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John Rhymer

Just a guy who loves God, the Bible and wants people to know the Truth

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The Bible Never Says "Accept Jesus Into Your Heart." So What Does It Say?

Aug 18, 2026

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12 min read

The Bible Never Says "Accept Jesus Into Your Heart." So What Does It Say?

The most repeated instruction in modern evangelism appears in no manuscript, no translation, and no century of the church before our own.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

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Jesus did not say worship however you feel. He said worship in spirit AND truth.

Aug 11, 2026

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10 min read

Jesus did not say worship however you feel. He said worship in spirit AND truth.

John 4:24 is the most quoted and least obeyed verse about worship. Spirit without truth is emotionalism. Truth without spirit is formalism. Jesus demanded both.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

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When the church reads Scripture together, it is not a Bible class. It is an act of worship.

Aug 4, 2026

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10 min read

When the church reads Scripture together, it is not a Bible class. It is an act of worship.

The New Testament treats the public reading and teaching of God's word as worship. Paul gave Timothy three commands: read it, explain it, urge people to live it. All three are acts of worship.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

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The Lord's Supper is not a ritual. It is a proclamation. And the early church did it every Sunday.

Jul 28, 2026

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9 min read

The Lord's Supper is not a ritual. It is a proclamation. And the early church did it every Sunday.

Most churches take communion monthly or quarterly. The New Testament church broke bread every first day of the week. The Greek tells you why it mattered that much.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

Bible

Your offering is not a donation to an institution. It is a sacrifice laid on an altar.

Jul 21, 2026

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9 min read

Your offering is not a donation to an institution. It is a sacrifice laid on an altar.

The New Testament uses sacrificial language for giving. Your church probably treats it like a fundraiser.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

Bible

Prayer in the New Testament is an act of worship. Your church probably treats it as an intermission.

Jul 14, 2026

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8 min read

Prayer in the New Testament is an act of worship. Your church probably treats it as an intermission.

The early church devoted themselves to prayer as a central act of worship. Today most churches squeeze it between the songs and the sermon. The Greek tells you why that matters.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

Bible

The New Testament mentions singing in worship exactly five times. Here is what all five say.

Jul 7, 2026

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9 min read

The New Testament mentions singing in worship exactly five times. Here is what all five say.

Every New Testament instruction about music in worship says the same thing: the congregation sings. Not a band. Not a choir. The people.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

Bible

If you were entertained on Sunday morning, you probably were not worshipping.

Jun 30, 2026

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7 min read

If you were entertained on Sunday morning, you probably were not worshipping.

Entertainment and worship move in opposite directions. One makes you the audience. The other makes God the audience. They cannot be the same thing.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

Bible

You have been going to worship your whole life, or maybe not. But can you define it from Scripture?

Jun 23, 2026

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7 min read

You have been going to worship your whole life, or maybe not. But can you define it from Scripture?

The Bible uses specific words for worship. None of them mean what most churches do on Sunday morning.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

Bible

God said the son will NOT bear the father's guilt. So why does your theology say the opposite?

Jun 16, 2026

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6 min read

God said the son will NOT bear the father's guilt. So why does your theology say the opposite?

Ezekiel 18:20 is the verse that should have killed the doctrine of inherited guilt 2,600 years ago. It did not. Here is why.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

Bible

Psalm 51:5 does not say you were born a sinner. Read the Hebrew.

Jun 9, 2026

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6 min read

Psalm 51:5 does not say you were born a sinner. Read the Hebrew.

David was not writing a doctrine of human nature. He was writing a poem of confession. The Hebrew tells the real story.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

Bible

Romans 5:12 says "all sinned" — not "all were born sinners." Read it in Greek.

Jun 2, 2026

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6 min read

Romans 5:12 says "all sinned" — not "all were born sinners." Read it in Greek.

The most misquoted verse in the original sin debate. The Greek verb changes everything.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

Bible

The phrase "sinful nature" isn't in your Bible's Greek text. So where did it come from?

May 26, 2026

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6 min read

The phrase "sinful nature" isn't in your Bible's Greek text. So where did it come from?

The NIV added a phrase that doesn't exist in the original manuscripts. Here's what the Greek actually says.

John Rhymer
John Rhymer

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