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The Roman's Road and Sinner's Prayer

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Introduction In Christianity, especially the more mainstream Protestant denominations, the "Sinner's Prayer" is a prayer a person will be encouraged to pray when they're brought to the end of "The Roman's Road to Salvation," or a point of understanding that they're a sinner who needs a savior. "The Roman's Road" is simply a systematic way of explaining the good news of salvation, often sourcing the verses mostly from Paul's letter to the Romans--hence, "The Roman's Road." There are many unique ways of presenting this information in a logical order, but the most common essential elements are explanations for the need of salvation, how God provided salvation, how one can receive such salvation, and the results. It's essentially the elevator pitch of mainstream Protestant Christianity. When presenting "The Roman's Road," one hopes that the sinner will recite what's called "The Sin
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The House of God

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  Introduction   One of the most iconic scenes in the Gospels is when Jesus/ Yahshua enters the temple and overthrows the tables of the money-changers using a small scourge. But this scene is also very misunderstood. I'd like to try and re-introduce a forgotten or missed theme, that of an anti-temple-sacrifice polemic. This view was held by the earliest followers of Messiah known as the Ebionites. We'll begin by looking at Prophet Jeremiah. The House of God   Jer 7:11 - Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.   The term “robbers” isn’t a reference to a mere thief. There’s a stronger connotation to the term, as we see in the following: Strong’s Definitions: פְּרִיץ pᵉrîyts, per-eets'; from H6555; violent, i.e. a tyrant:—destroyer, ravenous, robber  BDAG: † פָּרִיץ noun masculine violent one violent one (robber, murderer); — שֹׁפֵךְ דָּם פ׳ Ezekiel 18:10 אָרְחוֺת פ׳ Psalm 17:4 plural פָּרִי
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Satan's Sabbaths: Easter

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Satan's Sabbaths: Easter Introduction What should a true disciple of Jesus think when it comes to "Easter"? Like with Christmas, the majority opinion is that the holiday commemorates another significant historical event, Jesus' resurrection from the tomb. But where did the celebration come from, and what are the implications? Various Sources on the Celebration  Dictionary of the Bible, Calmet, p. 363: “Easter is a word of Saxon origin; and imports a goddess of the Saxons, or rather, of the East, Estera, in honor of whom sacrifices being annually offered about the passover time of the year (spring), the name became attached by association of ideas to the Christian festival of the resurrection which happened at the time of passover; hence we say Easter-Day or Easter Sunday, but very improperly; as we by no means refer to the festival then kept to the goddess of the ancient Saxons.”⁠ The Encyclopædia Britannica (1959 Edition), Vol. 4, p. 381: “Like the Greeks
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