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ABORTION: Psalm 139:13-16; Luke 1:44

ABORTION IN CASES OF RAPE? Deut. 24:16

ABSOLUTE TRUTH: 1 Cor. 6:9; Galatians 5:21; Eph. 5:5-6; Rev. 21:8

ADULTERY / CONTINUOUS: Matthew 5:32; Romans 7:3 'while'

AGNOSTICISM: Eph. 5:17; 2 Thess. 1:8

ANIMALS / DO THEY HAVE SOULS? Genesis 1:26-27

ATHEISM: Psalm 14:1; Romans 1:20; Ephesians 2:12

ASTROLOGY: Isaiah 47:13; Jer. 10:2; 2 Kings 17:16; Deut. 4:19

ASTROLOGERS FAILED: Daniel 2:27; 5:5-16

AUTHORITY / JESUS HAS THE FINAL SAY: Matt. 28:18; 17:5; Heb. 1:1-2

AUTHORITY / ONLY TWO POSSIBLE SOURCES: Matt. 21:23-27

AUTHORITY / SCRIPTURES: 1 Cor. 14:37; 2 Thess. 3:6,14

BIBLE / COMPLETE: John 16:13; 2 Peter 1:3; Jude 3

BIBLE / PRESCIENTIFIC FOREKNOWLEDGE: Paths in the Sea (Psalm 8:8, 1000 B.C.), finally discovered by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873 A.D.) First And Second Laws of Thermodynamics (Genesis 2:1, 1500 B.C., Psalm 102:26, 1000 B.C), discovered in 1841 A.D. Woman has a seed of procreation (Genesis 3:15, 1500 B.C.), final verdict reached by man, 1880 B.C. All flesh is not the same (1 Cor. 15:39, 55 A.D.), discoved in 1930 A.D, with the invention of the electron microscope. The earth is round (Isaiah 40:22, 700 B.C.), settled in 1520 A.D.

BIBLE / TRUSTWORTHY: Matt. 24:35; 1 Peter 1:23-25; Gal. 1:6-9

BIBLE / DOESN'T SAY I CAN'T DO IT? Lev. 10:1-3; 1 Samuel 15; Heb. 7:14

BIBLE / DON'T ADD TO OR SUBTRACT: 2 John 9; Rev. 22:18-19

BIBLE / VERBALLY INSPIRED: Matt. 5:17-18; 22:31-32; 1 Cor. 2:13; Gal. 3:16

BIBLE / SUFFICIENT FOR ALL GOOD WORKS: 2 Tim. 3:16-17

BIBLE / UNDERSTANDABLE: Eph. 3:4; 5:17; John 8:32; Luke 10:25-28; Psalm 19:7ff

BAPTISM / NECESSARY: Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Peter 3:21; Eph. 4:5

BAPTISM / ELEMENT: Acts 8:38; 10:47

BAPTISM / IMMERSION: Acts 8:38; 22:16; Romans 6:3-5; Colossians 2:11-13

BAPTISM / SUBJECTS (infants are excluded): Mark 16:15-16; Acts 2:38; 8:36-37

BODY / NATURE OF THE RESURRECTED: 1 Cor. 15:35-58; Phil. 3:21; 1 John 3:1-3

BORN A SINNER? 1 Cor. 14:20; Matthew 18:3; Ezekiel 18:4-20

BORN THAT WAY? Romans 1:25-27; Ephesians 2:1-3; 1 Cor. 6:9-11

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: Acts 25:11; Romans 13:4

CIVIL GOVERNMENT: Matt. 22:21; Romans 13; 1 Peter 2:13-17; 1 Tim. 2:1-2

CHRISTIAN / NAME: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16

CHURCH BUILDING / AUTHORITY FOR: Hebrews 10:25

CONFESSION: Matthew 10:32-33; Acts 8:37; Romans 10:9-10

CONFESSION / BEFORE BAPTISM: Acts 8:37

CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER DEATH: Luke 16:23; Phil. 1:21-23

CHILD ABUSE: Romans 1:31 ('unloving'-lacking natural affection, including that which should exist between parents and children). A lack of discipline is also a form of child abuse-Proverbs 29:15.

CHILDREN / DISCIPLINE: Eph. 6:4; Col. 3:21; Proverbs 22:6; 23:13-14

CHILDREN / GUIDANCE: Proverbs 22:15

CHURCH / ALL CHURCHES THE SAME? Revelation chapters 2-3

CHURCH OF CHRIST: Romans 16:16

CHURCH DISCIPLINE: Matthew 18:15-17; 1 Cor. 5; 2 Thess. 3:6-15

DANCING: Exodus 32:6,25; Galatians 5:19 'Sensuality'-which includes the definition of 'indecent bodily movements, unchaste handling of males and females' (Thayers Greek English Lexicon, p. 79).

DEATH: Ecc. 12:7; James 2:26; Heb. 9:27

DENOMINATIONALISM CONTRARY TO THE SCRIPTURES: John 17:20-23; 1 Cor. 1:10-13; Ephesians 4:4-6; Romans 16:16

DINOSAURS: Genesis 1:24-25

DRINKING / ALCOHOL: Proverbs 23:29-35; 1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10. Drunkenness is a progressive state (Eph. 5:18). What is God's alcohol level for drunkenness?

EARTH / CIRCLE: Isaiah 40:22

EARTH / IS NOT ETERNAL: Heb. 1:10-12; 2 Peter 3:10; Rev. 20:11; 21:1

ELDERS / QUALIFICATIONS: 1 Tim. 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9

ELDERS / THE SAME CLASS AS BISHOPS AND PASTORS: Acts 20:17,28; Titus 1:5-7; 1 Peter 5:1-3

ELDERS / AUTHORITY: Hebrews 13:17; 1 Tim. 5:17

ELDERS / RESPECT FOR: 1 Thess. 5:12-13; Heb. 13:7

ENTERTAINMENT / WISDOM IN OUR CHOICE OF: 1 Cor. 15:33; 1 Thess. 5:21-22; Ecc. 11:9

ESP? 1 Corinthians 2:11

EUTHANASIA: Any argument for "mercy killing" could also be equally used as an argument for suicide. Suicide is an obvious lack of trust in the promises and goodness of God (1 Corinthians 10:13; Hebrews 13:5-6). In effect is is saying, 'God has failed me, I have been given a test that I cannot bear. It is man arrogantly assuming the right to end his own trials. In contrast, God says, 'Let endurance has its perfect result..' (James 1:2-4)

FAITH ONLY? James 2:26; John 12:42-43; Matthew 7:21

FORNICATION: 1 Cor. 6:9; 7:1-2; Gal. 5:19; Rev. 21:8

FREEWILL: Genesis 4:6-7; Joshua 24:15; Deut. 30:19; Matt. 11:28; Romans 6:12-13

GAMBLING: The motive is greed (1 Cor. 6:10; Luke 12:15), the desire to get rich quick (1 Tim. 6:9-10). Also consider the evil associations in most gambling establishments (1 Cor. 15:33).

GHOSTS: The dead stay dead-Ecc. 9:5,10; 12:7; 2 Peter 2:9 'keep'.

GIVING: 1 Cor. 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians chapters 8-9; Acts 20:35

GOD / DOESN'T LIE: Titus 1:2; Heb. 6:18

GOD / EXISTENCE IS CLEARLY SEEN: Psalm 19:1; Acts 14:16-17; Romans 1:20

GOD / HAS NO DARK SIDE: 1 John 1:5

GOD / MERCY AND WRATH CO-EXIST: Romans 11:22; 16:20

GOD / NO GOD BEFORE HIM OR AFTER: Isaiah 43:10

GOD / GODHEAD / TRINITY: Genesis 1:26-27; Matt. 3:16-17; 2 Cor. 13:14. God is "one" (Deut. 6:4), put it is a oneness of unity and purpose (John 10:30), compare with Genesis 2:24.

GOSSIP: Proverbs 6:17,19; 20:19

GRACE / IS CONDITIONAL: Titus 2:11; Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:8-9

GRACE / DOESN'T COVER UNREPENTED OF SIN: Romans 2:3-5; 6:1-2; 1 John 1:8-10

HEAVEN / MORE THAN WORTH THE WAIT: Romans 8:18

HEAVEN / NO ONE WILL SPOIL IT FOR US: 1 Peter 1:4; Rev. 21:4,27

HEAVEN / HELL BOTH ARE ETERNAL: Matthew 25:46

HELL / INVOLVES CONSCIOUS SUFFERING: Rev. 20:10; Luke 16:19ff; Matt. 8:12

HELL / JESUS TAUGHT THE SUBJECT: Matt. 5:22; 29-30; Mark 9:43-48

HELL / CANNOT ELIMINATE IT WITHOUT ELIMINATING HEAVEN: Matt. 7:13-14; 25:46; Romans 2:6-11; 2 Thess. 1:7-9

HELL / NOTHING IMPROVES THERE: Mark 9:43-48

HOLY SPIRIT / CONVICTION AND CONVERSION: Compare John 16:8 with Acts 2:22-37. Romans 10:17; Ephesians 6:17

HOLY SPIRIT / GOD: Acts 5:3-4

HOLY SPIRIT / INDWELLING: Compare Ephesians 5:18 with Colossians 3:16

HOLY SPIRIT / A PERSON: 1 Cor. 2:10; Eph. 4:30; John 14:26; 15:26; 16:13

HOMOSEXUALITY ISN'T GENETIC: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

HOMSEXUALITY IS NOT NATURAL: Romans 1:26-27

HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN: 1 Cor. 6:9; 1 Tim. 1:10

HOSPITALITY: Romans 12:13; Hebrews 13:1; 1 Peter 4:9

I CAN'T HELP HIMSELF: 1 Cor. 10:13; 6:11; 2 Cor. 5:10

I JUST THINK THAT GOD WILL...: 1 Cor. 2:11

I'M A GOOD PERSON: Acts 10:1-2; 11:13-14; Romans 3:23

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WHEN CHRISTIANS WORSHIP? Eph. 5:19; Colossians 3:16; Hebrews 2:12; 2 John 9

JEALOUSY: 1 Cor. 3:3; Gal. 5:20; James 3:14-16

JESUS CHRIST / GOD: John 1:1; 5:18-23; Col. 2:9; Heb. 1:8; Isa. 9:6

JESUS CHRIST / GOOD MAN BUT NOT GOD? John 5:23; 14:9; Titus 1:2

JESUS CHRIST / SOLE HEAD OF THE CHURCH: Eph. 1:22-23

JESUS CHRIST / THE FINAL AUTHORITY: Matt. 28:18; John 12:48

JESUS CHRIST / THE ONLY WAY: John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Eph. 5:23

JUDGING OTHERS: Matthew 7:1-5; John 7:24; 1 Cor. 4:5; 5:12; Eph. 5:11

JUDGMENT DAY: 2 Cor. 5:10

KINGDOM OF GOD ESTABLISHED: Col. 1:12-14; Heb. 12:28; Rev. 1:9; John 3:5; Mark 9:1

KINGDOM OF GOD / SAME AS THE CHURCH: Compare Acts 20:28 with Revelation 1:5-6; 5:9-10. Compare Acts 2:38,41,47 with Colossians 1:12-14.

LANGUAGE / BAD: Eph. 4:29; 5:3-4; James 3:1-12

LANGUAGE / GOOD: Prov. 15:1,4,7,23; 16:24; 25:11; 10:11,21

LANGUAGE / JUDGED BY GOD: Matt. 12:36

LAND PROMISE FULFILLED: Josh. 21:43-45; 23:14; Compare Genesis 15:18 with 1 Kings 4:24.

LIVING TOGETHER? 1 Corinthians 7:1-2

LORD'S SUPPER: Matthew 26:20-29; Acts 2:42; 20:7; 1 Corinthians 11:18-34

LOVE CAN WAIT: 1 Cor. 13:4-8

LOVE / NEVER TRIES TO JUSTIFY SIN: 1 Cor. 13:6; Romans 13:9-10

LOVE / OBEYS GOD: John 14:15; 1 John 2:3-5; Compare 1 Cor. 7:19 with Gal. 5:6

MAJORITY OPINION: Matt. 7:13-14; 1 Cor. 1:21; Ex. 23:2

MALE / FEMALE ROLES: Gen. 3:16-19; Eph. 5:22-33; 1 Tim. 5:8, 14-15; Titus 2:4-5

MAN / HAS A SOUL: Matt. 10:28; Luke 12:4-5; Heb. 4:12

MAN / SURVIVES THE DEATH OF THE BODY: 2 Cor. 5:1-5; Matt. 22:31-32

MARRIAGE IN HEAVEN? Matthew 22:30

MARRIAGE / DIVORCE: Mal. 2:16; Matt. 5:31-32; 19:3-11; Romans 7:1-3; 1 Cor. 7

MARRIAGE / A PURE RELATIONSHIP: Heb. 13:4; 1 Tim. 4:1-4; Genesis 1:31

MARRIAGE / MUTUAL RESPECT IN: Eph. 5:22-33; 1 Peter 3:7

MARRIAGE / SEX IN: 1 Cor. 7:1-5; Heb. 13:4; Prov. 5:15-19

MARRIAGE / HAPPINESS: Ecc. 9:9

MEDIUMS: Lev. 19:31

MIRACLES / ENEMIES OF JESUS COULDN'T DENY: John 11:47

MIRACLES / FAITH NOT ALWAYS REQUIRED: Acts 3:1-9; Matt. 4:23-25

MIRACLES / NO FAILURES: Matt. 4:24

MIRACLES / PERFORMED BEFORE UNBELIEVERS: Mark 2:6-11

MIRACLES / PURPOSE: Acts 2:22; John 3:2; Heb. 2:3-4

MIRACLES / QUALITY: John 5:1-9; Acts 3:1-9; Matt. 4:23-25

MODEST APPAREL: 1 Tim. 2:9

MORMON / BOOK OF, CONDEMNED: Gal. 1:6-9; 2 John 9; Revelation 22:18-19

MOTIVES: 1 Corinthians 13:1-4; 4:5; Matt. 6:1-4; 23:5

MUSIC COMMANDED IN WORSHIP: Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16

NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES? James 2:26

NEW COVENANT CONTAINS COMMANDS: John 14:15; Matt. 7:21

NEW COVENANT ESTABLISHED: Hebrews chapters 8-10; Compare Acts 2:38 with Matt. 26:28

NEW COVENANT / FINAL COVENANT: Compare Heb. 7:12 with 7:24

NEUTRALITY / IMPOSSIBLE: 1 Kings 18:21; Matt. 12:30

NO HARM IN LOOKING OR JUST THINKING? Mark 7:20-23; Matt. 5:28; Prov. 4:23

OBEDIENCE: Matthew 7:21-27; John 14:15; Heb. 5:9; 1 John 2:4

OBEDIENCE DOESN'T CONTRADICT LOVE: John 14:15

OLD TESTAMENT FULFILLED: Matt. 5:17-18; Luke 24:44; Acts 3:22-26

ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED? Rom. 11:21; 2 Tim. 2:11-13; Heb. 10:26-31

ORDERLY WORSHIP: 1 Cor. 14:26-33

PRAYER / ACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS: 1 John 5:14; James 1:6-8; Prov. 15:8,29

PRAYER / CONTINUANCE IN: 1 Thess. 5:17; Rom. 12:12

PRAYER / MUST BE SINCERE: Matt. 6:5-15

PRAYER / SIN HINDERS: 1 Peter 3:7; Psa. 66:18; Prov. 28:9

RACIAL EQUALITY: Gal. 3:28; John 3:16; Romans 1:16

REINCARNATION IS FALSE: Luke 16:25; Hebrews 9:27

RELIGIOUS PEOPLE / ALL WILL NOT BE SAVED: Matt. 7:22-23; Romans 2:1-5, 9-11

RELIGIOUS TITLES: Matthew 23:8-11

REPENTANCE / FRUITS: Matt. 3:8-10; Acts 26:20

REPENTANCE / GENUINE: 2 Cor. 7:10-11

REVEREND / TERM ONLY APPLIED TO THE NAME OF GOD: Psalm 111:9 (KJV)

SABBATH DAY / ENDED: Col. 2:16; Heb. 8:13-9:4; Romans 7:6-7; Acts 20:7

SALVATION / ALL SUBJECT TO THE SAME CONDITIONS: Mark 16:15-16; Acts 15:9

SALVATION / CONDITIONAL: Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 8:36-38; Rom. 10:9-10

SECOND CHANCES AFTER DEATH? Luke 16:19-31

SECOND CHANCES AT THE JUDGMENT? Matt. 7:21-23; 2 Cor. 5:10-11; Acts 24:24-25

SECOND COMING / SETTING DATES FOR? 1 Thess. 5:1-3

SECOND COMING / WON'T BE QUIET: 1 Thess. 4:16; 2 Peter 3:10

SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE IS SIN: 1 Cor. 7:1; Rev. 21:8

SIN/CONFESSION OF: 1 John 1:9-10; James 5:16

SIN/OBSERVED IN A BROTHER: Matt. 18:15; Gal. 6:1; James 5:19-20

SIN/VIOLATION OF CONSCIENCE: Romans 14:23

SINS OF IGNORANCE: Luke 12:47-48; 2 Thess. 1:8; Psalm 19:12

SINS OF OMISSION: James 4:17; Matt. 25:31-46

SINCERE PEOPLE LOST: Matthew 7:21-23

SINCERITY IS NOT ENOUGH: Acts 23:1; 1 Cor. 4:4; Prov. 16:25

SINLESSNESS? 1 John 1:8; Romans 3:23

SITUATION ETHICS? Romans 3:8; 13:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:1-6; Genesis 39:9

SMOKING: 1 Cor. 6:12

SOCIAL GOSPEL: 1 Cor. 11:22,34; Matt. 28:19-20

SPEAKING IN TONGUES: Acts 2:1-11; 10:46

SPEAKING TONGUES / MUST EDIFY THE CONGREGATION: 1 Cor. 14:5,12

SPEAKING IN TONGUES / ORDER: 1 Cor. 14:27

SPIRITUAL GIFTS / DIDN'T CANCEL OUT SELF-CONTROL: 1 Cor. 14:32

SPIRITUAL GIFTS / DIDN'T GUARANTEE SPIRITUAL GROWTH: 1 Cor. 1:5-7; 3:1-3

SPIRITUAL GIFTS / NOT ALL CHRISTIANS POSSESSED THEM: 1 Cor. 12:29-30

SPIRITUAL GIFTS / WOULD CEASE: 1 Cor. 13:8-13

SUFFERING / CAN LEAD TO GOOD THINGS: Psalm 119:71; Rom. 5:3-4; James 1:2-4

SUFFERING / NOT INCOMPATIBLE WITH A GOOD AND LOVING GOD: John 3:16; Romans 8:32; Phil. 2:5-9

SUFFERING / SELF-CAUSED: Gal. 6:7-8; Romans 1:27

SUNDAY / ISN'T A SABBATH: Acts 20:7

TALENTS / EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE: Matthew 25:15; 1 Peter 4:10-11

TALENTS / USING THEM: Matt. 25:14-29; Romans 12:4-8

TAXES / PAYING THEM: Matt. 22:21; Romans 13:7

THAT'S YOUR INTERPRETATION? Luke 10:25-28; Romans 10:6-8; Eph. 3:4; 5:17

TRUTH / ALL CAN UNDERSTAND IT ALIKE: John 8:32; Eph. 5:17; Acts 17:11

TRUTH / DETERMINED BY CULTURE? 1 Cor. 6:9-11

TRUTH / DETERMINED BY TIME? Rev. 21:8; John 12:48; Matt. 24:35

TRUTH / HAS BOUNDARIES: 2 John 9; 1 Cor. 4:6

TRUTH / OBJECTIVE: Romans 10:1-2; 16:17; 1 Cor. 4:4

UFO'S? Genesis 1:16-17; John 3:16; Heb. 1:1-2

VOTING IN CHURCH? Eph. 1:21-23; 5:23; Matt. 28:18; Acts 15:28

WITCHCRAFT: Deut. 18:10; 1 Samuel 15:23; Gal. 5:20; Rev. 21:8

WORLD'S ADVICE: 1 Cor. 1:21

WORLD OWES ME? Romans 3:23; 1:14; 13:8

WORRY: Matthew 6:24-34; Philippians 4:6-8; 1 Peter 5:7

ZEAL / ALONE DOESN'T SAVE: Romans 10:1-2; 9:1-5

ZEAL / DANGEROUS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE: Romans 10:1-2

Mark Dunagan  |  Beaverton Church of Christ  |  503-644-9017
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