Born “at Jerusalem”? Why Alma 7:10 Points Toward an Ancient Book, Not a Mistake
Book of Mormon Evidence Ā· Alma 7:10Critics have laughed at Alma 7:10 since 1831. Read the verse...
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Faith Is a Verb: What Emunah and Pistis Really Mean
In Hebrew, faith (emunah) means steadiness, the word used for Mosesā steady hands in Exodus 17:12. In Greek, pistis covers belief, trust, and faithfulness. A word study on what the Bible means by faith, with non-LDS scholars Teresa Morgan, Matthew Bates, and Nijay Gupta.
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What Church Would a First-Century Christian Recognize? (2026 Edition)
Drop a Christian from first-century Ephesus into 2026 and hand him a New Testament checklist: apostles and prophets (Ephesians 2:20; 4:11ā13), the Twelve kept full (Acts 1), the seventy (Luke 10:1), elders, bishops, and deacons, baptism by immersion, the Holy Ghost by laying on of hands (Acts 8:17), baptism for the dead (1 Corinthians 15:29), revelation, and Christās name. A fair, verse-by-verse comparison.
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If It Wasnāt Revealed, It Isnāt Required: Councils and Who Counts as Christian
The Bible defines a Christian in one verse: āthe disciples were called Christians first in Antiochā (Acts 11:26). Jesusā own tests are fruits, love, and keeping His commandments. Then Nicaea (325), a 380 imperial edict, Constantinople (381), and Chalcedon (451) added vocabulary no apostle used and enforced it with anathemas. If God didnāt reveal it, no one gets to require it.
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Nicaea 325: An Unbaptized Emperor and the Word āHomoousiosā
The Council of Nicaea was convened by Constantine, a catechumen who wasnāt baptized until his deathbed in 337. Its key word, homoousios, appears nowhere in scripture; Athanasius admits the bishops adopted it because every Bible phrase also applied to people. Hereās what Eusebius, Socrates, and Jerome actually record, the myths to drop, and how Acts 15 settled doctrine instead.
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