Doesn’t Acts Argue That Not All Believers Receive the Holy Spirit?
Episode Date: July 8, 2024Questions about why we should think the new believers in Acts 5:14 received the Holy Spirit when Acts seems to argue that not all believers necessaril...
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130 episodes transcribedQuestions about why we should think the new believers in Acts 5:14 received the Holy Spirit when Acts seems to argue that not all believers necessaril...
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Question about whether Stand to Reason accepts the doctrine of biblical perspicuity (the idea that the Bible is clear in what it teaches about essenti...
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