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Hearing, Obedience, and Worship: Why 1 Samuel 15:23 Ranks Rebellion with Divination and Idolatry
The charge in 1 Samuel 15:22-23 The companion card "Images, Veneration, and Worship" treats Exodus 20:4-5 at length. This card takes up the related charge in 1 Samuel 15:23. Samuel is answering Saul,
Images, Veneration, and Worship: Why Exodus 20:4-5 Rules Out Bowing Before Carved Images
The question The Catholic explanation says Exodus 20:4-5 forbids making idols to worship as gods, but allows venerating religious images. In that view, the supreme worship called latria goes to God al
The Sheep and the Shepherd, Part Two: Can the Sheep Be Lost? — The Apostasy Texts and Counter-Readings
The question Part one argued from John 10:25-29 that Jesus's sheep cannot be lost. This card gives the opposite view its full weight. It covers the passages most often cited to argue that a believer c
The Sheep and the Shepherd, Part One: The Sheep Cannot Be Lost — John 10:25-29 and Supporting Texts
The question Can Jesus's sheep in John 10:25-29 be lost, and does that passage bear on whether a believer can lose salvation? This is part one of two. It presents the case that the sheep cannot be los
With Christ After Death: The Case for Conscious Fellowship
Thesis: When a Christian dies, he goes to be with Christ, consciously and at once. That is far better than this life, yet still not the final goal. The final hope is the resurrection of the body when
Revelation 17: the case for Jerusalem as the great city
Advocacy version: ten points in favor of Jerusalem, each labeled by how firmly the text supports it, followed by the limitations and a verdict that states my actual confidence. Quotes are ESV. The cor