What do people mean when they say they believe in Jesus?

What do people mean when they say they believe in Jesus?: What do people mean when they say they believe in Jesus? What does it mean to believe in Jesus? How can I believe in Jesus?

American Jewry Between the Wars

American Jewry Between the Wars

What does “blessed are those who mourn” mean?

What does “blessed are those who mourn”

mean?

A Reformation of the Heart

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n of the Heart

Jesus Prayer | Prayer of Salvation | I Prayed The Prayer

Jesus Prayer | Prayer of Salvation | I

Prayed The Prayer

Wall Street bombing of 1920 | bombing, New York City, New York, United States

Wall Street bombing of 1920 |

bombing, New York City, New York, United States

Does the warning in Revelation 22:18-19 apply to the entire Bible or just the Book of Revelation?

Does the warning in Revelation 22:18-19 apply to the entire Bible or just the Book of Revelation?

Wall Street bombing of 1920 | bombing, New York City, New York, United States

Wall Street bombing of 1920 | bombing, New York City, New York, United States

Is the Biblical story of Joseph in Egypt verified? • ChristianAnswers.Net

Is the Biblical story of Joseph in Egypt verifi

ed? • ChristianAnswers.Net

In what way is the Bible self-authenticating? How is self-authentication different from circular reasoning?

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Vietnam War: The Early Years, 1965-1967

Vietnam War: The Early

Years, 1965-1967

What Is the Royal Law Mentioned in James 2:8?

How Can We Determine Who Authored the Book of Ecclesiastes?

Begin the Relationship | JesusOnline.com

Begin the Relationship | JesusOnline.com

Matthew 16:18-19; a closer look, part 2

Matthew 16:18-19; a

closer look, part 2

What does the Bible say about self-defense?

What does the Bible say

about self-defense?

What does the Bible say about self-defense?

What does the Bible say about se

lf-defense?

Ebonics dictionary_ steve harvey

What If A Man WILLFULLY Sins AFTER He Is Saved? - Episode 11 (BBN)

Does the Story of Lazarus and the Rich Man Describe a Real Event?

What are the 95 Theses of Martin Luther?

What are the 95 Theses of

Martin Luther?

Should Evangelicals and Catholics be together instead of separate?

Should Evangelicals and Catholics be toget

her instead of separate?

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The Roman Colosseum

The Roman Col

osseum

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Begin the Relationship | JesusOnline.com

Begin the Relationship | JesusOnline.com

Planning Without God – Dr. Charles Stanley

Planning Without God – Dr. Charles Stanley

The Roots of Modern American Disorder

The Roots of Modern American Disorder: The Roots of Modern American Disorder, Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, Russian Collusion, Saul Alinsky, Black Lives Matter, NFL, NTIFA Riots, Richard Clowen and Francis Fox Piven

How should Christians respond when someone claims to be Jesus reincarnated?

How should Christians respond when someone claims to be Jesus reincarnated?

The Roman World of Jesus: An Overview

The Roman World

of Jesus: An Overview

Christian 500 years ago

Here is what it was like to be a believing Christian five hundred years ago. The church did teach that Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God, bore the punishment for our sins and died for the forgiveness of our sins. It taught that the redemption that Christ won had to be dispensed by the church.

What this meant in practice was that Christ’s death, applied through baptism, was thought to free us from original sin. Sins committed after baptism had to be dealt with in a different manner. The Roman Catholic Church still teaches that Christians can be damned if they commit mortal sins. But these can be forgiven if the sinner feels contrition, confesses them to a priest, performs an act of penance, and receives absolution. Thus, the sins are forgiven, in the sense that they no longer will incur eternal punishment. But they will still incur temporal punishment.

This happens in purgatory. After death, Christians must be punished for the sins they committed on earth. This is necessary before the Christian may enter heaven.  Purgatory was a realm of fire. Sinners burn in purgatory, much as they would in hell, though these pains are only temporary. But suffering the fires of purgatory might last thousands of years.

This is what believing Christians have to endure, for sins for which they have repented and found forgiveness, that the church admits were atoned for by Christ, and that were confessed and absolved.

But God, by His grace, can reduce this time, the Roman Catholic Church says. This is why we must pray for the dead, that God would remit their penalty. Also, the church can reduce this time by means of the “treasury of merit.” The saints—defined as someone found to be already in heaven, their time shortened by God’s special grace and the holiness of their lives—have more merit than they need to enter heaven. So the church can transfer that extra merit to living Christians or to the dead already in purgatory. These are indulgences.

The church granted—and still grants—indulgences for various acts of devotion, such as venerating relics or going on a pilgrimage. And then, at the start of the Reformation, the pope was selling them.

Imagine the horror of believing that after death, for all of your piety, you would experience thousands of years of penitential fire. But imagine the relief if for a week’s wages2 you could buy a plenary or complete indulgence and go straight to heaven. And if you could raise another week’s wages, you could free your dead child.

Mary,Moses

If Mary and Moses were in the Garden of Eden would they have listen to the serpent and eaten the forbidden fruit?

We do not know what would have happened. What we do know is that God created Adam and Eve in such a way that they could freely choose to obey or they could freely choose to rebel. God created Adam and Eve that way because if Adam and Eve were created like puppets then love would not mean anything.

The Circus Maximus

The Circus Max

imus

Why can't black people pronounce the word "ask"?

Begin the Relationship | JesusOnline.com

Begin the Relationship | JesusOnline.com

What are the five solas?

What are the fi

ve solas?

Does the number seven (7) have biblical significance?

Does the number seven (7) have biblical significance?: Does the number seven (7) have biblical significance? Is the number seven (7) meaningful in the Bible? Is the number seven (7) important in the Bible?

The Time Will Come When They Do Not Endure Sound Doctrine

"Who's That Lady" - Peter White Live - Kettle Moraine Jazz Fest 2011

Luther’s Jewish Problem

Luther’s

Jewish Problem

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Jesus is Not Your Homeboy - Jarrid Wilson

Jesus is Not Your Homeboy - Jarrid Wilson

What is Christian tolerance? Should Christians be tolerant of other religious beliefs?

What is Christian tolerance? Should Christians be tolerant of other religious beliefs?: What is Christian tolerance? Should Christians be tolerant of other religious beliefs? How should Christians respond to those with different beliefs about God?