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Church History

Peter and Paul fought with each other. What’s up with that?

By Mark Coppenger, Q&A On The Bible / November 16, 2020

‘Fought’ is an awfully strong word, but these two did have a sharp encounter. We see it unfold in Galatians 2:11-19, where Paul rebukes his fellow apostle for caving in to the prejudice of a group who said that people from all ethnic backgrounds had to satisfy the Jewish ritual law before they could become …

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Contraceptives and the Rape of the Soul

By C. Ben Mitchell, The Bible + Culture / November 16, 2020

“The rape of the soul.”  That’s how Roger Williams (1603-1683)—at one-time Baptist minister and founder of Rhode Island—described government intrusions into an individual’s religious conscience. In fact, Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because he had left the established church of the colony, believing, instead, that the sanctity of the human conscience demanded …

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