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What is the difference between conviction and conversion?

Answered by . September 10, 2014 - 10:28 pm

It is not possible to “repent and be baptized” (Acts 2:38) unless we first believe. “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed?” (Romans 10:14) So conviction is essential before conversion. However is it possible to be convinced and yet refuse to convert? Judas Iscariot is a notable example. He […]

Why do people backslide from Christianity?

Answered by . March 3, 2011 - 11:01 pm

The reasons will be different for different people, but the sad fact is that some people do make a commitment to God and his son and later renege on it. Jesus spoke of it as “putting their hand to the plow and looking back” (Luke 9:63) and warned that such people were unfit for the […]

Are interracial marriages wrong?

Answered by . May 22, 2010 - 10:20 pm 2

No, the Bible teaches that race is unimportant in our relationship with God: For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him. (Romans 10:12 NIV) The New Testament also makes no mention of race when discussing marriage. It does, however, command […]