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1 | The Trinity | Bible general Archive 4 | BradK | 228589 | ||
Essential Doctrines: The Trinity Augustine said that anyone who denies the Trinity is in danger of losing his salvation, and anyone who tries to understand it is in danger of losing his mind. It is not fully explained in Scripture. There are those doctrines essential for salvation and those essential for Chritian orthodoxy. Is belief in the Trinity essential for salvation? Why or why not? |
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2 | Is Christianity becoming Christless in A | Bible general Archive 4 | BradK | 210742 | ||
Is Christianity becoming Christless in America? Micheal Horton writes, "I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, succesful, and perhaps even well-liked that it is nearly mirris the world itself. Aside from the packaging, there is nothing that cannot be found in most churches today that could not be satisfied by any number of secular programs and self-help groups." [Christless Christianity p. 16-17/Baker Books 2008] |
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3 | Is Christianity becoming Christless in A | Bible general Archive 4 | BradK | 210744 | ||
Is Christianity becoming Christless in America? Micheal Horton writes, "I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, succesful, and perhaps even well-liked that it is nearly mirris the world itself. Aside from the packaging, there is nothing that cannot be found in most churches today that could not be satisfied by any number of secular programs and self-help groups." [Christless Christianity p. 16-17/Baker Books 2008] |
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4 | The Emerging Church, is it Biblical? | 1 Cor 9:19 | BradK | 210359 | ||
In considering what Paul wrote in 1 Cor. 9:19-20ff, how does the Emerging Church fit in? The Emerging Church (as stated by Mark Driscoll)has as it's chief emphasis, that of, "living in the tension of being culturally liberal yet theologically conservative". Can a church be both missional in it's practice and evangelical and biblical in it's theology? Does this present any problems or compromise? If so, how? |
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5 | Merry CHRISTmas | Matt 7:1 | BradK | 197891 | ||
Merry CHRISTmas! My blessing to you all for a very Merry Christmas - "For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." BradK |
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6 | Speaking the Truth in Love? | 2 Tim 2:15 | BradK | 192134 | ||
Is Dr. Peter Pett following his own teachings? Regarding Eph. 4:16? Source: "http://www.angelfire.com/ok/bibleteaching/ephesianscommentary.html |
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7 | Ten Commandments vs. Galatians | Ex 20:1 | BradK | 176342 | ||
Question: How does the Ten Commandments fit in with Paul's explanation to the Galatians? Answer: The subject of the law and its relation to the Christian is a very important one. From what you have shared, I think you have it right. It's not about keeping the rules, but about loving God and seeking to please Him from the heart. I think we must begin by recognizing that the term "law" is used in more than one way in the New Testament. In Romans chapter 3 (especially verses 19-22) "law" equals a system by which we strive for salvation and/or sanctification through human efforts at keeping the law. Law is a system by which men foolishly strive to earn salvation. Paul says that the law cannot save men; it can only condemn them. In Romans 7:12-14; 8:4 and 13:8-10 the "law" is God's standard of righteousness, which we are unable to achieve by our own efforts, but which is fulfilled to the degree that we walk in the Spirit. Thus, Paul loves the law as that which is holy, righteous, and good (Romans 7:12). In the Psalms (like Psalm 119) the Law is the revelation of God's character, and His will for man. Thus, the psalmist can say, "Oh how I love Thy law" (Psalm 119:97). Legalism is the effort to be righteous in the power of the flesh by keeping all the commandments (probably a mixture of O.T. commands, by our interpretation, and our own add-on's, the equivalent of the "traditions" of the Jews). Grace is having a renewed heart, and thus being motivated by live and empowered by God's Spirit, and thus seeking to please God by doing His will. The law itself is not evil, when accepted as a standard of righteousness. All of the 10 Commandments (except Sabbath-keeping) are still applicable today, as is much of the law. Those commands which are set aside are clearly indicated as such (for example the setting aside of the old food laws (Mark 7:18-19; Acts 10-11). The verses in Galatians 3 (19-29) speak of the law as God's temporary provision, until Christ came and made atonement for sins, once for all. I would suggest that you give some thought to Colossians chapter 2, as well as to the Book of Hebrews (which emphasizes the superiority of the New Covenant to the Old). 2 Corinthians chapter 3 also speaks of the superiority of the New to the Old. If you have not read it yet, I would highly recommend John Piper's excellent book, "Desiring God: The Meditations of a Christian Hedonist." It really strikes at the heart of legalism. [Bible.org] BradK |
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8 | Christ is the way and the truth | Gen 1:1 | BradK | 176338 | ||
“No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” — St. John 14:6. THERE are many men in this world, who so far from coming to God, are going as far as they can from him. Nothing would delight such men so much as to be clean rid of his presence, and to be entirely escaped from the bounds of his dominions. They would be content to make their bed in hell, if they could thus find a satisfactory answer to the question, “Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, or whither shall I flee from thy presence?” Their hearts are at enmity with God; they hate his words and his ways. They know that God is angry with them; and they in return are angry with God. There is another class, who are but very little in advance of these. It cannot be said of them, with the same emphatic meaning, that they actually hate God, but nevertheless they run from him. Perhaps they would indignantly repel a charge of abhorring God, but nevertheless, it is true of them, that they live in utter disregard of him. They say in their hearts “No God.” God is not in all their thoughts. They may have sublime thoughts of nature, but few yearnings after him who made nature. They think much of time, and sense, and of the things that are below; but as to eternity and its substantial realities, the things that are unseen and everlasting, these they scarce can think upon. “Beware, ye that forget God,” for your state is no better than the state of those I first described. “The wicked shall be turned into hell.” those who hate God shall feel his torment, but so shall their companions, for thus runs the text, “The wicked shall be cast into hell with all the nations that forget God.” It is not needful that you should hate God; that you should go to war with him in order to destroy yourself; the simple neglect of him is enough to ruin you. Thus has the apostle put it, “How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation?” Ye need not fly upon the 279 thick bosses of Jehovah’s buckler, ye need not rush upon the point of his glittering spear. Stand still and do nothing; regard him not; shut your eyes to his existence, and engross yourself with the grovelling toys of earth, and ye have as surely destroyed yourselves, as if ye had defied him to his face. Neglect of God is the open gate of damnation. To forget God is to ensure a portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. There is to be found, however, upon the face of the earth a third class of men, who would not like to be classed among the enemies of God and who can truly say that they are not utterly indifferent with regard to his favor. They would prefer to be numbered with those who are seeking God. Their desire is to go to their Father. They may not as yet, perhaps, be brought to that only way at coming which he has ordained, but still their profession is that they desire to worship God, and to come before him with thanksgiving, and show themselves glad in him. It is to this very character, one that has so much that is hopeful in it, that I shall address myself particularly this morning; but indeed, to every one in this assembly, would I desire to preach the great truth of the text. No man — desire he never so earnestly, labor he never so diligently — no man cometh unto the Father, but by Jesus Christ. [C.H. Spurgeon] BradK |
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9 | Is God Sovereign in the Church today? | Rom 1:22 | BradK | 168495 | ||
"Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as Head above all" (1 Chronicles 29:11) "The Sovereignty of God is an expression that once was generally understood. It was a phrase commonly used in religious literature. It was a theme frequently expounded in the pulpit. It was a truth which brought comfort to many hearts, and gave virility and stability to Christian character. But, today, to make mention of God’s sovereignty is, in many quarters, to speak in an unknown tongue. Were we to announce from the average pulpit that the subject of our discourse would be the sovereignty of God, it would sound very much as though we had borrowed a phrase from one of the dead languages. Alas! that it should be so. Alas! that the doctrine which is the key to history, the interpreter of Providence, the warp and woof of Scripture, and the foundation of Christian theology, should be so sadly neglected and so little understood." "How different is the God of the Bible from the God of modern Christendom! The conception of Deity which prevails most widely today, even among those who profess to give heed to the Scriptures, is a miserable caricature, a blasphemous travesty of the Truth. The God of the twentieth century (21st) is a helpless, effeminate being who commands the respect of no really thoughtful man. The God of the popular mind is the creation of a maudlin sentimentality. The God of many a present-day pulpit is an object of pity rather than of awe-inspiring reverence." [A.W Pink- The Sovereignty of God] What are your thoughts as to why this is? What can be done about it? |
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10 | Scriptural Support? | Luke 24:33 | BradK | 132957 | ||
What scriptural support is there for the statement "So Jesus 'came in the flesh' as a sinless man like Adam, and was resurrected by God to live again as a spirit?" BradK |
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11 | What is sound doctrine? | Bible general Archive 2 | BradK | 121665 | ||
What constitutes sound doctrine? How does one know if they are inline with historic, orthodox Biblical teaching? | ||||||
12 | What is sound doctrine? | Gal 1:8 | BradK | 121672 | ||
What constitutes sound doctrine? How does one know if they are inline with historic, orthodox Biblical teaching? | ||||||
13 | What is sound doctrine? | 2 Tim 4:3 | BradK | 121667 | ||
What constitutes sound doctrine? How does one know if they are inline with historic, orthodox Biblical teaching? | ||||||
14 | What is sound doctrine? | 2 Tim 4:3 | BradK | 121669 | ||
What constitutes sound doctrine? How does one know if they are inline with historic, orthodox Biblical teaching? | ||||||
15 | What does Romans 2:12 mean? | Rom 1:19 | BradK | 118888 | ||
What does Romans 2:12 say? How are we to understand this verse? The late A.T. Robertson, a noted Greek Scholar had this to say: "Have sinned (hmarton). Constative aorist active indicative, "sinned," a timeless aorist. Without law (anomwß). Old adverb "contrary to law," "unjustly," but here in ignorance of the Mosaic law (or of any law). Nowhere else in N.T. Shall also perish without law (anomwß kai apolountai). Future middle indicative of apollumi, to destroy. This is a very important statement. The heathen who sin are lost, because they do not keep the law which they have, not because they do not have the Mosaic law or Christianity. Under law (en nomwi). In the sphere of the Mosaic law. By the law (dia nomou). The Jew has to stand or fall by the Mosaic law." [Robertson's Word Pictures] BradK |
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16 | Noah Being Divinely Warned | Bible general Archive 2 | BradK | 109449 | ||
This question came up in our study last night. In Genesis 6:3 We have the Lord speaking: "Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”" We know from Heb. 11:7 that Noah was "divinely warned". My question is this: Did Noah know from the Lord speaking in Gen. 6:3 that his time frame to complete the ark before God's judgement was 120 years? In other words, do we that the Lord was speaking those words directly to Noah or were they more a general statement? Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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17 | Noah Being Divinely Warned | Gen 6:13 | BradK | 109437 | ||
This question came up in our study last night. In Genesis 6:3 We have the Lord speaking: "Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”" We know from Heb. 11:7 that Noah was "divinely warned". My question is this: Did Noah know from the Lord speaking in Gen. 6:3 that his time frame to complete the ark before God's judgement was 120 years? In other words, do we that the Lord was speaking those words directly to Noah or were they more a general statement? Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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18 | Jesus and the Samaritan Woman | John 4:7 | BradK | 81452 | ||
Dear Forum, Does anyone have any additional light they might be able to shed on John 4:7-18, where Jesus meets the Samaritan woman? Our Pastor had a gentleman approach him after the service and comment something to the effect that "the Samaritan woman did not have several failed marriages. All her previous husbands had died and the one she was living with at the time was her “kinsmen redeemer". Is there any way of knowing or substantiating the validity of this? Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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19 | Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots | Genesis | BradK | 57115 | ||
Are there any studied views from our Forum members on Rev. 17:5 as to who "Babylon the Great, The Mother of Harlots" is? I would humbly seek your input. BradK |
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20 | Who is Jesus Christ? | John 9:24 | BradK | 55651 | ||
Dear Stokeyhk, I'd like to pursue a different line of reasoning. I think we would both agree that the Bible teaches that there is only one God. The Lord of the OT is Jehovah. For support lets look at Isaiah 43:11, "I am the Lord (Jehovah), and there is no savior besides me." Also, we have Isaiah 45:19-21. In vs. 21 we read,..."there is no other God besides Me, a righteous God and a Savior, there is none except Me..." So, could we agree that the OT scripture clearly teaches that there is but one God,(Jehovah) and that He is the only savior? When we come to the book of Titus, we have a rather interesting dilemma. I'll list the phrases in the verses from the NASB. Titus 1:3 ..."God our SAVIOR,..." 1:4 ... God the Father and Christ Jesus our SAVIOR." 2:10 ..."God our SAVIOR"... 2:11 ..."For the grace of God has appeared, bringing SALVATION to all men,"... 2:13 ..."our great God and SAVIOR, Christ Jesus,"... 3:4 ... "the kindness of God our SAVIOR"... 3:6 ... "through Jesus Christ our SAVIOR,"... Hopefully, these verse will suffice to show that both God, AND Jesus Christ are referred to and called SAVIOR! If there is only one God and only one Savior, then who is Jesus Christ? He is both referred to as God and savior. You have an inexplicable dilemma based upon scripture itself.There must be an acknowledgement that Jesus Christ is in fact God. No amount of scripture twisting can show otherwise. What saith the scripture? Speaking the Truth In Love, BradK |
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