GENESIS RELOADED
PART SIX: THE NUMBER OF MAN
“As [God] is perfect, so His works and His words also must be perfect. And when we see number used not by chance, but by design; not at haphazard, but with significance; then we see not merely so many works [...]
by Gary on April 16, 2010
GENESIS RELOADED
PART FIVE: DOES A “DAY” ALWAYS MEAN A LITERAL DAY?
When it comes to the Creation story, Answers in Genesis says it does:
“Scripture teaches a recent origin for man and the whole creation. The days in Genesis do [...]
by Gary on April 16, 2010
GENESIS RELOADED
PART FOUR: THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL
If we desire to gain a deeper understanding of God’s Word, then it is critical that we a) study to show ourselves approved (II Timothy 2:15), and b) follow God’s commands (Psalm [...]
by Gary on April 16, 2010
GENESIS RELOADED
PART THREE: A SURE FOUNDATION
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the Rock. And the rain descended, the floods came, and [...]
by Gary on April 16, 2010
GENESIS RELOADED
PART TWO: THE LAW OF RELATIVITY
“Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, [...]
by Gary on April 16, 2010