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Article Unraveling the Mystery of the Woolly Mammoth Extinction: Climate Change, Catastrophism, and the Ice Age
The article discusses the extinction of the woolly mammoth, theories about its sudden demise, including climate change and the concept of uniformitarianism, and how catastrophism and the Genesis Flood provide alternative explanations. The possible existence of an Ice Age is also discussed.
Article Unpacking Ted Cruz’s Claim: Is Supporting Modern Israel Biblically Mandated?
The article examines Ted Cruz’s claim that supporting the modern nation of Israel is biblically mandated, exploring the context and interpretation of relevant Bible verses and concluding that the Bible does not require political support for modern Israel.
Article Women’s Role Controversy: May Women Serve the Lord’s Supper in Church Assemblies?
The article discusses the controversial topic of women serving communion in churches, exploring various perspectives on female leadership roles within the church, the interpretation of biblical authority, and the potential implications for church unity.
Article Examining the Biblical Basis for the Papacy: Was Peter the First Pope?
This article critically analyzes the role and authority of the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church, questioning the biblical support for Peter’s primacy and the doctrine that the church was founded upon him.
Bible Term Lord’s Supper
Mentioned only in 1 Corinthians 11:20. See COMMUNION.
Bible Term Mishnah
See TALMUD.
Bible Term Predestination
See ELECT.
Question Are We Resurrected from the Dead When We Obey the Gospel?
Before we obey the gospel, we are dead in sin (Eph. 2:1). But the question is, to what does this refer: the physical body or a spiritual condition?

It refers, of course, to our spiritual conditio...

Question Should Christians Have All Things in Common?
No, it does not. Rather, Luke testifies to the voluntary, loving, and selfless disposition of Christians in Jerusalem:

““Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and n...

Question Is It a Sin for a Christian To Be Depressed?
Could anxiety be sinful? Yes, if we accept the testimony of Jesus and respect Paul’s apostolic command.

But the Bible certainly acknowledges that life’s complications can be depressing. The words ...

Question Did God Reward Midwives for Lying?
First of all, the midwives may have told the truth. It may have been that the Hebrew women, fearing the king’s commandment, did not call for the midwives in a timely way.

Second, one is not obliga...

Question Does God Change His Mind?
To begin with, it is important to refresh our minds with those principles that identify an actual discrepancy.

The law of contradiction briefly stated is this.

“A thing cannot both be and not be ...

Question Do Psychics Really Have Mystic Powers?
The short answer to your question is this: psychics have no power, either to predict future events or to cause what they predict to come to pass. You are wise to avoid them.

To flesh out the answe...

Question Will Only “Your Bunch” Be Saved?
There are many ideas that people have about who will be in Heaven. Since no one on Earth today has ever personally experienced going to Heaven, all we have to go on is what has been revealed and co...
Question Have You Been Called by God?
God calls every person who is saved. Not only does God pardon the sinner (cf. Rom. 3:26), but he also teaches him about the need and means of forgiveness. The Lord Jesus said,

““No man can come to...

Question How Many People Were in Jerusalem When Jesus Was Crucified?
There are conflicting data. We offer the following for your consideration:

In his book The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, Alfred Edersheim estimates that the population of Jerusalem in the N...

Question How Many People Died in Noah’s Flood?
The Genesis narrative indicates that Adam and Eve were charged with the responsibility to multiply and fill the earth (Gen. 1:28).

After some ten generations of human history, a span of at least 1...

Question What About the Name Jehovah?
The term “Jehovah,” appearing in the American Standard Version (1901), takes the place of “LORD” (all caps) in the King James Translation, as well as in most modern versions.

It derives from four ...

Question How Did the Samaritan Woman Know About the Messiah?
The Samaritans accepted only the Pentateuch (Genesis through Deuteronomy) as Scripture, yet they confidently anticipated the Messiah. In the Temple court, Peter preached:

““Moses indeed said, A pr...

Question Do Angels Minister to Christians Today?
The inspired passage poses this question: “Are they [angels] not ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?” There are several points worthy of...