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What is the Church’s position on falling from grace?
What is the Church’s position on falling from grace? Some say that backsliders were never saved in the first place. The Church of God (Seventh…
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Calvin Burrell is former editor of the Bible Advocate and former director of G. C. Missions. He retired in 2015 and lives with his wife, Barb, in Stayton, OR. They attend church in Marion, OR.
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What does the Bible teach about God’s sovereignty (predestination) and human freewill?
What does the Bible teach about God’s sovereignty (predestination) and human freewill? Can you shed any light on the TULIP theory? The Bible teaches…
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What is God’s stand on women using trousers, earrings, dressing of hair, and makeup?
What is God’s stand on women using trousers, earrings, dressing of hair, and makeup? I have seen CoG7 women displaying these in the magazine. It…
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How Can My Girlfriend and I Stop Having Sex?
My girlfriend and I are baptized members of the Church, but sometimes we end up doing the wrong thing. We’ve experimented with sex, and we…
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Can Children Honor Their Parents and Still Report Abuse?
Suppose a parent abuses a child. If honoring our father and mother is literal, how can children keep the command and still report the abuse?…
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Is Sex Before Marriage Wrong if You Truly Love the Person?
I’ve always been told that sex before marriage is wrong, but I can’t find anything that specifically speaks against it. A friend I’m trying to…
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Does I Tim 3:12 Refer to Remarriage After Divorce, Polygamy, or Both?
“A deacon must be the husband of but one wife . . .” (1 Tim. 3:12). Does this refer to remarriage after divorce, to polygamy,…
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Does Scripture Support Getting Married by the Laws of the Land?
My daughter and her boyfriend say they are married because they made a covenant with God. If I can show her in the Bible that…
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What Does Being In God’s Family Mean for Earthly Families?
My brother believes that you needn’t acknowledge your earthly family, since we are all in the body of Christ. I know Jesus said that those…
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Does the Bible Have Advice for Anger?
I’ve been getting angry and frustrated at my husband so quickly, and over little, stupid things. Then I feel horrible. I feel as though our…
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Is it Right for My Wife to Divorce Me for Adultery?
I ran into a really bad problem. I’m married, and I slept with another lady. My wife will never forgive me. She’s leaving me, as…
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Is There Info on Dysfunctional Families in the Bible?
Can you provide information on dysfunctional families in the Bible? The Bible’s first family — Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel — was dysfunctional. Because of…
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