What is the difference between the holy spirit and the holy ghost?
Over the centuries, the translators of our Common Version English Bible have used the phrase "holy ghost" without any authority. The original Greek word is pneuma, meaning spirit. In more recent times, the Revised Version of the New Testament changed the word "ghost" to more appropriately read "spirit."There is no scriptural reason to think of [...]
Being a protestant Christian, can we wear jewelry? After we are baptized, does God like it if we wear all those things?
One Bible verse that helps us answer your question is 1 Peter 3:3-4: "Let not yours be [merely] external adorning with…the wearing of jewelry...But let it be the inward adorning and beauty of the hidden person of the heart…with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit…which is precious in the sight [...]
When I die it has been said that someone can pray me into heaven. Is that true?
First, let's consider the options the Bible offers in regard to life after death. (All scriptures quoted are from the King James Version Bible.) If Adam had not sinned, he and his descendants could have lived for ever on a perfect earth. After Adam received the sentence for disobeying God, "...for dust thou art, and [...]
How did the Babylonian Exile of 586 BE change the Jewish understanding of God?
The Seventy Years usually referred to as the seventy years captivity in Babylon, is scripturally styled the "seventy years desolation of the land." This desolation God had predicted by Jeremiah the Prophet thus: "And this whole land shall be a desolation, and...shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years." (Jer. 25:11) "Thus saith the Lord, [...]
Is it wrong for two Christians, male and female, to kiss (instead of making love) before marriage to satisfy their emotional needs?
There is no specific answer in the Bible on this subject except that the Bible clearly states that sex is for marriage. One important reason is that sex can produce children, who deserve to be conceived in the embrace of marriage. Additionally, science has now found that the act of sexual intimacy (making love) creates a [...]
In what ways can a person serve God while occupied in secular work?
If we find that all of our time must be taken in earthly matters, we can still do our work as "unto the Lord". Ephesians 6:5-8 (NASB) says "Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; (6) [...]