There is a common belief among many christians that ANY sin will send someone to hell. Some even go so far as to claim that if someone was saved, but then dies with “unrepented sin,” he will go to hell. That belief is false. If someone dies without repenting of the sin that condemns, which … Read more
When christians are asked why they think they’re saved, the most common response, by far, is simply to make reference to some passage of scripture. Imagine being asked for proof of your physical birth (which, I suppose, would be a birth certificate), and your response being to quote a passage from a biology book that … Read more
Paul speaks of those who are given the covenant being “grafted into the cultivated olive tree.” Olives produce oil, and that oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. The tree into which the Gentiles were grafted is that which reproduces the oil that symbolizes the Holy Spirit. So, that olive tree represents the family … Read more