You know nothing about the Bible, so be quiet.<\/p>\n\t
“When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth<\/em>” (Acts 7:54).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
While I’m not in Stephen’s league in presenting the Scriptures, I see that God’s word continues to affect people in the same way.<\/p>\n
“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you<\/em>” (Matthew 5:11-12).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Let me know when you actually would like to discuss Scripture instead of demonstrating your foolishness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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While I’m not in Stephen’s league in presenting the Scriptures, I see that God’s word continues to affect people in the same way.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-4003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31962,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-can-i-be-sure-that-the-bible-is-fully-correct\/","url_meta":{"origin":4003,"position":0},"title":"How can I be sure that the Bible is fully correct?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I'm a teenager wanting to know the truth, so please help me out. 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