5 minutes a day
5 days a week
1 New Testament in a year

There are 261 weekdays in a year, and there are 260 chapters in the New Testament. By reading one chapter, Monday through Friday, you will read the whole New Testament by the end of the year. The Daily Cup series is to help with that goal.

Happy Studying!

"The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup." -- Psalm 16:5

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If I watch a porn movie, could it keep me from going to heaven?

Sincerely,
Just One Viewing

Dear Just One Viewing,

Pornography is sinful, and it is popular because it is sinful.  Pornography is based upon lusting after people you aren’t married to (Matt 5:27-28).  Pornography is a lie that substitutes sexual fantasies for genuine marital love.  Pornography is wrong inside a marriage because it corrupts the marriage, and it is wrong outside of a marriage because it destroys any chance for healthy relationships.  Pornography is a sexual sin and can definitely keep you from going to heaven (1 Cor 6:9).  Furthermore, pornography has been found to be highly addictive – one viewing leads to another, leads to another, and eventually, your soul is capsized by this sin.

5 minutes a day
5 days a week
1 New Testament in a year

There are 261 weekdays in a year, and there are 260 chapters in the New Testament. By reading one chapter, Monday through Friday, you will read the whole New Testament by the end of the year. The Daily Cup series is to help with that goal.

Happy Studying!

"The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup." -- Psalm 16:5

Click here for a pdf of the study schedule - CLICK HERE

5 minutes a day
5 days a week
1 New Testament in a year

There are 261 weekdays in a year, and there are 260 chapters in the New Testament. By reading one chapter, Monday through Friday, you will read the whole New Testament by the end of the year. The Daily Cup series is to help with that goal.

Happy Studying!

"The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup." -- Psalm 16:5

Click here for a pdf of the study schedule - CLICK HERE

The argument is made that Paul never mentioned Mary, Joseph, Calvary, Pilate, Bethlehem, the virgin birth, the tomb, etc. because these gospel stories had not yet developed.  His Christ was a celestial being of a Platonic formula and not a literal historical Jesus figure.  How would you answer that?

Sincerely,
Don’t Drop The Details

Dear Don’t Drop The Details,

It is important to note that any time someone makes a claim that is contrary to what the majority of historians teach, the responsibility is on the person making the claim to prove their case.  That would be the first answer we would give to the argument.  You can’t just say that Paul taught Jesus as a celestial being and not a legitimate historical figure – you have to prove it.  In fact, history teaches Jesus was a real person.  Even the secular writers Josephus and Tacitus mentioned Jesus as a real, flesh-and-blood person.

Secondly, we would point out that Paul does mention some of the things on that list.  In Rom 6:1-4, Paul mentions Jesus’ death and resurrection from the tomb.  In 1 Tim 6:13, Paul notes that Jesus stood before Pilate.  Php 2:8 (amongst many others such as Col 1:20-24, Eph 2:16, Gal 6:14, 1 Cor 1:18) clearly states that Jesus was crucified (which implies the location of Calvary and Golgotha).  Paul was aware of the story of Christ’s life and mentioned those details when appropriate.  In fact, one of the writers of the four Gospels was Luke – Paul’s traveling companion.