The Layman's Biblical Handbook
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  • A
    • ABORTION & ABSTINENCE
    • ADAM * ADULTERY * ALCOHOL
    • ALIENS
    • ALLEGORICAL * ALLELUIA * ANGELS * ANIMISM
    • ANGER * ANIMALS * ANNIHILATION * ANOINTING * ANTHROPOLOGY
    • ANTICHRIST * ANXIETY
    • APOCRYPHA * APOLOGETICS * APOSTASY * APOSTLE
    • ARK * ARK OF THE COVENANT
    • ARMAGEDDON * ARMINIANISM * ASCENSION * ASTROLOGY * ATHEISM * AWAKENING
  • B
    • BACKSLIDING * BAPTISM
    • BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT* BELIEVE * BIBLE
    • BIBLE, BITTERNESS
    • BLESSING
    • BLOOD
    • BOASTING
    • BORN AGAIN
    • BOTTOMLESS PIT * BRASS SERPENT
  • C
    • CALLING OF GOD
    • CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
    • CELIBATE
    • CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT * CHASTE * CHERUBIMS * CHILD ABUSE.
    • CHILDREN
    • CHILDREN OF GOD * CHRIST * CHRISTIAN * CHRISTMAS
    • CHURCH
    • CLOTHES * COMFORT
    • CONSCIENCE * CORRECTION OF CHILDREN
    • CREATION
    • CREMATION * CROSS * CROWNS
    • CULT * CURSING GOD
  • D
    • DANCING * DEACON * DEATH
    • DEPRESSION * DEVILS
    • DISAPPOINTMENT* DIVORCE
    • DISPENSATIONALISM
    • DOCTRINE * DRUNKENNESS, DRUGS AND SMOKING
  • E
    • ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT
    • END TIMES
    • ETERNAL LIFE
    • EUTHANASIA * EVANGELIST * EVA * EVOLUTION
    • EXORCISM * EXPERIENCES
  • F
    • FAITH
    • FALSE TEACHING
    • FASTING
    • FEAR * FELLOWSHIP
    • FINAL STATE * FINANCES
    • FOREKNOW (Foreknowledge)
    • FORGIVENESS
    • FORNICATION * FRIENDS * FUNERALS
  • G
    • GAMBLING * GAP THEORY * GENTILES * GIVING
    • GOD * GODHEAD * GOLDEN RULE * GOOD WORKS
    • GOVERNMENT
    • GRACE * GREAT TRIBULATION * GROWING SPIRITUALY
  • H
    • HAIR
    • HAPPINESS * HARD TIMES
    • HARLOT
    • HEALING
    • HEART * HEAVEN
    • HELL
    • HIGH PRIEST
    • HOLY * HOLY SPIRIT
    • HOMOSEXUAL * HOPE * HUMILITY * HUSBANDS
  • I
    • IDOLS * ILLUMINATION
    • INSPIRATION of the BIBLE * INSURANCE
    • INTERPRETATION
    • INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
  • J
    • JEHOVAH * JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
    • JESUS
    • JOY
    • JUDGEMENT
  • K * L
    • KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN * KNOWLEDGE
    • LEGALISM
    • LONELINESS * LORD'S SUPPER * LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL (A false teaching)
    • LOVE * LUCIFER
  • M
    • MAN
    • MARK OF THE BEAST (666)
    • MARRIAGE
    • MARY * MEDIATOR
    • MILLENNIUM
    • MIRACLES
    • MISSIONS
    • Mom * MONEY
    • MORMON
    • MUSIC
    • MUSLIM
  • N * O
    • NEW NATURE
    • OCCULT * ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH
    • OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD
  • P * Q
    • PANTHEISM * PASTORS * PEACE
    • PENANCE
    • PERSECUTION * POLYGAMY
    • PORK
    • PORNOGRAPHY
    • Praise
    • PRAYER
    • PREACHING
    • PREDESTINATION
    • PRESERVATION OF THE BIBLE
    • PRIDE - HUMILITY
    • PRIESTS & PROBLEMS
    • PROPHECY
    • PROPHET, PROPITIATION, PROSTITUTION
    • PURGATORY * PURITY
    • QUIET
  • R
    • RAPTURE * REDEMPTION * REFORMED THEOLOGY * REINCARNATION
    • REPENTANCE
    • RESURRECTION
    • RETURN OF CHRIST
    • REVELATION
    • REWARDS * RIGHTEOUSNESS
    • RUSSIA WILL FIGHT ISRAEL
  • S
    • SABBATH
    • SACRAMENTS
    • SAINTS
    • SALVATION
    • SATAN
    • SCIENCE
    • SEPARATION
    • SEX * SIN
    • SICKNESS * SORROW * SOUL
    • SOUL SLEEP
    • SOUL WINNING
    • SPIRITUAL GIFTS
    • SPIRITUAL MAN
    • STRESS * STUBBORNNESS * STUDY
    • SUFFERING
    • SUICIDE
  • T
    • TATTOOS
    • TAXES
    • TEARS
    • TEMPTATION
    • TEN COMMANDMENTS
    • THANKFULNESS * THEISTIC EVOLUTION * THEOLOGY
    • THOUGHT LIFE
    • TITHES & OFFERINGS
    • TONGUES
    • TRADITIONS * TRIBULATION
    • TRINITY
  • U * V
    • UNITY * UNPARDONABLE SIN
    • VEGETARIAN * VICTORY
    • VIRGIN BIRTH * VOWS
  • W
    • WAR, WHORE
    • WILL OF GOD
    • WINE * WISDOM * WIVES
    • WORK * WORKERS OR MINISTERS
    • WORRY
    • WORSHIP
  • X * Y * Z
    • "X" CHRISTMAS * YAHWEH
    • ZEAL
  • THE QUEST FOR THE RED SEA CROSSING
  • TRUE CHRISTIAN SHORT STOIRES
  • COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE
CULT
This term today is almost always used in a derogatory way and has a wide range of meanings, depending to a great degree on the one who is using the term. Some people would define a religious cult as any religion that does not hold to the historical Christian teachings, such as the divinity of Christ, the virgin birth, the Trinity, the bodily resurrection of Christ, salvation by faith in Christ, etc. But today, a religious group may be labeled a cult solely on the basis of their moral or political views, if they are more conservative or liberal than the one who calls them a cult. Sometimes it is used to describe a religion that claims they are the only ones right and that only they will go to heaven.
        How can I know who is telling the truth? Ultimately one will have to go back to the Scriptures and see what they teach on a particular belief. But in short, any “new” religion or “new” belief is suspect, for “there is no new thing under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9; see OCCULT).

CURSING
Exodus 20:7 says, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” Millions of people curse God and His Son Jesus Christ and think nothing about it. They may even respond, “It is no big thing, others do it.” But God said He, “will not hold him guiltless.” These same people would be greatly offended if another would curse their loved ones, but somehow it is OK to curse the one who made us? “But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment” (Matthew 12:36). I never hear people cursing Buddha, Allah, Muhammad, other religious leaders, or even the devil, and we should not curse anyone (Jude v. 9), but why then do it to God and His Son Jesus Christ who created us?
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  • Home
  • A
    • ABORTION & ABSTINENCE
    • ADAM * ADULTERY * ALCOHOL
    • ALIENS
    • ALLEGORICAL * ALLELUIA * ANGELS * ANIMISM
    • ANGER * ANIMALS * ANNIHILATION * ANOINTING * ANTHROPOLOGY
    • ANTICHRIST * ANXIETY
    • APOCRYPHA * APOLOGETICS * APOSTASY * APOSTLE
    • ARK * ARK OF THE COVENANT
    • ARMAGEDDON * ARMINIANISM * ASCENSION * ASTROLOGY * ATHEISM * AWAKENING
  • B
    • BACKSLIDING * BAPTISM
    • BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT* BELIEVE * BIBLE
    • BIBLE, BITTERNESS
    • BLESSING
    • BLOOD
    • BOASTING
    • BORN AGAIN
    • BOTTOMLESS PIT * BRASS SERPENT
  • C
    • CALLING OF GOD
    • CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
    • CELIBATE
    • CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT * CHASTE * CHERUBIMS * CHILD ABUSE.
    • CHILDREN
    • CHILDREN OF GOD * CHRIST * CHRISTIAN * CHRISTMAS
    • CHURCH
    • CLOTHES * COMFORT
    • CONSCIENCE * CORRECTION OF CHILDREN
    • CREATION
    • CREMATION * CROSS * CROWNS
    • CULT * CURSING GOD
  • D
    • DANCING * DEACON * DEATH
    • DEPRESSION * DEVILS
    • DISAPPOINTMENT* DIVORCE
    • DISPENSATIONALISM
    • DOCTRINE * DRUNKENNESS, DRUGS AND SMOKING
  • E
    • ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT
    • END TIMES
    • ETERNAL LIFE
    • EUTHANASIA * EVANGELIST * EVA * EVOLUTION
    • EXORCISM * EXPERIENCES
  • F
    • FAITH
    • FALSE TEACHING
    • FASTING
    • FEAR * FELLOWSHIP
    • FINAL STATE * FINANCES
    • FOREKNOW (Foreknowledge)
    • FORGIVENESS
    • FORNICATION * FRIENDS * FUNERALS
  • G
    • GAMBLING * GAP THEORY * GENTILES * GIVING
    • GOD * GODHEAD * GOLDEN RULE * GOOD WORKS
    • GOVERNMENT
    • GRACE * GREAT TRIBULATION * GROWING SPIRITUALY
  • H
    • HAIR
    • HAPPINESS * HARD TIMES
    • HARLOT
    • HEALING
    • HEART * HEAVEN
    • HELL
    • HIGH PRIEST
    • HOLY * HOLY SPIRIT
    • HOMOSEXUAL * HOPE * HUMILITY * HUSBANDS
  • I
    • IDOLS * ILLUMINATION
    • INSPIRATION of the BIBLE * INSURANCE
    • INTERPRETATION
    • INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
  • J
    • JEHOVAH * JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
    • JESUS
    • JOY
    • JUDGEMENT
  • K * L
    • KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN * KNOWLEDGE
    • LEGALISM
    • LONELINESS * LORD'S SUPPER * LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL (A false teaching)
    • LOVE * LUCIFER
  • M
    • MAN
    • MARK OF THE BEAST (666)
    • MARRIAGE
    • MARY * MEDIATOR
    • MILLENNIUM
    • MIRACLES
    • MISSIONS
    • Mom * MONEY
    • MORMON
    • MUSIC
    • MUSLIM
  • N * O
    • NEW NATURE
    • OCCULT * ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH
    • OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD
  • P * Q
    • PANTHEISM * PASTORS * PEACE
    • PENANCE
    • PERSECUTION * POLYGAMY
    • PORK
    • PORNOGRAPHY
    • Praise
    • PRAYER
    • PREACHING
    • PREDESTINATION
    • PRESERVATION OF THE BIBLE
    • PRIDE - HUMILITY
    • PRIESTS & PROBLEMS
    • PROPHECY
    • PROPHET, PROPITIATION, PROSTITUTION
    • PURGATORY * PURITY
    • QUIET
  • R
    • RAPTURE * REDEMPTION * REFORMED THEOLOGY * REINCARNATION
    • REPENTANCE
    • RESURRECTION
    • RETURN OF CHRIST
    • REVELATION
    • REWARDS * RIGHTEOUSNESS
    • RUSSIA WILL FIGHT ISRAEL
  • S
    • SABBATH
    • SACRAMENTS
    • SAINTS
    • SALVATION
    • SATAN
    • SCIENCE
    • SEPARATION
    • SEX * SIN
    • SICKNESS * SORROW * SOUL
    • SOUL SLEEP
    • SOUL WINNING
    • SPIRITUAL GIFTS
    • SPIRITUAL MAN
    • STRESS * STUBBORNNESS * STUDY
    • SUFFERING
    • SUICIDE
  • T
    • TATTOOS
    • TAXES
    • TEARS
    • TEMPTATION
    • TEN COMMANDMENTS
    • THANKFULNESS * THEISTIC EVOLUTION * THEOLOGY
    • THOUGHT LIFE
    • TITHES & OFFERINGS
    • TONGUES
    • TRADITIONS * TRIBULATION
    • TRINITY
  • U * V
    • UNITY * UNPARDONABLE SIN
    • VEGETARIAN * VICTORY
    • VIRGIN BIRTH * VOWS
  • W
    • WAR, WHORE
    • WILL OF GOD
    • WINE * WISDOM * WIVES
    • WORK * WORKERS OR MINISTERS
    • WORRY
    • WORSHIP
  • X * Y * Z
    • "X" CHRISTMAS * YAHWEH
    • ZEAL
  • THE QUEST FOR THE RED SEA CROSSING
  • TRUE CHRISTIAN SHORT STOIRES
  • COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE