What does the Bible say about the Days of Unleavened Bread? Do they have any applicability for Christians? Did early Christians keep them? What is leaven anyway? What is sin? Can Christians sin? What about the Passover and the sacrifice of Jesus? Should Christians remove leaven from their houses and eat unleavened bread for seven days? What does leaven picture? …
Thyatira, Succession, and Jezebel
Thyatira is the 4th of the seven churches listed in Revelation 1:11--did any part of it use the 4th lighted lampstand as a symbol? The Thyatira church era seems to have been predominant from c. 1050 to c. 1600 A.D. Jesus had the Apostle John write about it in Revelation 2:18-29. Those of Thyatira were to holding fast until Jesus came. But they had problems compromising with 'Jezebel.' Does anything in the message to Thyatira equate to the Greco-Roman and Protestant churches? …
From Death to Life - the Meaning of Passover
If Adam ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, God told him he would surely die. Even though Adam had the choice of eating from the Tree of Life, he choose to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, which is another way of saying he chose to eat of the Tree of Death. All of Mankind followed in Adam's footsteps. All except Jesus Christ. …
Was There an Exodus? Were the Israelites in Ancient Egypt?
Was there an Exodus like the Bible teaches? Wikipedia and many secular scholars say that there is no evidence and that the biblical account is accurate. Yet, they overlook, downplay, and/or ignore evidence that supports the biblical account. Does the Ipuwer Papyrus or various steles support the record of the Bible? Is there evidence of Semitic Asiatics from Canaan being in ancient Egypt? What about Joseph and the seven year famine?…
Destiny of Satan
CCOG Q&A: Eating Blood, Born Again, Jesus, Leavening Agents and more!
What Type of Catholic was Polycarp of Smyrna?
The 'Martyrdom of Polycarp states, "The church of God which sojourns at Smyrna to the Church of God which sojourns in Philomelium and to all the congregations of the Holy and Catholic Church in every place … the elect, of whom this most admirable Polycarp was one, having in our own times been an apostolic and prophetic teacher, and bishop of the Catholic Church which is in Smyrna." What type of Catholic was Polycarp: Roman, Eastern Orthodox, or Church of God? …
Original Catholic Church of God?
Are you willing to accept the truth about the Bible and church history? What is the Church? Does the Continuing Church of God meet the Vatican's written requirements for being a church? What is the most common name of the church in the New Testament? Are Christians supposed to contend for the original faith or one that (according to Benedict XVI) which resulted in "an irreversible turn" by people like Origen of Alexandria? Do you have sufficient "love of the truth" (2 Thessalonians 2:10) to "prove all things and …
You Can Develop Love
The Bible says God is love. The Bible says the Father sent Jesus to die because of love. If God's plan is all about love, how can you develop it? Is God's character one of love? What about the tests and trials we go through--are they proof that God does or does not love us? What about loving God? What about loving your neighbor? Does loving one's neighbor involve both the physical and the spiritual? Does God love everyone enough to offer salvation to all, either in this age and the age to come? …
Let’s Talk About Sin: What is It? Should You Hate Sin?
What is sin? Why do people sin? Are any sins pleasurable? Are sins some type of arbitrary set of rules God imposed to stop people from enjoying life? Are all of God’s commandments righteousness? Is the purpose of the commandments love? What about the ‘mystery of iniquity,’ the mystery of lawlessness? Are many moderns violating and reasoning around the Ten Commandments like the Pharisees of old because of their traditions? Were the Ten Commandments done away? How does God look at sin?