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How will we be judged? Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, the Parable of the Talents, and Matthew 7, Matthew and Ritah explore how conscience shapes our lives, why God judges with our circumstances in view, and what it really means to be born again. We also look at God's patience with ancient Israel and how the stage was set for the Gospel to spread.

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Is belief about what we confess or how we live? We start with why critical thinking protects faith from manipulation, then turn to Jesus' Parable of the Sower. The path, the rocky ground, the thorns, and the good soil reveal that genuine belief is measured by what takes root in us and grows over time.

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If the Father is God and the Son is God, is that two Gods? Matthew and Ritah dig into John's Gospel, including monogenēs, the prologue of John 1, and John 5, to explore how the Father and Son can be distinct yet perfectly united. The conclusion: to call Christ God is to say self-giving love is the highest power in the universe.

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If human interpretation is limited, what makes Jesus different? We trace how the New Testament presents Him: Psalm 110, the Son of Man in Daniel 7, the King and Judge of Matthew 25, and the self-emptying Christ of Philippians 2. We also touch on Nicaea and the centuries of debate that followed, and where the New Testament's focus lands

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The Gospel writers were witnesses and interpreters, not stenographers. We look at first-century apocalyptic expectations and the differing resurrection and ascension accounts, and ask how much confidence each claim deserves. Matthew offers an analogy: God's Spirit is a perfect song played by amateur musicians, and one melody keeps breaking through.

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What makes the Gospels read like real history rather than myth? We look at the modest, working-class portrait of Jesus, then explore how Greek and Hebraic thought shaped the way we read the Bible, including the often-overlooked African roots of both philosophy and early Christianity. Plus: why critical thinking is a safeguard for faith, not a threat to it.

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Can we say God is perfect without simply saying "the Bible tells me so"? We walk through a reasoned case: from God as the self-sufficient source of all things, to creation as an act of generosity, to perfection as moral character. Then we revisit 1 Corinthians 13: "we know in part," but love never fails.

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If everyone interprets Scripture through their own lens, who do we trust? Matthew and Ritah tackle interpretive authority, why the differences between the Gospel accounts actually strengthen their credibility, and what scholars call the "criterion of embarrassment." We land on agapē as the standard every interpretation must answer to.

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Why did so many ancient cultures use the same word for breath, wind, and spirit? We explore what the Bible says about the Holy Spirit, from Genesis to the Paraclete in John, and how to recognize the Spirit's leading in daily life. Plus: what science reveals about the improbable conditions for life, and why that points to purpose.

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To understand Jesus, we first have to understand the world He stepped into. Matthew and Ritah explore divine agency, the way ancient Israel understood God's presence on earth. We look at the mysterious Angel of the Lord, figures like Wisdom and the Son of Man, and how the New Testament writers drew on this framework to present Jesus.

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