Non-Christian Beliefs Mentioned in the Bible: Epicureanism

September 30, 2018   |  

Introduction
In Acts 17, we read the story of the apostle Paul going to Athens, Greece and interacting with people from many different religious backgrounds. One of those was a group of Epicureans. Epicureanism was a belief system founded by a Greek philosopher named Epicurus. While this religion was not…
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Emanuel: God with Us

September 24, 2018   |  

Most people tend to think about life in terms of categories. We have the categories of family, media, education, entertainment, government and politics, business, and religion. In living life and interacting in these various arenas, the majority of people generally don’t see a connection between them. When they are engaging…
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The Ten Commandments: A Ten Part study of the Decalogue – Part 7

September 23, 2018   |  

29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; Whoever touches her shall not go unpunished. … 32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense. He who would destroy himself does it. 33 Wounds and disgrace he will find. And his reproach will not be blotted …
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Non-Christian Beliefs Mentioned in the Bible: Greek Gods

September 15, 2018   |  

Introduction
While the Western world was largely controlled by the Romans during the New Testament era, it was Greek culture and religion that had the greatest influence on the people in that part of the world. That influence extended beyond Greece to Asia Minor, Italy, and throughout the Western Mediterranean.…
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The Ten Commandments: A Ten Part study of the Decalogue – Part 6

September 2, 2018   |  

Alfred Hitchcock was one the world’s finest motion picture directors. His films are considered classics and are used as models for the art of cinematography. Many of Hitchcock’s best movies had a common theme: murder. They were murder mysteries wherein often an innocent person was caught in a web that…
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Non-Christian Beliefs Mentioned in the Bible: Astrology

September 1, 2018   |  

Introduction
The most prominent religious expression related to Astrology that we find mentioned in the Bible regards the practice of the Magi who visited Jesus at the time of his birth. The Magi were known to be a priestly clan of “stargazers” from the region of what is now modern…
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Non-Christian Beliefs Mentioned in the Bible: Egyptian Gods

August 20, 2018   |  

Introduction
The ancient Egyptian religion was an animistic belief system that expressed itself as a set of polytheistic beliefs and rituals. Its underlying worldview beliefs assumed that humans could interact with various deities who were believed to be present in, and in control of, the forces of nature. People would…
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