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The "church" is a body of baptized believers, called by the gospel from the "world" into a special fellowship with Christ. We must acknowledge, however, that the church exists in the modern world of law and business. Christians are permitted to use the protection of civil government when there is...
Citizenship is the legal relationship that one sustains to a city, state, or country. Paul was a citizen of Tarsus in Cilicia (Acts 21:39), and he enjoyed the privileges of "citizenship" in the Roman empire (Acts 22:28). His citizenship granted certain protective procedures (cf. 22:25), and the p...
What happens when you die and your soul is separated from your body? There are diverse views about this matter. Here is one for your study and reflection.
The article discusses Christian ethics in relation to legal responsibility and societal consequences of crime, using the Dahmer case as an example. It emphasizes the importance of truth, repentance, and facing the consequences of one’s actions, even for those who have committed serious crimes.
What is repentance? Is it just being sorry for sin? Or is something more required?
Nero Claudius Caesar was one of the most despicable characters on the stage of human history. But there are some important lessons to learn from his interaction with the Christians of the first century.
The book of Romans is magnificent in that it reveals so many aspects of the “righteousness of God” (1:16-17).
By weaving together the data found in Paul’s prison epistles, one can get some feeling for how things fared for the apostle in Rome before being imprisoned again and finally departing to be with the Lord in his heavenly kingdom.
One of the astounding evidences which points to the divine origin of the Scriptures is the “brevity” of the records. In this article we study a case of this nature.