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Deuteronomy 32:8-9 and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Monotheism Isn’t in the Old Testament
The oldest Hebrew copy of Deuteronomy 32:8 says the Most High divided the nations 'according to the number of the sons of God,' and YHWH RECEIVED Israel. So who was the Most High handing nations out to?
Deuteronomy 32:8-9 and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Monotheism Isn’t in the Old Testament
The oldest Hebrew copy of Deuteronomy 32:8 says the Most High divided the nations ‘according to the number of the sons of God,’ and YHWH RECEIVED Israel. So who was the Most High handing nations out to?
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“Old Covenant, New Covenant, That’s All”? Where the Bible Says God Stops Making Covenants
Critics say there’s the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, and that’s all we need. Ask for the verse. God made covenants with Noah, Abraham, Israel at Sinai and again in Moab, Phinehas, and David, and the prophets promised more. Adding a covenant is the Bible’s pattern, not proof of a false church.
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Who Wrote Hebrews? The Unsigned Letter Critics Use to Close Heaven
Critics quote Hebrews to say the New Covenant is final and God is done. But who wrote Hebrews, and which apostle ever vouched for it? Origen said only God knows. Then read what Hebrews actually teaches: God changes priesthood and covenants when He chooses, and the Bible never says He’d stop.
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“God-Breathed”: What 2 Timothy 3:16 Says, and What It Doesn’t
2 Timothy 3:16 rests on one Greek word, theopneustos, used only once in the New Testament. A word study on what “God-breathed” says and doesn’t say, John C. Poirier’s case that it meant “life-giving,” and how the Bible itself describes inspiration through holy men moved by the Holy Ghost.
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Read It and Ask: Moroni 10:4–5 and James 1:5
The Book of Mormon asks readers to do one thing: read it, then ask God. Joseph Smith did exactly that with James 1:5. Here’s Moroni 10:3–5 next to James 1:5–6, what the Bible says about the Spirit teaching truth, and why the Westminster Confession rests the Bible on the same witness critics call “just feelings.”
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Works and Grace: 2 Nephi 25:23 Next to James 2
Critics quote “after all we can do” as proof the Book of Mormon teaches works salvation. Read 2 Nephi 25:23–26 in context, see how often the Book of Mormon teaches grace, then hold James 2:24, Ephesians 2:10, Philippians 2:12, and Revelation 20:12 to the same standard.
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