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1 | Why Papal rule all wrong? | Not Specified | EdB | 12735 | ||
I’m probably going to open a can of worms here but let me anyhow. There has been great debate over the Catholic church and the Pope and his speaking infallibly, check thread Evangelicals and Catholics. Briang made one point that has me thinking, the Pope is head of the Catholic church and what he says the Catholic church does, call it what you will that is what it nets out to be. Is that any better or worst than what Evangelicals have? They may make the decision based on a vote by the congregation, a presbytery, council of elders, pastor or whatever but the end result is the same what ever the decision is you treat it as gospel and live by it. It is not open to discussion and you either accept it or leave and find another church/denomination. In a sense you could say their decision is infallible as far as the group/denomination/church goes. Then there is a argument is the Pope from the line of Peter, I think not, but does it matter? He was chosen to head the Catholic church how does that make him any different than the governing board of any denomination, or Pastor of an independent church? We call the Pope the antichrist but he isn’t condoning homosexuals like the governing board of Methodist are. He is not condoning abortion as the governing board of the Presbyterian are. What makes the Papal form of government all wrong and everything else okay? This is not an endorsement of Catholicism in any shape form or fashion. |
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2 | Should the Bible be taken literally? | Not Specified | EdB | 15010 | ||
A while back I asked the question should the Bible be taken literally or should we bring in outside knowledge that may effect the meaning of the text. Everyone insisted on examples and everything I could think of was so inflammatory that the examples ended up being debated rather than the question that precipitated it. Yesterday on the Radio one of my favorite radio preachers (no I will not identify him as that knowledge could taint this thread so please if anyone else heard this please do not use his name.) This preacher was talking about the Prodigal son Luke 15:11-32, in verse 19 the son decides to return to his father. Luke 15:19 “I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men." I read this as repentance and humbleness on the part of the son. And I think the rest of the story bears that out. However the Radio preacher said that this shows he still had a harden heart and wanted to come back on his terms. He explained his reasoning this way. In those times there were three classes of servants. Slaves, who had not choices in life, Bond servants that had no choices at work but for the most part were free after, and hired men that could choose their jobs and had total freedom after work. Therefore because this son came back and asked to a “hire men” shows he still wanted to do what he want to do. I say God did not intend man to analyze this story to that extent but rather wanted us to take it at face value. The son thought he knew best, went out blew everything he had, nearly starved, realized his dad wasn’t so dumb after all, and returned home. Knowing what he had done he said he wasn’t worthy of being a son again but would he please be allowed to work for room and board. I see total repentance, the radio preacher saw manipulation and rebellion. I’m not questioning the accuracy of the radio preacher analysis what I’m questioning is, should it have been done in the first place. Should we read this passage and take it for what it says without analyzing the son's motivates or must we analyze each point and find “hidden meanings”? What about the rest of the Bible? My question is: Is everything we need to know contained in the Bible? And if it is, then if when we try to use outside knowledge which effects the meaning of a passage are we doing a dis-justice or not? Does your answer apply in all situations? If not who chooses when it should apply and when it shouldn't? Be careful how you answer here, it may effect more than you think! |
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3 | Should we be using company computers? | Not Specified | EdB | 15273 | ||
Yesterday Labor I noticed a definite lack of forum activity. I pray it is because we were spending time with family and friends and not because we didn't have access to a computer at work. Question should Christians be using computers at work for things like the forum? Should Christians be doing forum type activity on company time? |
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4 | The different theories of Creation | Not Specified | EdB | 19518 | ||
What are the names of the different theories of Creation. I'm not talking about evolution but rather, instant creation (7days), gap between Gen 1:1 and Gen 1:2, and extended day (day equals more than just a day) and any others? Also if you could point me to a web site that explains any of these I would be greatly appreciative. Thanks EdB |
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5 | Revelation told by the stars? | Not Specified | EdB | 19520 | ||
At the risk of getting stoned!! I heard Perry Stone (no pun intended) explain part of the theory of understanding revelation based on star constellations. It is not astrology but rather indicators that would point to the season of Jesus’ return. He mentions something about Virgo and Serpent. I assume he is referring to the woman giving birth in Rev 12 and the dragon or serpent standing at her feet ready to devour the offspring. He said (I didn’t hear it all so I could be very wrong) that when the star constellations line up with the serpent or dragon constellation under Virgo we could expect to see a fulfillment of this prophecy. Has anybody heard of this? Can you refer me to a website that intelligently explains this? |
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6 | Numerology any validity? | Not Specified | EdB | 19522 | ||
Grant Jeffrey wrote a very interesting book called the Handwriting of God and another called the Signature of God. In these books he showed where God left indelible signatures of his existence in nature and at various other places. In the book he also discussed Numerology which I summarily dismissed. But as someone said in the forum could it be another example of how God attests to His existence by providing such things that no human mind could so conceive? Again I’m not advocating this to be used for fortunate telling or to predict the future but rather as a post script to the wonderful love letter God wrote to us. Again I'm not talking about predicting anything. Any thoughts? EdB |
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7 | The River of No Return part 2 | Not Specified | EdB | 21818 | ||
Yesterday Hank asked the question about denominations. See "The River of No Return". We all had a chance to answer in our own wisdom. Now let me ask a follow up. How do you think Jesus feels about denominations and the various disputes within the church? |
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8 | When did the catholic church go wrong? | Not Specified | EdB | 25641 | ||
First let me say I am not attempting to defend the Catholic Church in any fashion, shape or form. My question. Since the Catholic Church grew out of the first century church and later was felt to be in need of reformation, what and when do you feel was the first error that entered the church? Was that error ever dealt with at a later time and what was the result? Second question Without going through all of Luther's points what was the biggest problem and when did it manifest itself within the church? |
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9 | What is going on with duplicate entries? | Not Specified | EdB | 25883 | ||
What is going on I never had duplicate entries before and now lately almost everyone is doubled? EdB |
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10 | Info about the NET Bible in hardcopy | Not Specified | EdB | 30189 | ||
In another thread some one mentioned the BSF web site and while there I was reminded of the 'NET' Bible written in the 'New English version' and I saw they now have it published in hardcopy. Does anyone have a copy? What is it like? (Binding, page quality, print size, margins, general quality, etc.) |
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11 | Are you intersted in Bible translations? | Not Specified | EdB | 32602 | ||
I address this to anyone that has even a passing interest in Bible Translations. I was referred to this site by Makarios to whom I’m indebted, thank you! The discussion found at the site reveals the problems the translators are faced with when attempting to translate the Bible. It shows what can happen as attempts are made to make the passages understandable, the results can be a loss of the intended meaning of the writer. Please as I said before if you have even a passing interest in Bible translation please take the time to read this article. It is found at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/013/5.28.html EdB |
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12 | Thoughts and comments on USA Today story | Not Specified | EdB | 81680 | ||
I posted this in a thread and I think it got lost in the size of the thread. So I will post as a question to see if it might generate any interest. I'm looking for thoughts and comments. USA Today the Wednesday April 16 edition had a very interesting article about people switching faiths. Basically 16 percent of the population of America has switched. Most disturbing was the fact that of the 9.5 million Catholics that left Catholicism 29 percent now say they have no religion. I suspect it has to do with the way the Catholic church handles divorces. Baptist are second highest in the group with 4.6 million changing religion and 15 percent saying they have no religion. Also interesting if someone leaves a mainline denomination such as Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, they will more than likely become Baptist or Catholic. They then interviewed four people that were changing religions, A Catholic that became charismatic non denominational, A Catholic that became Lutheran, A Christian (? No denomination) that became Jewish, and Methodist that became Catholic. The Catholic said he was seeking the unfiltered gospel, in other words he didn’t want anyone telling him what to believe. The Christian that became a Jew could not accept that Jesus was the only way to salvation. The Catholic that became a Lutheran did it for two reason first she was divorced and second her new husband was Lutheran. Her statement was only a theologian could tell the difference between the two religions. Last was the Methodist that became Catholic, he did for the holiness and reverence. Also he mentioned the applicability to life of the teaching. He viewed Catholicism as very positive while Protestantism was telling what not to do. This is a general summation of the article and I tried to remain objective. EdB |
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13 | Where did evil come from? | Not Specified | EdB | 83623 | ||
Is this a good explanation of where evil came from? Did God Create Evil At a certain college, there was a professor with a reputation for being tough on Christians. At the first class every semester, he asked if anyone was a Christian and proceeded to degrade and mock their statement of faith. One semester, he asked the question and a young man raised his hand when asked if anyone was a Christian. The professor asked, "Did God make everything, young man?" "Yes he did, sir," the young man replied. The professor responded, "If God made everything, then God made evil, and if we can only create from within ourselves, then God is evil." The student didn't have a response and the professor was happy to have once again proved the Christian faith to be a myth. Then another man raised his hand and asked, "May I ask you something, sir?" "Yes you may," responded the professor. The young man stood up and said, "Sir, is there such thing as cold?" "Of course there is, what kind of a question is that? Haven't you ever been cold?" The young man replied, "Actually, sir, cold does not exist. What we consider to be cold is really only the absence of heat. Absolute zero is when there is absolutely no heat but cold does not really exist. We have only created that term to describe how we feel when heat is not there." The young man continued, "Sir, is there such thing as dark?" Once again the professor responded, "Of course there is." And once again, the student replied, "Actually, sir, darkness does not exist. Darkness is really only the absence of light. Darkness is only a term man developed to describe what happens when there is no light present." Finally, the young man asked, "Sir, is there such thing as evil?" The professor responded, "Of course. We have rapes, and murders and violence everywhere in the world, those things are evil." The student replied, "Actually, sir, evil does not exist. Evil is simply the absence of God. Evil is a term man developed to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. It isn't like truth, or love, which exist as virtues like heat and light. Evil is simply the state where God is not present, like cold without heat or darkness without light." The professor had nothing to say |
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14 | Please I'm looking for your opinion! | Not Specified | EdB | 101981 | ||
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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15 | What is the most quoted verse in the Bib | Not Specified | EdB | 103894 | ||
What is the most quoted verse in the Bible? Hint it use to be John 3:16 EdB |
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16 | Have you ever lost input when posting? | Not Specified | EdB | 107209 | ||
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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17 | What nonsense is this? | Not Specified | EdB | 120104 | ||
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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18 | Tell us a little about yourself. | Not Specified | EdB | 128271 | ||
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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19 | Prayer for those facing Hurricane Ivan | Not Specified | EdB | 132258 | ||
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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20 | Show me scripture that says we can sin | Not Specified | EdB | 143051 | ||
Are we getting caught up in a snare set by the adversary? My first understanding of a Christian was person that came to saving grace in Christ as a repentant sinner. There were repentant liars, repentant murders, repentant thieves, repentant adulterers, repentant horse thieves, all had fallen short but had repented and turned to Christ for salvation. Today we try to define Christians as anyone the believes in Christ, they can be liars, murders, thieves, adulterers, horse thieves, anyone that falls short but has come to Christ for salvation. We neglect one word repentant. The definition of repentant is some one demonstrating repentance. The definition of repentance is the process of repenting. The definition of repenting is the process of changing ones thinking based on the regret of having committed past sins. To abjure or recant past sins, to turn away from. Is repentance necessary for salvation? My Bible says it is! Jesus said we must repent. Peter in his first two sermons said we must repent. Repentance and the need for repentance is woven all through the New Testament. Now the question really becomes does a truly repentant person willfully and with forethought continue to lie, commit murder, steal, commit adultery, and steal horses? Can you show me in scripture where it says that? And further can anyone show me in scripture where is says a Child of God washed in the blood can continue to sin with impunity? |
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