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    Craig Scott Author in "Your Reward From God"
    Thanks for the positive feedback!
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    Craig Scott Author in "Thinking With Biblical Foundations: The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation"
    Thanks for the positive feedback!
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    Craig Scott Author in "How Does Jesus Sacrifice Save Us From the Penalty of Sin?"
    Thanks for the positive feedback. I like the poetic nature of the alternate title you suggested. I have tended to go for the more prosaic type titles to aid people who primarily find content through search [its effective, but artless... sadly].
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    Craig Scott Author in "What Are You Afraid Of?: Fear God, Don't Fear Death"
    Thanks for the positive encouragement Larry
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    Craig Scott Author in "The Hardening of the Heart"
    Thanks for the positive feedback Larry
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    Craig Scott Author in "The Household of God: Modelled on the Biblical Family"
    I glad to hear the transcript helps!
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    Craig Scott Author in "The Household of God: Modelled on the Biblical Family"
    Arlan, Arlan, If you hit the Transcript button the text will show on your screen [I checked it and it appears to be working]. From there you would have to copy and paste into a word document. The system does not automatically send a file to your desktop.
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    Craig Scott Author in "Into the Wilderness"
    Thanks for the encouragement ... we decided to go with Keurig :)
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    Craig Scott in "Two Things You Don't Know About Jesus"
    What then do you make of John 1:1-2  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.
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    Craig Scott in "Two Things You Don't Know About Jesus"
    Big Question, answering thoroughly would take more than 1200 characters allowed! I recommend taking a look at the publication on this site called "Who Is God" https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/who-is-god. The link takes you to a hub page with links to the various subjects covered. For example, here is a page from the booklet which gives good scriptural guidance on the biblical concept of oneness - https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/who-is-god/how-is-god-one . Its good stuff, I hope it helps. You can also request a printed copy to study at home.
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    Craig Scott in "Bible Prophecy and You: The Second Resurrection: Humanity’s Opportunity for Salvation!"

    mdpswe,

    A good scripture to consider is Romans 5:8 "God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." This shows our Creator has the capacity to love people who have sin in their lives.

    The purpose of His love towards sinners is to rescue us from our sins so we might have life everlasting. However, some people will refuse to be rescued and will stubbornly persist in sin even after being enlightened. Such people will not receive life everlasting. Even this act of denying everlasting life to such people is an act of love and mercy on the part of our God. He does not force people to live forever if they choose the way of death.

    A helpful bible study would be to investigate what the bible teaches about God's love. I recommend the free bible study guide on this site: https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/the-ten-commandments/a-royal-law-of-love

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    Craig Scott in "Why Do People Struggle with the 4th Commandment?"
    The full quote is "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." - Matthew 22:21. The speaker is Jesus Himself. The second half of His statement could be applied to observing the Sabbath. When obeying the authority of this world's governments conflicts with obedience to your Creator, you have to make a choice - see Acts 5:18-21, or Acts 5:28-29 for examples. In such cases you should choose to obey God. He won't force you against your will, but its what He desires. If you then need another job you should ask God for assistance. He is where you will find help. When I had to leave a job for conscience sake that's what I did.
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    Craig Scott in "What Would Jesus Do?"

    You have it about right I think. Rather than memorializing significant events in Jesus' life the sequence of the 7 holy days go through God's plan for the salvation of mankind step by step. That path of salvation begins with Passover. Jesus Christ Figures prominently in each of those steps. Here is an interesting article that elaborates on this concept and sheds light on all the holy day observances and how they fit together - https://www.ucg.org/beyond-today/beyond-today-magazine/gods-feast-steps-of-salvation

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    Craig Scott in "Is Your Smartphone the "Mark of the Beast"?"
    The prophecy may be fulfilled in with some kind of mark (or chip) on people's hands or foreheads which is scary. But consider also the symbolism: the forehead symbolizes your thoughts, and the hand symbolizes your doings. So, its a mark (or a sign of allegiance) that covers what you believe and what you do. You can be marked by God Revelation 9:4, Revelation 14:1.... or you can be marked by the power and authority of mankind lead by Satan. The prophecy is frightening but the only way to act upon the warning is to seek the truth of God and then live by it, which puts you under His protection. If you haven't already you should seek out a congregation of the United Church of God somewhere near you - https://www.ucg.org/congregations
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    Craig Scott in "Is Hell Real?"
    The KJV used the word "hell" in this verse which allows people to cite it as a proof that hell is the doctrinal position of the new testament. Most modern translations back away from this and more accurately use the word Hades… because they know it has a very different meaning. Hades is a Greek word meaning the state of the dead, not the place of the dead. For example, Acts 2:31 Jesus' spirit did not go to some subterranean torture chamber called hell after He died in the flesh. But He entered the state of the dead. He was in the tomb... not alive in some other place (either heaven or hell). His spirit was not conscious, or what we would call alive, because it had no living body. What is being described in the verse you cite is Lazarus' resurrection to life from the state of the dead. You can find this discussed in greater detail here - https://www.ucg.org/sermons/lazarus-the-rich-man-a-parable-of-the-resurrections