There may be no more consistently debated issue within modern Christianity than the question of women serving as pastors. While society at large has long embraced female leadership across nearly every sector, from the White House to Wall Street, the Church finds itself wrestling with what it means to remain biblically faithful in the face of cultural momentum. I approach this topic with caution, not out of fear but because I’ve lived through it. I’ve …

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Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1946-1947 Claim: Oneness (also known as Modalism) teaches that God is not three distinct persons, but one person who manifests as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Why Oneness Theology is Heresy 1.     It Denies the Distinct Persons of the Godhead a.     Oneness teaches that God merely takes on different “modes” like masks instead of being three coequal, coeternal persons. Scripture presents clear inter-relational distinctions between the Father, Son, …

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One of the most common objections to the Bible today is its reliability. While Christians believe the Bible is authoritative and reliable, many non-Christians believe the Bible is too old, written by people hundreds of years after the events, and has been translated too many times for modern readers to know what it initially said. One issue is the rise of the internet.  Before the internet, writers had to go through several hurdles to publish.1 They …

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