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3461 | Christianity vs. Paganism | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 35583 | ||
Verne8, I would recommend The Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli. It is published by InterVarsity Press and is available on Amazon.com. It is designed specifically to answer the arguments of non believers in a rational manner. Emmaus |
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3462 | explain please | Prov 18:19 | Emmaus | 35201 | ||
jma, Judging from the variations in the following translations this must be an ambiguous Hebrew passage. But however you slice it you want your brother on your side in a battle, not against you. So stay on good terms with your brother. NASB Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel. RSV: A brother helped is like a strong city, but quarreling is like the bars of a castle. NAB: A brother is a better defense than a strong city, and a friend is like the bars of a castle. Emmaus |
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3463 | Are Christmas and Easter pagan in origin | Gal 4:10 | Emmaus | 35118 | ||
farout, I think the use of the word Easter is peculiar only to certain languages, English being one. For example in Spanish Easter is called dia de Pascua or domingo de gloia, day of the pasch (passover) or Lord's day of glory. Christmas is called Feliz Navidad, happy (day of) birth or felices Pascua, happy passover. I am sure there are other examples in other languages. Emmaus |
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3464 | Confess or ask forgivness of our sins? | James 5:16 | Emmaus | 35113 | ||
farout, It seems to me that by confessing our sins we are implicitly asking for forgiveness.What other purpose is there for confessing them? James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. Luke 18:9-14 10: Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11: The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, "God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12: I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get." 13: But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, "God, be merciful to me a sinner!" 14: I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted. Emmaus |
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3465 | scripture for Write it in your doorway? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 35087 | ||
Lizah, If you live in area with a significant Jewish population as I do, you will see a small item acout the size of a door bell button nailed or screwed to the door post outside the door of many Jewish homes. In it is a tiny scroll with the verse, "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!" It is called a Matzuzah (sp?). When entering or leaving the home one touches fingers to the lips and then to the scroll. Emmaus |
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3466 | Does faith require maintenance? | NT general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 34921 | ||
Zach, In this case I would prerfer Tozer's phrasing to Bonhoeffer's, since James 2:19 tells us "Even the demons believe and tremble" but they do not obey. Of course Bonhoeffer is not saying all who believe are obedient, he is only saying that one must first believe in order to obey. But belief does not guarantee obedience. Then of course you get into the whole Faith Alone question. I know that many, though not all, who adhere to the Faith Alone doctrine admit that saving faith must be evidenced by works, which those on the other side see as proof that faith alone is not alone. Grace of course is the common element that unites inseparably faith and good works. Even Paul starts Romans in 1:5 with "the obedience of faith" and talks of the necesity of doing rather than just being hearers of the law eight times in Romans 2:6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 25, 26, 27. I don't subscribe to the plan A, plan B explanation of Romans. Nor do I believe Paul in Romans is at odds with James since they are both using Abraham as the example of faith. One thing we can be sure of is that mere belief is not the same thing as saving faith. Emmaus |
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3467 | Does faith require maintenance? | NT general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 34894 | ||
Zach, The practical spiritual advice of Ignatius of Loyola was to "pray as if everything depends on God and work as if everything depends on you." Some people might call prayer and "the obedience of faith" maintenance. I am not sure I would use that terminology, but some might. I would prefer communion with God to maintenance of faith. But the practical end may be the same however you describe it. Emmaus |
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3468 | Geography of the Forum! | Acts 21:39 | Emmaus | 34745 | ||
Norrie, St. Wensaslaus, that parish founded by Bohemian immigrants, is still there, but the neigborhod is really rough. It is so bad off that sisters from Mother Theresa's order work there with the poor and AIDs patients. Eventually though Johns Hopkins Hospital is going to gobble up that whole section of town. Emmaus |
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3469 | Is there forgiveness after falling back? | Matt 18:22 | Emmaus | 34738 | ||
Jeannie, Matt 18:21-22 Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. Would the Lord do less than he asks of us if we repent? When you fall, get up, confess your sin and keep running the race. I doubt there are many on this forum who do not have some besetting fault or sin that they have struggled with for years. Do not despair. Start again. Emmaus |
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3470 | Geography of the Forum! | Acts 21:39 | Emmaus | 34736 | ||
Norrie, I grew up in Washington, but went to Towson for college and stayed in Baltimore. Lived in north Baltimore, Govan's area for eight years and have been in Woodlawn on the western edge for the past 26 years. I work in Towson now. Became familiar with just about every area of Baltimore City while I was in the Police Department. Patterson Park Avenue, Butcher's Hill area has some great views. They just recently renovated the Patterson Park Pagoda which had been getting pretty run down.Many years ago I had a friend who belonged to Curt's church in Towson and lived only about a block away from it. You gotta miss the crabs. Emmaus |
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3471 | Geography of the Forum! | Acts 21:39 | Emmaus | 34257 | ||
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3472 | can you explain Matthew 16 verses 13-19 | Matthew | Emmaus | 34255 | ||
IJELUB, I, being Catholic, would say that this is where Jesus bestows on Peter the Keys of the Kingdom and gives him the primacy of authority in the Church on earth which Church Jesus promises will not be overcome by the gates of hell. It is a rather scandalous amount of authority being delegated, but Jesus was in the habit of scandalizing people. He still scandalizes people. Trying to say that the rock in this passage is anything or anyone other than Peter does violence to the language of the passage. Even Protestant scholars who do not acknowledge papal authority admit that Peter is the rock in both phrases. This subject has been dealt with at length not that long ago. To see it click on Emmaus for my profile and then click on "view all post by this author" and go to post #33 where the discussion starts under a heading of "am I wrong to think that you pray to" You can also search the verses and see what many others have had to say on the subject. Emmaus |
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3473 | Visit other churches? | Rom 16:16 | Emmaus | 33964 | ||
Charis, When I was younger, especially in college, I visited more Churches usually with friends who were members at their invitation. The only time recently was last December. I belong to a men's singing club. We meet weekly for practices and go to nursing and retirement homes twice a month to entertain the residents. Our group is not offically affiliated with any church or parish. Most members happen to be Catholics, but we do have some members who are not. In December one of the members extended an invitation from his church for us to sing a selection of Christmas songs, which we did at a Sunday service attended by almost every member of the group. Our part was incorporated into the regular service. It was a Disciples of Christ church.It is interesting to note that we have declined similar invitations from some of our own Catholic parishes because we were organized to sing at nursing homes not churches. But in this particular case we did not wish to offend those inviting us or embarrass our member by declining the invitation. Emmaus |
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3474 | suffering - for individual or family? | Phil 4:12 | Emmaus | 33962 | ||
Goodisggod2me, It seems to me that what Paul is saying here is that good time and bad times will come, but the secret is to focus on God, not the circumstances of life, in order to perserve in the life of faith. That does not mean we should not try to correct problem areas, only that they should not left them be our primary focus and driving force in our lives. Troubles will come, stay focused on God even as you deal with the troubles. And all God's children have troubles, adult, parent, child. Families which are composed of indiviuals. Think of the Church as a family and all the troubles it has know as a body and the individuals in it as well as the blessings it has known individualy and corporately. Emmaus |
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3475 | baptismal regeneration? | John 3:3 | Emmaus | 33958 | ||
Zach, I am afraid you misunderstand my understanding of the sacrament of Baptism. Sacraments are encounters with God. It is God that does the work in them, sanctifying us, not the person sanctifiying him or herself. Even the minister of the sacrament is merely a "stand in" acting "in persona Christi" in the administering of the sacrament. When a person is Baptised and the minister (priest or lay) speaks the words "I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" it is the power of God's saving word in the sacrament that accomplishes the purpose God intened. Somewhat reminiscent of this passage, Is 55:10-11 10: "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11: so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it. " The way I see it Jesus is the ultimate sacrament in which all sacraments subsist. The sacraments are all encounters with Christ. Your comment that "a corpse cannot birth itself by any act or ritual" is of course to the point. The sacrament of Baptism is called a "sacrament of the dead." The "act" in Baptism is God's as he works through an element of his creation. Jesus is the ultimate sacrament. God became flesh to save us through his death in the flesh and his resurrection of the body which he promises also to us. On earth the earthly and the spiritual work together because that is how God created us and Jesus came to redeem and restore all creation, physical and spiritual. I saw you profile. My earlier comment was just an observation on the content of your posts not a guess about your church affiliation. It was a little bit of a tease. No offense intended. I see you are a fan of Tozier. I too have read him and find him very astute and appealing. I was only recently reading over again The Pursuit of God. Emmaus |
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3476 | how can the marriage be taught to all | Ruth | Emmaus | 33731 | ||
Hank, No doubt about it that good ole J. Vernon was a folksy down home charmer. Not a bad way to come across to the masses for a man whom I understand was once the President of Dallas Theological Seminary. You get the impression he never forgot his roots and from whence he came. Emmaus |
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3477 | are your answers? | Dan 7:14 | Emmaus | 33729 | ||
JMSCOTT, You asked, "So what man was Jesus talking about?" "One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him. And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed." Daniel 7:13-14 Emmaus |
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3478 | Is Jesus the source? | John 7:38 | Emmaus | 33726 | ||
10EC, Tim is correct about the grammar relating to the believer as the antecedent. But even if you take it as Jesus you can follow another New Testament theme of the Jesus-Moses comparison ( water from the rock Ex 17:6; Num20:11); as well as Jesus the new temple (Ez 47:1), but gramatically the believer is the better choice. It is also interesting to note that Jesus' quote is not identical to any exact OT verse but is close to Is 13:3; and Ez 47:1. This is found in the notes of the NAB. According to the Talmud it was also a part of the rites of the Feast of Tabernacles at the Temple on the last day of the feast for the priests to pour a large vessel of water from the pool of Siloam out before the altar of burnt offerings and down the steps of the temple, which could have been happening as Jesus was making his statement. Source: Dictionary of the Bible, John L McKenzie Emmaus |
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3479 | how can the marriage be taught to all | Ruth | Emmaus | 33723 | ||
Risingstar, Hank has given excellent advice. Another way of approaching the story is that it is an example of the kinsmem redeemer and in a sense a forshadowing of the story of Christ our kinsmen redeemer. The late J. Vernon McGee of the Through the Bible radio program does an excellent job in his outline notes for the Book of Ruth on that theme. It is available in many Christian bookstores and perhaps even from Through the Bibel on the web if they have a website. Emmaus |
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3480 | Strong AND gentle? | Phil 4:5 | Emmaus | 33596 | ||
Greetings Charis, I love those Caholic affirmations! :-) It's about midnight here. Have to get to bed. Emmaus |
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