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1 | Bye | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 194738 | ||
Greetings Cheri! I really hope that you don't think that we are untouched by your post sister! I have been praying about it. In fact, my wife works with a family who is in the process of trying to adopt a child from Guatemala and they have specifically asked us for prayer. I think that most people left your post unresponded to so that it would stay up on the home page for awhile. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Bible version vs Bible translation | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 195011 | ||
Greetings Every translation is a version, but not every version is a translation. For instance, the Living Bible is a version, but it is not a translation - it is a paraphrase. Your Brother in Christ Tim Moran |
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3 | Advise me please (Galatians 6:1) | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 196503 | ||
Greetings Cious! The best advice I can give you is to go see your local pastor and allow him to work through these issues with you and your boyfriend. A forum like this isn't really set up to handle sensitive issues like these. However, I would add that no matter how big your sin, or mine, might be - God's grace is bigger! :-) Go to your Pastor, seek God's will, and tell your boyfriend the truth. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | why join army? | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 197182 | ||
Greetings Ssongssu! Are you aware that God commanded killing at times throughout the Bible? Was God wrong? Consider the following examples: Saul was commanded to totally destroy the Amalekites: 1 Sam. 15:1-3: "Samuel said to Saul, ‘‘I am the one the LORD sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the LORD. 2 This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”" In Deut. 13:15, the Israelites are commanded by God to completely kill anyone living in a town that is engaged in idol worship. Deut. 13:15 - "you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. Destroy it completely, both its people and its livestock." There are other examples. While most of us would agree that most wars are unjust, there is no Scriptural principle that forbids wars or killing absolutely. To make that claim would be to call God Himself unjust. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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5 | "all good things come to those who wait" | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 197186 | ||
Greetings Jamie! That exact phrase is not found in the Bible. Lam. 3:26 does say, "it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD." Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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6 | Jesus meant what in Matt 10:23 16:28 | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 204445 | ||
Greetings RC! Plain and simple? Okay! Matthew 10 starts with the sending out of the 12 to minister. However, as the passage progresses, events at the end of time come into view. How do we know? Simple, v. 22 tells us. That verse speaks of those who stand firm to the 'end'. Thus, v. 23 is simply a promise that when that 'end' comes, those who are being persecuted will not be able to travel throughout Israel before Christ returns. 2) Matthew 16:28 simply says that some of those standing there would not taste of death before they saw the Son of Man coming in His kingdom. What event that would be is not revealed in the text. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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7 | books of the bible how many | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 206074 | ||
Greetings Truthseeker! There are 66 books in the Old and New Testaments. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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8 | MOSES HOW MANY WRITING | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 206077 | ||
Greetings Truthseeker! Traditionally, Moses is considered the author of the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Liberal scholars dispute this view. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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9 | the lie | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 207995 | ||
Greetings Walkforchrist! Your logic doesn't make sense my friend! You say: 1) God can't lie. 2) All liars will be punished. 3) But, God will bless you for lying. I have been amazed from these discussions. Doesn't anybody believe that God can save in any other way except through a lie? Is God not able to make the evil men simply drop dead? Isn't God able to transport the potential victims to another place? Isn't God able to stop any physical harm from happening to them? Isn't God able to work in a limitless number of ways through His infinite wisdom and power to save those who need help? Why have we become so fixated on lying as the only possible means that God can use, especially given the fact that God specifically commands us (not suggests or recommends) not to lie? We need a bigger view of God! :-( Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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10 | Church membership...a requirement? | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 209356 | ||
Greetings! First of all, welcome to the forum! Secondly, as a pastor, I would say that your pastor's remarks were out of line. Allow me to encourage you to approach him and let him know how you feel about his remarks. There are a lot of possibilities. He may have been having a bad day and spoke out of turn. He may not have said what he really meant. Or, he may have said what he meant, but was wrong to do so. :-) Either way, you clearly were upset by what he said, so go to him and let him know. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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11 | Fallen will? | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 209558 | ||
Sorry Doc! I hit 'question', instead of 'note'! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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12 | A difficult question | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 210517 | ||
Greetings COG88! I see that some others have recommended some good reading material concerning this issue. May I recommend another. "The Canon of Scripture" by F. F. Bruce is an excellent resource. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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13 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 210894 | ||
Greetings Robert! I saw your question earlier, but the way it was worded kept me from responding. There is no specific mention in Scripture of when and why Hell was created. One could safely surmise that God created Hell since all things were created by Him. :) What is commonly thought of as Hell is really the lake of fire and we are told of it that it was prepared for the devil and his angels (Mt. 25:41). Here is a part of an old post of mine concerning hell. Hopefully it will be helpful. **************** Allow me to explain my point, but first let me emphasis that I do believe in an eternal punishment in Hell for the wicked. The only problem is that the KJV (along with several other translations) translates four different words as 'hell'. This leads to much confusion over who is in hell, when, why, ect... Here are the four different words: In Hebrew (Sheol) and in Greek (Hades, Tartarus, and Gehenna). Allow me to briefly describe each term. 1) Sheol: Hebrew only uses one word to describe the state of the dead. This word can simply refer to death or the grave in general or it can refer to the spiritual status of all the dead. Prov. 9:18 says of Sheol - "But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave." Thus, Sheol is a place where all the dead go. Ps. 9:17 says that Sheol is a place where the wicked go - "The wicked return to the grave, all the nations that forget God." However, even godly Jacob expected to go to Sheol according to Gen. 44:29 - " If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.?" And, Ps. 89:48 affirms that all men will go to Sheol - "What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave? Selah" Thus, this Old Testament word is best translated as 'Death' or the 'Grave' and simply refers to the state of all men at death. It does not refer to what we think of as 'Hell' in the sense of an eternal place of conscience punisment. 2) Hades: This is the New Testament equivalent of Sheol. It has much the same meaning as did Sheol with one exception. That exception being that the New Testament fills the meaning out with the passage to which you refered. Thus, we discover in Luke 16:20-31 that there are compartments in Sheol/Hades. There is a place of punishment where the wicked go to await final judgement and there is a paradise side, Abraham's bosom, where the righteous go to await salvation. This paradise side is now empty. After the death of Christ, complete atonement was made for sin and all those who died 'in Christ' went to be with Him in Heaven. Notice that Jesus did not tell the thief on the cross that he would be with Him in Heaven today, becase Heaven was not available until after the resurrection of Christ. The wicked dead still go to the punishment side of Sheol/Hades and will remain there until the Great White Throne of Judgement. 3) Tartarus: This word is only found once in the Bible. 2 Peter 2:4 desribes it as a place where certain Angels were placed until judgement. Some believe that it may be a lower part of Sheol/Hades. 4) Gehenna: This word describes what we commonly think of as Hell. It is used 12 times in the New Testament and describes a place of punishment, fire, and condemnation. I believe that Gehenna is also refered to in Rev. 20:11-15, where it is called a 'lake of fire'. However, note that this passage teaches that those in Sheol/Hades will be judged and then place into the 'lake of fire'. Thus, no one is actually in Hell right now! This is part of the reason why it is unBiblical to say that Jesus descended into Hell after His death. He went into Sheol/Hades (or the Grave), where Scripture foretold that God the Father would not leave Him. He went to paradise (possibly the prison of 1 Peter 3:9), but there is not any Scripture which says that He went to Hell. Nor, did He need to go to Hell to suffer and complete our salvation as many in the WOF camp teach. Our salvation was fully accomplished upon the cross and on the cross alone. I hope this answers your question and clarifies my point! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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14 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 210909 | ||
Greetings Robert! I'm glad the post was helpful my friend! In the future though, I will try to avoid abbreviations. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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15 | Was Pink rightPs 115:3 | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 211539 | ||
Greetings Hopalong! This topic has been discussed many times over the years. For anyone interested in reading more about it, I would encourage the use the of the search function. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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16 | Searching for the truth | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 212987 | ||
Greetings Robert! If I may speak for Doc, he is saying that God is perfect, so why would He ever have to change His mind. His will for us is always perfectly loving and kind, so there is no need for a plan B. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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17 | Searching for the truth | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 213009 | ||
Greetings Robert! In the case of Nineveh, it wasn't so much that God changed His mind as that Nineveh repented. In other words, the warning to Nineveh was conditional. There are a limited number of places where God seems to change His mind, but they all occur in places where conditional circumstances were in place. In the didactic portions of Scripture, we are told over and over again that God does not change His mind. This was a quick response, but I hope it helps. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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18 | Searching for the truth | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 213039 | ||
Greetings Robert! Let's start with what Scripture says. Following are every verse where the words 'change' and 'mind' occur together in the Bible (NIV). Num. 23:19 - "God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?" 1 Sam. 15:29 - "He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind." Ps. 110:4 - "The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘‘You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”" Heb. 7:21 - "but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: ‘‘The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’” Heb. 12:17 - "Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. He could bring about no change of mind, though he sought the blessing with tears." The last one does not refer to God. The third and fourth verses refer to a specific promise of God. The first and second refer to God in general (His nature). The only instances that I can find where God 'seems' to have changed His mind are instances like Nineveh where individuals or groups are allowed to avoid punishment because they repented. In those cases, the wrath is conditional. But, Scripture is quite clear that God does not 'change' His mind. He may respond to our repentance, but His plan is perfect. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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19 | belly of a whore? | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 214242 | ||
Greetings ...erdone! John already pointed out that the phrase is not found anywhere in the Bible. I would add a link to a website that contains a list of other Biblical 'urban legends' that are also not found in the Bible. http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/sayings.cfm Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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20 | Square and round brackets in Amp Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 215654 | ||
Greetings! Here is quote from Wikipedia concerning the use of punctuation: "Explanation of arbitrary punctuation from the March 1985 printing PARENTHESES () and DASHES — —: signify additional phases of meaning included in the original word, phrase or clause of the original language. TITLES OF DEITY: are set off, however, only with commas. BRACKETS: contain justified clarifying words or comments not actually expressed in the immediate original text. ITALICS: point out certain familiar passages now recognized as not adequately supported by the original manuscripts. Also, "and," "or" and other connectives in italics indicate that the word itself is not in the original text, but it is used to connect additional English words indicated in the same original word. CAPITALS: are used in names and personal pronouns referring to Deity, but sparingly elsewhere. REFERENCES: are intended to cover any part of the preceding verse to which they apply. SYNONYMS: are limited to what the text seems to warrant, both as to number and wording." (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplified_Bible) I hope this helps! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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