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Teachings: What is biblical?

Art­icles for those who are search­ing for clar­ity when faced with the chaos of dif­fer­ent explan­a­tions of the Bible.

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The Unity of All Christians

What does the unity among Chris­ti­ans mean? Chris­ti­ans are united in teach­ing, atti­tude and life.


Grace, works and election

About mis­con­cep­tions con­cern­ing God’s grace and the fruit of true grace.

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Pre­des­tin­a­tion and Calvin­ism: Introduction

Does God pre­de­ter­mine who shall be saved and who not? What do the Bib­lic­al expres­sions “elec­tion” and “pre­des­tin­a­tion” refer to? Are God’s sov­er­eignty and human free will really unreconcilable?

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Faith and Works

Faith and works are insep­ar­ably con­nec­ted. Hav­ing been saved by grace we want to live a life of obed­i­ence and sanctification.

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Apostasy

Once saved, always saved—a teach­ing that is increas­ingly com­mon these days des­pite many clear pas­sages in the New Test­a­ment to the con­trary which teach that a Chris­ti­an can fall away from God.

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Under­stand­ing Romans 7

Under­stand­ing Romans 7. Is Paul speak­ing about him­self or about the nor­mal Chris­ti­an life in Romans 7? If not, then what does he mean?


Working of the Spirit

Ques­tions con­nec­ted with the Cha­ris­mat­ic and Pente­cost­al Movements.

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Bap­tism with the Holy Spirit

God loves each of his chil­dren and wants to have a full rela­tion­ship with them from the moment they decide to become His chil­dren. God s Holy Spir­it fills their hearts at the point of repent­ance. There is no delay in the bap­tism of the Holy Spirit.


Bible and Tradition

Long­stand­ing tra­di­tions and prac­tices in the light of the Bible.

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The Papacy

The Pope claims to be the suc­cessor of Peter. Based on the words of Jesus and the teach­ings of the apostles, we want to exam­ine wheth­er this claim is jus­ti­fied. Fur­ther­more, examples from the his­tory of the popes will show to what extent they were really the rock on which the Church of Jesus Christ is built.

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Mary

In this art­icle we want to show our respect for the faith of the woman who called her­self “the ser­vant of the Lord”, but we also want to express cri­ti­cism of the ven­er­a­tion of Mary that neither cor­res­ponds to the will of God nor of His servant.

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Christ­mas: But What About Jesus?

Christ­mas – How does Jesus want us to cel­eb­rate his com­ing? Is there a base in the New Test­a­ment for a spe­cial fest­iv­al cel­eb­rat­ing the birth of Jesus, or is it of pagan origin?

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Ortho­doxy

What is ortho­doxy? Which church is the ortho­dox church? What does being a Chris­ti­an mean?


End Times

Are we liv­ing in the last days? About accept­ing our lim­its in this question.


Controversial Questions

Teach­ings that have been dis­puted for cen­tur­ies. Can we find clar­ity in these questions?


Various movements and views

How should we assess vari­ous reli­gious move­ments and ideo­lo­gies we come across?

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Con­spir­acy Theories—A Chris­ti­an Answer

There are a num­ber of atti­tudes which the Bible dis­ap­proves of and which are com­mon to all con­spir­acy the­or­ies. We encour­age any hon­est seeker of the truth to reflect on them.

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Chris­ti­ans’ Heav­enly Hope

Does the Bible sup­port the sep­ar­a­tion of Chris­ti­ans into two classes in etern­ity? Do the prom­ises of the New Test­a­ment refer only to the first Chris­ti­ans or to all Christians?