One of the earliest commandments in the Bible given to all mankind as part of the Covenant with Noah, and one of the only dietary restraints to persist under the New Covenant is to not consume blood. The commandment is also repeated many times throughout the OT.
Genesis 9:4-6 “But you must not...
Legitimate question here, and an interesting one for Catholics in particular to address (since they deem it an unforgivable sin).
First I'll post a common definition of suicide for arguments sake:
noun
1 the intentional taking of one's own life.
2 destruction of one's own interests or...
While there are a number of issues with Calvinism and Reformed Theology, let us discuss one of the most glaring errors of this school of thought. The idea that certain individuals have been specially selected for salvation while others have been selected by God for damnation - through no merit...
Often times in our modern society, those who are anti-religious or non-religious try to undermine religion with word-play. Knowledge, they assert, is qualitatively better than belief - claiming that they "know" things while the religious only "believe" things.
However, this claim is rather...
Many/most Christians believe that with the establishment of the New Covenant, God's Law has been done away with. At least - it's not applicable to THEM. However, this view stems from a lack of knowledge of what the New Covenant promise is.
Jeremiah 31:33“This is the covenant I will make with...
Many protestants tend to believe that salvation is not something to be earned, not something with any requirements on our end whatsoever. However, a comprehensive reading of the scriptures makes it clear that eternal life is a reward for our good works - and that without these works ones faith...
Jesus' relationship to God has always been a highly controversial and complex topic, so much so that most just throw their hands up in the air and claim that it is beyond our ability to comprehend (while simultaneously insisting their unintelligible view is correct). I am of the mind that much...