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A quick thought on quoting the Bible

  I had wanted to do a much more drawn out study of this topic but as I was researching another topic, well, i just wanted to get this off my chest. By the way, for context, i was researching false teachers, heretics, and “Christian” cults. so you can see why i got a little frustrated.  Anyways, the bible was not always written with verses/chapters. Each book originally was written as one writing all the way through. It wasn’t until Jerome was writing the vulgate in the 4th century a.d. that he originally started putting the writings into pericopes. that in turn eventually over the centuries led to the standard we use today of modern verses and chapters. So be weary anytime, anyone says in referencing quotes from New Testament to old something along the lines of, “its odd that they would only quote a portion of that verse from the Old Testament and not the whole verse.” No its not, they, whether it was Jesus, or a disciple quoted the portion of the Bible that they wanted to re...

What is a Christian?

  Lets jump right into the history of the name “Christian”. The term comes from Acts 11:26 which says “ and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers of people; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.” So yes, you are reading that right, the disciples didn’t call themselves Christians, they were called by others in Antioch. This name was given to them by the world, originally to identify, categorize, and persecute them. The name Christian comes from the Greek, Χριστιανός pronounced Christianos which literally means “follower of Christ”.    Up until this point and even after, the disciples were called followers of The Way. In Acts 24:14 Paul states  "But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets;” So at this t...