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Is Peter The Rock In Matt 16:18? A Response To “Compelling Truth”

Who or What Is The Rock In Matthew 16:18?  In this post, I want to examine a popular Christian apologetic site, Compelling Truth.  Compelling Truth is a network site of the popular “Got Questions” ministry. I was recently researching rebuttals to who or what the rock is Matt 16:18, and I had come across this […]

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Did Jesus Have Brothers? Unraveling the Truth Behind the Common Misconception

In this post, I want to address one of the most significant Protestant claims against Catholic teaching: the siblings of Jesus. The Catholic Church asserts the perpetual virginity of Mary, teaching that she was a virgin for her entire life and had no other children besides Jesus. Catholics hold that the individuals referred to as

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If God Is Not a Man and Knows All Things, How Can Jesus Be God? Understanding the Incarnation and Scripture

This post is not so much a rebuttal, as it is the answer to the following question. I’ve seen this question posed to multiple Christians over the last few years and wanted to offer a response to it.  “The bible says in Hosea 11:9 that god is not a man. In Numbers 23:19 he is

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Catholics and Prayer to Mary: What Does the Bible Really Say About Who We Can Pray To?

The following is a great Quora Answer I found and thought I’d share it here. The author is Francis Marsden. You can find the post Here!  Why do Catholics pray to Mary? Doesen’t the Bible say that we can only pray to God?   No. You have it wrong. The Bible does not say that

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King Benjamin’s Speech. More Like a 19th-Century Revival Sermon Than Ancient Scripture?

One of the most influential figures in the Book of Mormon is King Benjamin.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints describes him as such, “King Benjamin was a prophet of God who ruled the land of Zarahemla. He worked hard to serve his people and teach them about God. With help from

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If Joseph Smith is a False Prophet, So is Jesus: A Rebuttal to Colton Miller

I want to share with you one of the most outrageous and absurd claims I’ve ever encountered from a defender of the Mormon faith.  In a recent post, Colton Miller argues that if Joseph Smith is a false prophet due to unfulfilled prophecies, then the same reasoning would apply to Jesus.  He references Matthew 24:34,

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Rebutting DNA and the Book of Mormon: Debunking the ‘Third Group’ Hypothesis in Helaman 6

In this post, I want to address the claims that some scholars and LDS members make to suggest there are strong shreds of evidence of preexisting indigenous populations in the book of Mormon. In this rebuttal, I will address this Sun Stone article, “DNA Strands In The Book of Mormon” By Blake T. Ostler.  In

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