Esperando la estrella navideña–Apocalipsis 22:16-17

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La navidad se acerca rápidamente. Pronto celebraremos el nacimiento de nuestro Salvador, Jesucristo. Cuando recordamos su nacimiento, una parte de la historia tiene que ver con una estrella vista por unos magos del oriente. La siguieron hasta Judea y vinieron a Jerusalén para conocer al Rey. No sabemos cómo supieron que la estrella les dirigiría
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The Word “Condemnation” in the Book of Romans

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The word for “condemnation” in the Book of Romans is katakrima. It only occurs three times in the book. In fact, these are the only times the word occurs in all of the NT. The three instances are found in Rom 5:16, 18, and Rom 8:1. In 5:16, Paul writes, while talking about Adam’s sin,
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Y el Ganador Es: Entrega Tu Vida a Jesús

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En el evangelismo americano a menudo escuchamos distintas frases cuando se presenta el evangelio a los no creyentes. Al reflexionar un poco vemos que estas frases no se encuentran en la Biblia. Podemos ver algunos ejemplos. Con pocos cambios, una de esas frases dice: “Jesús está llamando a la puerta de tu corazón. Invítalo a
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La palabra “muerte” en la carta a los Romanos

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La palabra “muerte” (thanatos) ocurre 22 veces en la carta a los Romanos. (La palabra “muerte” [nekros] ocurre 16 veces). A menudo, al oír la palabra “muerte,” las personas piensan que la Biblia está hablando sobre la muerte eterna—o lo que sucede cuando una persona va al infierno. Lo más a menudo esto pasa con
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I Just Do It Because I Love the Lord

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Many times, when I talk to people about rewards in the world to come, they respond that such an idea is selfish. They usually add that we should obey the Lord and be faithful to Him because we love Him. That is motivation enough and is the only pure motive. I wish that I did
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The Word “Death” in the Book of Romans

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The word “death” (thanatos) occurs 22 times in the Book of Romans. (The word “dead” [nekros] occurs 16 times.) Often times, when people hear the word “death” they think the Bible is talking about eternal death or what happens when a person goes to hell. The verse in which this most often is the case
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¿Qué es la ley de la libertad?

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¿Qué es la ley de la libertad? Respuesta Muchas gracias por tu pregunta. Como sabes, la expresión “ley de la libertad” se encuentra en los versículos de Santiago 1:25 y 2:12. La clave para entender lo que significa se encuentra en el contexto, justo antes de su primera aparición (1:25). Santiago acaba de hablar del
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“Righteousness” in Romans

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By Ken Yates One of the most interesting things about studying the Book of Romans is how Paul uses the word righteousness. It is used over 35 times in the book. And that is counting just the noun, not the verb. Sometimes the word is translated righteousness, and other times it is translated justification. Most
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An Update on Free Grace Missions 

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Over the last few years, GES has been sending Kathryn and I to do various conferences or lectures at Bible schools and seminaries overseas. For example, there is a school in Zambia where we’ve taught courses on soteriology and the Book of Romans. One of the exciting aspects of our mission work is keeping in
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