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1. Advice - relationships with older Christians (who have studied apologetics, pastors, elders, etc.). Translation: go to people you know will reinforce your confirmation bias. Because god forbid you seek to investigate other viewpoints. 2. Advice - thank god for the satisfying answers, assume that "unsatisfying" answers are just based on you not understanding because you assume that god is actually great. Translation: more confirmation bias. Give credit for the things you feel good about and ignore any cognitive dissonance with a coping mechanism of "there must just be an answer I don't get". 3. Advice - when you find a hard question just remember the track record of historical places which have been discovered (as if that lends any credence). Translation: I am not capable of addressing the problem of evil or divine hidenness, let's just pretend they don't exist and remind you of some real soft-balls... 4. Advice - don't look for a scientific explanation for things a divine being does. Translation: at all costs resist the urge to think in any way critically about supernatural and unproven claims... just accept stuff happened because... erm... we told you it's true!.. honest... Classic thought stopping and avoidance. Good job guys protecting the faith 😂

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Peace, I have been attending the same church for over a year now as a new believer. I have come to realize that the vast, if not all, sermons are topical. I do long for more depth. Is this a reason to change churches or should first ask the pastor if he would be open to teaching a textual/expository sermon?

THE EARLIEST CHRISTIANS DID *NOT* BELIEVE JESUS DIED FOR THEIR SINS "Substitutionary (or Vicarious) Penal Atonement" is the fancy theological term to describe a belief that arose late in the First Century CE after the Jews lost the First Jewish-Roman War (66-73/74 CE), and Gentiles took over the leadership of the Church. Before that, the Jews who believed Jesus was the Expected Messiah, concluded Jesus' death and resurrection was just God's way of convincing all the Jews HE was the Messiah (read Acts 2:32-36) who would get rid of the Romans and set up a new, independent, theocratic, Jewish nation. However, when that didn't happen, and the leadership of the Church switched to non-Jews, many of them Roman citizens, the whole thing about Jesus dying and getting raised from the dead so the Jews would get behind his rebellion against Rome and, eventually, replacing it...didn't sound so appealing! The next thing ya know, they began re-thinking the purpose of Jesus' death and, with the help of some of the Apostle Paul's metaphors, began to think Jesus' death was a sacrifice to pay God for our sins! Trouble is, this idea completely contradicts what Jesus taught! He made it very clear that God just forgives sins, period! He taught that God has no need to get even (which is all "getting justice" means) or to make people suffer in any way as punishment. On the contrary, Jesus said God only returns good for evil, love for hate and forgiveness for sins (Matthew 5:38-45)! How crazy it is to think God is incapable of just forgiving sins because He chooses to! And how nutty it is to think a "payment" for sins can result in "forgiveness"! By definition, forgiveness means a payment is no longer required! Rick Lannoye, author of www.amazon.com/Real-Life-Jesus-Nazareth-Really-Stood-ebook/dp/B09V4BJ62D Are you or someone you care about a victim of Bible Abuse? Get help at ricklannoye.com/contact

Hello Jesus is the Messiah The Son of God The Son of David The Son of man The man God has chosen to be his anointed king The man God will judge the world through The man God raised from the dead Jesus has a God There is no triune god in scripture Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

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