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201 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12453 | ||
I am quoting this because I am not the enemy. If you only listen to what you want to hear, you will miss a great deal of wisdom that can be found from the other people within this forum. In addition to a better understanding of God, you have an opportunity to gain a better understanding of your fellow man. I have found my understanding of my fellow man actually helps me, better understand God and Jesus. My ministry is the sick and dying. Hearing what these people think and feel as they prepare for death has enabled me to understand the teachings of Jesus more than I could ever have hoped for. And not out of fear of death, because I don't fear death - but out of seeing living, breathing examples of what Jesus has tried to teach us. Again, I am not the enemy and maybe we can learn from each other. |
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202 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12454 | ||
Jesus was also a Jew |
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203 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12458 | ||
I'm sorry, I don't understand your question | ||||||
204 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12460 | ||
By the time that Peter assumed the leadership role of the Church, he was a Christian. There is no mandate that the leader of the Catholic church be Jewish. |
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205 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12583 | ||
Some call it submission Some call it humility Some call it infallibility Some call it trust On the day the decision was made, I trust the Pope has made a decision in the best interest of the Church. Would the Popes decision be different if it was made a month, year or century later, maybe. Is it better that the Church corrects an error or allows the error to remain, in order to avoid criticism? |
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206 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12627 | ||
Every Church has a form of government, whether it's a local pastor or a national council. These are the people who are in charge - here on earth. |
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207 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12715 | ||
Have you ever heard a parent say to their arguing child: "I'm right, because I'm your father(mother) and I said I'm right, now quit arguing." In any form of government, we need a leader and that leader needs to be able to make a final decision and then everyone can move forward from that point. Just as the parent above (and being a parent is a form of government - some say a democracy, some say a dictatorship) - just as the parent above, there is a time for discussion and debate, which the Church allows, and then the time comes in which a final decision needs to be made, so the familly can function as one, instead of living in the seperation created by constant arguing and challenging of each other. Someone in a family must be a leader and the other members of the family must accept that person. The acceptance of that person as the leader may be called by some, as submission. Other may call it trust in the leader of the family. Some may accept that persons leadership out fo humility and some may accept that persons leadership and decisions on the basis that they know the leader is only concerned about making the right decision for the good of the family. The Pope is the leader of a Church. The Pope is a man. The Pope is not God. The Pope is a man. When making a decision, we are hopeful that the Pope is seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit, in the same way a congregation is hoping that their Pastor is seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit. In this forum, there has been discussion regarding the responsibility a Bible class teacher has to his/her students. If the teacher is not teaching God's law properly, the teacher is doing a grave injustice to the student, who is relying on this knowledge and guidance to properly serve God. The role of the Church is to insure proper understanding of God's law in order to properly educate its members. Look at all of the different Churches which have been formed by people leaving the Catholic Church and think of all of the time and energy spent fighting the Church as the enemy. The Church is not the enemy, Satan is. Focus your hatred and distaste towards the true enemy and unite with those who are fighting the same enemy as you. Satan is successful in dividing the House of Jesus among itself and keeping everyone's attention on infighting, rather than on him. I realize that the members of this forum are dedicated and commited to God. Would we not have done a better job of serving God if we had taken the 100-200 man hours spent here debating Papal infallibility and instead, spent this time serving God, by reaching out to our fellow man to fight Satan. Aren't we falling into Satans trap of dividing our house to fight to other, instead of fighting Satan. Luke 11: 17-18 17: Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18: If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? Today, we are seeing the birth of a new sin - probably the greatest sin ever tempting man - taking the life of an unborn baby and selling it for a profit to prolong the life of another. Who will join this Catholic in fighting Satan on this sin rather than debating each other on who is the better Christian. Can we unite our house of Christianity to serve God? Is anybody up for a really good fight? - Let me know. |
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208 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12721 | ||
Nolan Have you ever heard a parent say to their arguing child: "I'm right, because I'm your father(mother) and I said I'm right, now quit arguing." In any form of government, we need a leader and that leader needs to be able to make a final decision and then everyone can move forward from that point. Just as the parent above, there is a time for discussion and debate, which the Church allows, and then the time comes in which a final decision needs to be made, so the familly can function as one, instead of living in the seperation created by constant arguing and challenging of each other. Someone in a family must be a leader and the other members of the family must accept that person. The acceptance of that person as the leader may be called by some, as submission. Other may call it trust in the leader of the family. Some may accept that persons leadership out fo humility and some may accept that persons leadership and decisions on the basis that they know the leader is only concerned about making the right decision for the good of the family. The Pope is the leader of a Church. The Pope is a man. The Pope is not God. The Pope is a man. When making a decision, we are hopeful that the Pope is seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit, in the same way a congregation is hoping that their Pastor is seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit. In this forum, there has been discussion regarding the responsibility a Bible class teacher has to his/her students. If the teacher is not teaching God's law properly, the teacher is doing a grave injustice to the student, who is relying on this knowledge and guidance to properly serve God. The role of the Church is to insure proper understanding of God's law in order to properly educate its members. Look at all of the different Churches which have been formed by people leaving the Catholic Church and think of all of the time and energy spent fighting the Church as the enemy. The Church is not the enemy, Satan is. Focus your hatred and distaste towards the true enemy and unite with those who are fighting the same enemy as you. Satan is successful in dividing the House of Jesus among itself and keeping everyone's attention on infighting, rather than on him. I realize that the members of this forum are dedicated and commited to God. Would we not have done a better job of serving God if we had taken the 100-200 man hours spent here debating Papal infallibility and instead, spent this time serving God, by reaching out to our fellow man to fight Satan. Aren't we falling into Satans trap of dividing our house to fight to other, instead of fighting Satan. Luke 11: 17-18 17: Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18: If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? Today, we are seeing the birth of a new sin - probably the greatest sin ever tempting man - taking the life of an unborn baby and selling it for a profit to prolong the life of another. Will you join this Catholic in fighting Satan on this sin rather than debating each other on who is the better Christian. Can we unite our house of Christianity to serve God? Is anybody up for a really good fight? - Let me know. |
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209 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12722 | ||
Debbie Have you ever heard a parent say to their arguing child: "I'm right, because I'm your father(mother) and I said I'm right, now quit arguing." In any form of government, we need a leader and that leader needs to be able to make a final decision and then everyone can move forward from that point. Just as the parent above, there is a time for discussion and debate, which the Church allows, and then the time comes in which a final decision needs to be made, so the familly can function as one, instead of living in the seperation created by constant arguing and challenging of each other. Someone in a family must be a leader and the other members of the family must accept that person. The acceptance of that person as the leader may be called by some, as submission. Other may call it trust in the leader of the family. Some may accept that persons leadership out fo humility and some may accept that persons leadership and decisions on the basis that they know the leader is only concerned about making the right decision for the good of the family. The Pope is the leader of a Church. The Pope is a man. The Pope is not God. The Pope is a man. When making a decision, we are hopeful that the Pope is seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit, in the same way a congregation is hoping that their Pastor is seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit. In this forum, there has been discussion regarding the responsibility a Bible class teacher has to his/her students. If the teacher is not teaching God's law properly, the teacher is doing a grave injustice to the student, who is relying on this knowledge and guidance to properly serve God. The role of the Church is to insure proper understanding of God's law in order to properly educate its members. Look at all of the different Churches which have been formed by people leaving the Catholic Church and think of all of the time and energy spent fighting the Church as the enemy. The Church is not the enemy, Satan is. Focus your hatred and distaste towards the true enemy and unite with those who are fighting the same enemy as you. Satan is successful in dividing the House of Jesus among itself and keeping everyone's attention on infighting, rather than on him. I realize that the members of this forum are dedicated and commited to God. Would we not have done a better job of serving God if we had taken the 100-200 man hours spent here debating Papal infallibility and instead, spent this time serving God, by reaching out to our fellow man to fight Satan. Aren't we falling into Satans trap of dividing our house to fight each other, instead of fighting Satan. Luke 11: 17-18 17: Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18: If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? Today, we are seeing the birth of a new sin - probably the greatest sin ever tempting man - taking the life of an unborn baby and selling it for a profit to prolong the life of another. Who will join this Catholic in fighting Satan on this sin rather than debating each other on who is the better Christian. Can we unite our house of Christianity to serve God? Is anybody up for a really good fight? - Let me know. |
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210 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12773 | ||
I am honored to march with you | ||||||
211 | Catholics and Evangelicals | Rom 4:5 | Brian.g | 24611 | ||
Nolan What's on the last page: yes, no or maybe? Brian |
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212 | Catholics and Evangelicals | Rom 4:5 | Brian.g | 24613 | ||
Nolan LOL I'll tell you what, e-mail me at brian.g@mail.com and I promise not tell anyone Brian |
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213 | The Spirit and the Word: How Related? | Rom 8:11 | Brian.g | 29420 | ||
Joe and Emmaus In 1943, Pope Pius XII insisted that it was important that Catholics began reading and studying the Bible. With that, his first step was to make sure Catholics had a properly documented text from which to work and study. From this, the Church put together a team of 25 Biblical experts (about 15 Catholic and the remaining from other Christian denominations)to create an accurate and consistent study Bible for Catholics. http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/index.htm In addition, the Church also felt that in order to fully insure that the Catholic interpretations were/are correct, Catholic Biblical scholars were required to work from as many of the orginal documents as could be accessed in order to eliminate language translation errors. This process of refinement continues today. Brian |
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214 | The Spirit and the Word: How Related? | Rom 8:11 | Brian.g | 29534 | ||
Joe As we see here on this forum, proper Biblical understanding and intrepretation requires proper guidance, that's all the Catholic Church was trying to provide, in our way of doing things. It was thought that, left on their own, the average person would not properly understand the Scripture, that it would cause more confusion than clarification and that it was the duty and the responsibility of the clergy to provide a proper, accurate and consistent interpretation - to be the teacher. Personally, I am glad that the Church enhanced the method of teaching the Bible by creating the study Bible and giving each person more freedom to study at their own pace, or in conjunction with clergy. Brian |
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215 | The Spirit and the Word: How Related? | Rom 8:11 | Brian.g | 29557 | ||
Joe Why debate history. We all know the Church is conservative and sometimes, slow to move. And, like very other Church, it's imperfect. The Church constantly renews itself and hopefully, for the better. I agree with a lot of what Luther said, I just didn't like the way he handled the debate and I agree with a lot of what the Church said, but I don't like the way the Church handled the debate. Together they caused a major split in the Church - which caused Christian to be pitted against Christian. In reality, they were both right and they were both wrong. But the truth of the matter is, that it happened 500 years ago. And there ain't nothing I can do about it except move forward with people like you, where we work together to establish mutual respect and acceptance. And, together, in our own way - help guide people to Jesus and God. Because the truth of the matter is when Jesus returns - all Churches will cease to exist and all that will be left are those that have a proper relationship with Jesus and those that don't. If we can do that, then I'd say we've done good. Brian |
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216 | The Spirit and the Word: How Related? | Rom 8:11 | Brian.g | 29580 | ||
Joe Here's a section of the Cathecism of the Catholic Church. This is what the Church teaches. 817 .... But in subsequent centuries much more serious dissensions appeared and large communities became separated from full communion with the Catholic Church - for which, often enough, men of both sides were to blame." ... Here's a comment from the documents of Vatican II. On the other hand, Catholics must gladly acknowledge and esteem the truly Christian endowments from our common heritage which are to be found among our separated brethren. It is right and salutary to recognize the riches of Christ and virtuous works in the lives of others who are bearing witness to Christ, sometimes even to the shedding of their blood. For God is always wonderful in His works and worthy of all praise. Joe, this is as far as time allows for me to work on this today. Regards, Brian |
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217 | Visit other churches? | Rom 16:16 | Brian.g | 34015 | ||
EdB If I mentioned every one of my typo's, this forum would have another 30,000 posts! Brian |
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218 | Visit other churches? | Rom 16:16 | Brian.g | 34081 | ||
EdB I'm debating with myself, as to whether I have enough courage to ask which one? OK, I'm ready, go ahead - which one? Brian |
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219 | Creating converts to Islam? | 1 Cor 1:12 | Brian.g | 32465 | ||
Norrie Then, let's refocus the question: on people who are working on strengthening their relationship with Christ. If this individual is being guided towards a stronger relationship with Christ, by a true Christian denomination - are other Christian denominations justified in creating an environment of confusion and dissatisfaction in which this soul could be lost from Christ. Just as a point of reference - Islam is the fastest growing religion in North America - and it is growing by recruiting new members from other religions. Brian |
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220 | Creating converts to Islam? | 1 Cor 1:12 | Brian.g | 32467 | ||
Debbie The people potentially lost are those who are searching for a relationship with God, and have not fully found it through Jesus - but are trying to within a Christian church. I intentionally used the word recruit, because I am focusing the question on one Christian denomination trying to draw new membership directly from another Christian denomination. This is not witnessing to a non-Christian or reaching out to an unchurched. If I say to you, my denomination is a better way, I am, without saying another word, declaring that your denomination is inferior to mine. If you try my denomination and then move on - will your relationship with Jesus be strong enough to keep you within the Christian community. Would you be lost anyway? Or did I contribute to your being lost by adding dissatisfaction? Brian |
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