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1 | why do you think there is 24 hours | Bible general | EdB | 242651 | ||
Where does it state that eternity is endless series of 24 hour periods? Since the radiance of God proves the light and it is never dark what controls a 24 hour period? |
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2 | Romans in the light of Jonah does it say | Bible general Archive 4 | EdB | 232813 | ||
When the question is asked, "What about people that never heard of Jesus?" Many using an understanding of Romans 1:18-32 say nature attests to God therefore those people are without excuse. The question then becomes if that understanding of Romans 1:18-32 is correct why did God go to such extremes, as seen in the Book of Jonah to send Jonah, to Nineveh to tell them of God? Also we see in the Book of Jonah that God chastened Jonah for his lack of compassion toward the people of Nineveh because Jonah wanted to withhold from them the truth of God. I wonder if the understanding that nature somehow attests to God so that any lack of knowledge of Jesus Christ is without excuse is perhaps wrong. It is very possible to know God but not to be saved or not to follow after God. The Book of James 2:19 tells us the Demons believe and actually shudder in fear of God but that does not save them. I think Romans 1:18-32 perhaps becomes an over simplified answer to a question that when we hold it to the light of all of scripture, it just may be one we really don't know the answer to. |
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3 | Please I'm looking for your opinion! | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 102000 | ||
I was sent this yesterday and I found it interesting. I thought I would post it to the forum for comments. Plese read this and tell me what us what you think on this subject. "I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH." MATTHEW 16:18 The church's all-time biggest blunders is never too late to learn from our blunders. Here are 7: (1) We've made unbelief a doctrine. While third-world nations believe God for New Testament results, we teach our seminary students that God doesn't do miracles anymore. (2) We've tolerated division. Who needs the devil when we're so adept at hating one another in the name of denominational loyalty? (3) We've cultivated a religious spirit. We've taught that Christianity is about avoiding things like smoking and drinking. As a result we've lost our joy, because intimacy with God cannot be achieved through performance. (4) We've encouraged "super stars. " Consequently, some of our preachers have stopped modeling servanthood, and forgotten that Jesus washed feet and rode on a donkey. (5) We've equated money with success. We've found a way to "theologize" greed, instead of using our God-given prosperity to feed the poor and reach the world with the Gospel. (6) We've stayed in the pews and become irrelevant. We freak out when somebody uses rap or rock music to reach the younger generation. Instead of engaging the culture we're hiding from it. (7) We've taught people to be escape-artists. Instead of "occupying till He comes," we'd rather be astronauts and fly away. We read rapture novels when we should be praying for those living on the verge of martyrdom. Why can't we have their kind of faith? We can - if we're willing to pay the price and commit ourselves fully to God! |
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4 | Please I'm looking for your opinion! | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 101991 | ||
I was sent this yesterday and I found it interesting. I thought I would post it to the forum for comments. Plese read this and tell me what us what you think on this subject. "I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH." MATTHEW 16:18 The church's all-time biggest blunders is never too late to learn from our blunders. Here are 7: (1) We've made unbelief a doctrine. While third-world nations believe God for New Testament results, we teach our seminary students that God doesn't do miracles anymore. (2) We've tolerated division. Who needs the devil when we're so adept at hating one another in the name of denominational loyalty? (3) We've cultivated a religious spirit. We've taught that Christianity is about avoiding things like smoking and drinking. As a result we've lost our joy, because intimacy with God cannot be achieved through performance. (4) We've encouraged "super stars. " Consequently, some of our preachers have stopped modeling servanthood, and forgotten that Jesus washed feet and rode on a donkey. (5) We've equated money with success. We've found a way to "theologize" greed, instead of using our God-given prosperity to feed the poor and reach the world with the Gospel. (6) We've stayed in the pews and become irrelevant. We freak out when somebody uses rap or rock music to reach the younger generation. Instead of engaging the culture we're hiding from it. (7) We've taught people to be escape-artists. Instead of "occupying till He comes," we'd rather be astronauts and fly away. We read rapture novels when we should be praying for those living on the verge of martyrdom. Why can't we have their kind of faith? We can - if we're willing to pay the price and commit ourselves fully to God! |
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5 | Have you ever lost input when posting? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 107210 | ||
Forum users how many of us experienced this? We type an a post and hit enter to go to the review screen. On the review screen we see something that needs corrected and we hit the back arrow only to find our whole update is gone! Well I stumbled upon a solution. When this happens don't panic just hit the forward arrow and you will go back to the review screen. There highlite your post and left click and do a copy, then hit the back arrow which will take you back to the blank input screen at this point click you cursor into the box and left click and paste your update back in. I hope this helps and we don't lose anymore of those valuable updates. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE. EdB |
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6 | What nonsense is this? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 120107 | ||
Okay I got a question, why do people feel they must come to this forum and ask cryptic or half baked questions to appear spiritual. Have they been watching to much TV. I know TV loves to portray the meaning of life by having a guy go to some sort of sage and receive profound nonsense in response of their question. Does being cryptic make some think they are mysterious or have deep revelation that the rest of us just aren’t smart enough to get or what. I guess if we can’t ask a question is such a way the listener goes “huh” we aren’t spiritual. What a crock of nonsense! EdB |
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7 | Praise report | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 127203 | ||
Question: This is a Praise The Lord from Mrs. Justme and Justme!! Today Friday July 23, 2004 the Cat Scan showed NO Blood Clots whatsoever in my lungs! The doctors and nurses were saying this is a Miracle if ever there was one! Please thank the Lord with me. Thank each of you for remembering me in prayer. Frankly I am stunned, and awe struck at the Lord's great love. I am framing the two Cat Scan reports side by side for everyone to see that this is a genuine MIRACLE from God! We were told to make funeral plans on June 18, and now there are no clots whatsoever. Dear Friends I am so blessed and thankful! PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS FOR A FEW DAYS Thank you, justme and Family. Oops sorry I got so excited I removed this post putting it back sorry |
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8 | Tell us a little about yourself. | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 128328 | ||
Xerxes Your an interesting person and we would like to get to know you better. For that reason I ask that you update your profile and tell us a little about yourself. It seems so cold to communicate with a person without getting to know them. Therefore I'm sure you would want to tell us a little about yourself as a way introduction. EdB |
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9 | Prayer for those facing Hurricane Ivan | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 132643 | ||
I post this as a question so it will stay before everyone for awhile. Please do not respond to this but leave it as an outstanding question until the Hurricane Ivan has passed. Let us all pray for those in the path of the hurricane. I know we have one forum member Norrie which lives in the direct path of the storm. Let us all join together in prayer this evening for her, her family and for all the people that must deal with this storm. Let us pray God’s peace and protection be upon them and asking God to give them the strength to endure this onslaught of nature. Believe me after living through two in the last few weeks I know what these people are going through. I was lucky Charlie was a near miss and Florence was really weakened when it got to me. But they were bad enough and I would dread going through a direct hit.. EdB |
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10 | My apology to the forum | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 145777 | ||
To the Forum Please let me apologize that I filled the forum with 10 posts saying the same thing. I deeply regret I needed to do that but it seems one of the forum members has decided to point to excerpts from the forum in his Web site. Since his web site is promoting his for pay services I view this taking my comments which were given without cost and using them a means to profit from them. I hope the point is made and I don't have to go into the rest of the threads and post a disclaimer. Again I apologize for even involving the forum in this but I felt I had to post the disclaimers in the threads that I was involved in. I hope you all understand my indignation of someone using my comments given here to help others being used then by someone else that charges for his services. Again I ask for you understanding and forbearance. EdB |
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11 | What is the Reformation Study Bible | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 2625 | ||
Okay I bite what is the Reformation Study Bible? Are you possibly talking about the Geneva Bible? I know Nelson started reprinting in NKJV. | ||||||
12 | Is it the New Geneva Bible or another? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 2641 | ||
I guess from what your saying the Bible your calling the "Reformation Study Bible" is the "New Geneva Bible" published in NKJV from the Thomas Nelson Publishers is that correct or is there another edition I'm not aware of? | ||||||
13 | Why not Jesus' words in Red? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 2672 | ||
Aside from probable savings in printing cost, and possible vision problems, why are some bibles printed without Jesus' words in red? Why do, I guessing here, some people prefer Bibles printed in all black? |
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14 | Do we always have to debate? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 3288 | ||
The title of this forum is “StudyBible” by Lockman Foundation. Lockman is a trusted name, with an outstanding reputation. As such, one would expect, if they went to a Lockman sponsored site, they would come away with correct answers about the Bible. You can look all through this forum and see unchallenged answers that are based on opinion, half truths and outright lies. I see that as a problem! If this was a Bible Study Forum hosted on some other website I wouldn’t see a problem, I also wouldn’t bother with it, because I would expect it to be full of junk. To me the Lockman name means we are “studying” the inspired Word of God, not Philosophy, not the opinions of man, but the true word of God. I also see it as a “study” not as a debate or an effort to 'one up' someone else. A study is more than just presenting new ideas and challenging each others thinking. A study should have a beginning and reach a conclusion. If not, aren’t we in danger of falling into the trap Paul talked about in 2 Tim. 3:7 “always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” Isn’t our action like those spoke about in Acts 17:21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new. While I don’t advocate censoring, would limiting comments to those that have a Biblical basis be all wrong? Would it go to far to append to an entry the disclaimer, "this person's comments are based on opinions", or that "this answer was based on something other than the inspired Word of God"? When discussions enter realms that aren’t soon to be resolved, would it not be fair to state this subject has been a point of disagreement within the church for years? “Side one” make their stand on these Bible verses and “side two” basis their view on these Bible verses. Where answers are just not possible can that not be so stated with the forewarning that any response given will be the opinion of that person and not the inspired word of God? I think this Bible Study has the potential to become a virtual “Home Group” or “Sunday School Class”. In those environments isn’t there always a moderator or teacher? Isn’t that person's function to direct and lead the group or class in a study not to censor thought, and quench learning? Another function is getting the discussion back on track and to help the group come to some kind of conclusion. Again the stated purpose of this forum was “STUDY” not “debate” and all the things debating brings with it. A discussion doesn’t always have to end with someone wrong and someone right, it can end with people walking away having a better understanding of a differing position, new thoughts on subjects and a new hunger to learn more. I also think everyone that appends to this forum has a responsibility to insure what they are saying is based on the Word of God as written in the Bible. I further believe Lockman Foundation, since they have courageously decided to host this forum, has the added responsibility to insure this forum is not disseminating incorrect or misleading information. I really don't want to beat a dead horse, but I'm very concerned that someone could get a really lousy answer from this forum and believe it is true. I would hate to think someone was deceived maybe even to the point of effecting their salvation by a forum in which I participated. |
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15 | Should the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 4125 | ||
I asked these two questions in my response to another question, but I think they got lost so I'll ask them again. I have heard many men explain that a particular Biblical doctrine or teaching doesn’t apply today because the writer was responding to “thus and such”. Or "this" isn’t for today because it is addressing a custom of the time that is no longer in effect. Does anyone believe an all knowing, all seeing God, that produced the Bible, the living Word, would be so short sighted He would allow the inclusion of doctrine, precepts, statutes, ordinances, or commandments that are no longer valid or outmoded because of changing customs or social trends? Or that God would allow the human writer’s bias or prejudices to contaminate the writing? |
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16 | Must all the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 4134 | ||
I thank Prayon for his response to my question as I first stated it. However after rereading what I wrote I feel I need to restate my orignal question in way that will lead to a more open discussion. I have heard many men explain that a particular Biblical doctrine or teaching doesn’t apply today because the writer was responding to “thus and such”. Or "this" isn’t for today because it is addressing a custom of the time that is no longer in effect. In light of the above statement will someone explain to me why God, would allow the inclusion, into the Bible, of doctrine, precepts, statutes, ordinances, or commandments that would become invalid or outmoded because of changing customs or social trends? Or why God would allow the human writer’s bias or prejudices to contaminate the writing? |
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17 | Why can't we take the Bible literal? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 4136 | ||
I'm trying to stay away from particulars because I don't want to revisit or rehash old ground. If what you responded is true. Would you tell me why you think God would have allowed such to be included, in the Bible knowing that it would cause confusion and debate in generations of future? | ||||||
18 | Should the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 4148 | ||
Your forcing me into a corner I didn't want to go into, but that's okay. Let's take the Book of First and Second Corinthians, we know Paul was trying to correct problems within the church of Corinth. In some cases it is clear there was a unique problem with a specific solution. In other cases the specific problem, is not spelled out yet there is a specific precept or statute given. Many men rationalize what the problem or custom was and then say this precept or statute applies only in that situation. Should this be done? Should we look as some parts of the Bible as merely history and unless we are repeating that history they do not apply to us? | ||||||
19 | Should the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 4198 | ||
I'm not talking about what God has changed or the perceived differences between the OT and NT. I'm talking about a precept, statue, or command that is minimized by man as being nothing more than the writer addressing a social situation of the time. My question is why would an all knowing, all seeing God allow something to be included into the Bible, a book given to us for life’s direction, knowing that it would cause confusion in later generations that had no direct knowledge of the existing situation? If I lived on the make believe island of Jabuck. And I had no religious training or knowledge of Bible times and was given a Bible in my language. If I read and studied it with purity of heart and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit would I ever conclude, “this” precept, ordinance, statue, or commandment, while it doesn’t say so, was in fact addressing a social situation that doesn’t exist today, therefore I should discount it? |
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20 | Should the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 4227 | ||
Thank you for being more than gracious in your answer. How do we explain the phenomena in the Soviet Ukraine? Bibles were smuggled in behind the iron curtain and for the most part readers became healthy Christians without any additional teaching. Where problems did arise, in isolated cases, it was found the problem occurred because the group only had fragmented sections of the Bible. They had based their doctrine not on the whole Bible but rather the sections they had. Similar stories are starting to emerge from the main land of China. I think your example of the watch tower is what I’m questioning, didn’t they take God’s word and reduce it down to human reasoning? They took the sections they liked and kept them, the sections they couldn’t explain they rewrote so they could. |
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