Can a Christian take communion before being baptized? The Bible does not address whether or not a person who is not yet baptized can or cannot take communion. Nevertheless, let me try and answer the question from what we do have in God's word. Baptism was typically...
God knows the future of what the free will creatures choose. Free will does not stop becoming free because God knows what will happen. For example, I know that my child will choose to eat chocolate cake over a bowl full of stinking dead mice. If I were to set them...
The Abrahamic covenant is God's promise to Abraham (approximately 2000 BC) to give him land, descendants, and that through him all the nations would be blessed. It is the foundation for Israel's covenant relationship with God. The significance of Genesis 12:3 is...
Are Christians supposed to keep the Old Testament law? The whole of the Old Testament Law has different parts, some say three: The Civil law, the Priestly law, and the Moral law. The Civil law deals with things like the punishment of murderers, thieves, and property...
The aseity of God is His independent, self-existence. It is another word for His non-contingency. If God is self-existent and depends on nothing else for His being, then He is necessarily without cause and eternal. If God is independent and self-sufficient, then it is...
Though this question may seem a bit odd, there are those who say our spirit has no spatial limitations and is separate from the body and does not dwell within it. Instead, it is in another location without space and time. This is problematic since it risks separating...
The Bible does not say whether or not Adam and Eve had sexual relations in the Garden of Eden. Therefore, we cannot say they did or did not. Still, let's take a look at the issue a little more deeply. "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our...
The Five Solas are five Latin phrases that represent the core positions held by those who adhere to the Protestant Reformation that happened in the 16th century. They are more commonly recognized within the Reformed (Calvinist) perspective. The Five Solas are: Sola...
There are three main divisions within the Old Testament law: civil, ceremonial, and moral. Following is a categorization. Please note that occasionally the civil and moral laws overlap. The main differences between the civil, ceremonial, and moral aspects of the Law...
On the one hand, Christians should obey the Old Testament law, but on the other hand, they should not. The reason for the ambiguity is because there are certain laws that were meant only for Israel and not for Christians today. But, there are Old Testament laws we...