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121 | Are Christian apologetics unbiblical? | 1 Pet 3:15 | kalos | 57676 | ||
If we shouldn't use arguments to promote the Gospel--because it's leaning on human wisdom and not God--then what are we to say? I have been challenged a number of times recently on the use of intellectual arguments and rational persuasion in the defense of the gospel. In other words, the whole idea of Christian apologetics is called into question as being unbiblical. For example, one reader said: "don't resort to...arguments to evade the clear statements of truth in the Bible,...be guided by Bible truth and put our trust in it first and foremost." (On the surface, this sounds OK. However, if you read this quote in the context of the post in which it is written, it will be plain to you that there is more to it than is evident on the surface.) Another wrote: "I want to see Scripture not no (sic) mumbo jumbo from Strong['s] or any other different references. I want Scripture." Another asked: "Is this article inspired by revelation, or, the Spirit of the living God, or, is it man's wisdom?" The implication by both these readers seems to be: you must choose between the use of intellectual arguments and rational persuasion or Bible verses alone. It's either/or. The assumption here is that using intellectual arguments and rational persuasion on the one hand and using Scripture only while passively relying on God on the other hand are two mutually exclusive options. If we shouldn't use arguments to promote the Gospel--because it's leaning on human wisdom and not God--then what are we to say? How would you answer this question? Tell us why you answer as you do. Whatever your reasoning behind your answer, tell us what it is. |
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122 | Who do you believe about Jesus? | Matt 22:42 | kalos | 57551 | ||
Who do you believe about Jesus--those who were closest to Him, or those who are two thousand years removed from the events? | ||||||
123 | How can this be? | Luke 1:15 | kalos | 57075 | ||
How can this be? "He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb." Luke 1:13,15 (ESV) But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. [15] for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb ("even in and from his mother's womb" Amplified Bible). ------------- "...filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb"? How can this be? I thought one had to be baptized BEFORE he could receive the Holy Spirit, according to advocates of water baptism. Either: a) the Bible is in error here and John the Baptist was NOT "filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother's womb"; or b) somebody forgot to tell John or his parents that you're not supposed to receive the Holy Spirit until you've been properly dunked while the proper "formula" is being said over you; or c) God didn't know that He was violating the gospel according to the water salvation people; or d) None of the above. |
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124 | What does "In the name of Jesus" mean? | John 14:14 | kalos | 56267 | ||
'It doesn't take a rocket scientist to draw the conclusion that we are, first, to pray in the name of Jesus, and second, praying in the name of Jesus doesn't mean ending your prayer with the phrase "In the name of Jesus. Amen," because it is never done in the New Testament.' ------------- 'The "name of God" or "in the name of Jesus" means something different than repeating those words. 'Read the New Testament. It says "Anything you ask in my name, that will I do." We have presumed that what that means is that we must add a phrase after ...prayer...in order to make it work. ... 'Just about every time we finish praying we tack this phrase on at the end, "In the name of Jesus. Amen." We do that because we were told to pray in the name of Jesus and God would answer. We expect that in doing so it seals the power of the prayer. I think that is superstitious because praying in the name of Jesus doesn't mean saying, "In the name of Jesus." (...) 'One thing you will notice when you highlight every prayer, every supplication towards God that is uttered in the text of the New Testament is that you will never see a New Testament prayer that ends with the phrase "In Jesus' name. Amen," even though the same text teaches you to pray in Jesus' name. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to draw the conclusion that we are, first, to pray in the name of Jesus, and second, praying in the name of Jesus doesn't mean ending your prayer with the phrase "In the name of Jesus. Amen," because it is never done in the New Testament. 'Ending prayers with that phrase might do nothing whatsoever to the efficacy of your prayer. I even submit that it might be hurting your prayer, depending on what you mean by the phrase. 'What does it mean to pray in the name of someone if it doesn't mean saying, "In the name of..."? Here's what it means. 'The name of someone, in the sense that the Bible authors used it, was what the person stood for, the substance of their character, or their authority . . . When we pray in the name of Jesus . . . what we are doing is acting in [his] authority, in [his] stead, according to [his] command, and consistent with [his] desires.' 'When we pray in the name of Jesus it might be better for us to drop the phrase "In the name of Jesus" altogether because generally we don't mean, "I am praying in the authority of Jesus Christ." You know what we probably mean when we say "In the name of Jesus. Amen" ? Practically speaking, it means the prayer is over. That is the Christian exit. Amen. Translated it means, the prayer is over, let's go do what we were doing, or let's eat. 'There is power in praying in the authority of Jesus Christ, by the authority He has given you, consistent with His character, His desire, and His will. It's like when we say, "Stop in the name of the law." The policeman is saying that because he is standing in the place of the law and speaking on behalf of it. To the degree that he speaks for the law, then he can enforce the law and he has authority. When he steps outside of the law, he has lost his authority even though he still says, "Stop in the name of the law." (...) 'If you are praying in a group and you don't want to leave people mystified as to what is happening, you could just simply say, "The prayer is over, let's eat," or, "We're done, let's go on." The important thing is not what you say with your mouth. Dispense with the empty words. Get rid of them. Instead, approach the throne of God based on the authority of Jesus Christ. If you are thinking that way and that is your attitude, it doesn't matter what you say at the end of the prayer. God will hear you according to His promise.' [This article has been edited to fit here within space limitations. To read the entire article, see In the Name of Jesus by Gregory Koukl (www.str.org/free/commentaries/theology/nameofje.htm)] |
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125 | Playing with the NT Greek text? | Rev 22:19 | kalos | 55763 | ||
Why does the New World Translation insert the word Jehovah in the New Testament when there are absolutely no Greek manuscripts that have it in there? Isn’t this playing with the text? | ||||||
126 | Where does Bible say Jesus is Michael? | Rev 12:7 | kalos | 55691 | ||
Where does it teach in the Bible that Jesus is Michael the archangel? Why isn't Jesus called Michael right now since he is in heaven? | ||||||
127 | Do you want to trust your soul to...? | 2 Tim 1:12 | kalos | 55779 | ||
Do you want to trust your eternal soul to the teachings of several men headquartered in Brooklyn, New York who claim to be the directors of God's organization on earth? Do you? Eternity is a long time to be wrong. | ||||||
128 | Why do JWs tell you what to think? | Acts 1:1 | kalos | 55936 | ||
If the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is from God, then... Why does it tell you what to think and do? |
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129 | Forbidden to examine Watch Tower org? | Acts 17:11 | kalos | 55917 | ||
If the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is from God, then... Why are you not allowed to examine your own organization and its problems? |
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130 | Apostasy unless you read the Watchtower? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 55815 | ||
If the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is from God, then... Why does the Watchtower say you will fall into apostasy if you read the Bible without the Watchtower? |
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131 | Why JWs altered Bible translation? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 55810 | ||
If the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is from God, then... Why has it altered the translation of the Bible? |
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132 | Why did JWs make false prophecies? | Matt 24:11 | kalos | 55806 | ||
If the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is from God, then... Why has it made false prophecies? |
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133 | How could the Bible be perfect? | 1 Cor 13:10 | kalos | 54067 | ||
"Since it was 'physically' written by sinful man, how could the Bible be perfect?" The above question was originally asked by Mommapbs. (ID# 54013 Note Acts 10:48 Mommapbs Thu 07/11/02, 9:51am) |
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134 | Not subject to the Law? | Rom 3:31 | kalos | 53768 | ||
Are We Not Subject To The Law of God? Romans 3:31 (ESV) Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law. (Amplified) Do we then by [this] faith make the Law of no effect, overthrow it or make it a dead letter? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law. (GOD'S WORD version) Are we abolishing Moses' Teachings by this faith? That's unthinkable! Rather, we are supporting Moses' Teachings. (From "Not Subject To The Law of God?" Part 8. www.yashanet.com/library/under8.htm All following Scripture quotes are from the GOD'S WORD version of the Bible, unless otherwise noted.) "The teaching that 'we are free from the Torah,' is a product of hundreds of years of anti-Semitic theology and is in opposition to Scripture. The 'New Testament,' when put back into its Hebrew context, says this about the Torah and believers in Yeshua:" Matthew 5:17 "Don't ever think that I came to set aside Moses' Teachings or the Prophets. I didn't come to set them aside but to make them come true. Matt 19:17 Jesus said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you want to enter into life, obey the commandments." Revelation 12:17 The serpent became angry with the woman. So it went away to fight with her other children, the ones who keep God's commands and hold on to the testimony of Jesus. John 14:15 "If you love me, you will obey my commandments. John 15:10 If you obey my commandments, you will live in my love. I have obeyed my Father's commandments, and in that way I live in his love. 1 John 2:3 We are sure that we know Christ if we obey his commandments. 2:4 The person who says, "I know him," but doesn't obey his commandments is a liar. The truth isn't in that person. 2:5 But whoever obeys what Christ says is the kind of person in whom God's love is perfected. That's how we know we are in Christ. 1 John 5:3 (Revised Standard Version) For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments (Greek: *entole* [Strong's #1785]: ethically used of the commandments in the Mosaic law). And his commandments (*entole*) are not burdensome. |
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135 | Have you seen these? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 47281 | ||
Pearls of Wisdom from the postings of heisthe1 ------------- "How do you know "Deep in your heart God is with you? How did you come to that conclusion? . . . That's why Jesus died for you! He wants to work with you, to change that guilt and shame, and give you love and joy. It's not by accident that you are on this forum, God wants to deliver you from your depression!" ------------- "In your last post you stated "Can we be content when we are deeply distressed". So why didn't you just come out and say you were refering to Mark 14:33." ------------- 'I "want" a lot things too. ... Not what I will, but what You will "is" a prayer of great faith and trust in God; if such a prayer insults God, then Jesus here insults His Father. So if you're not insulting your Father are you distressed or Happy?' ------------- (Note: In the following post "individuals" and "Pharisees" refers to other forum members.) "Do not be swayed by individuals who only believe in their theology! Stand on the Power of God's Word, which is making YOU free. As your Pastor teaches and as you study, come under the Authority that your Pastor has to correct You. If you don't, you will be aplogizing all the time, and these individuals will have no mercy on you. They sound good, but so did the Pharisees. I'm not saying everyone on this forum is misleading, just read 2Timothy 3:5." ------------- (Note: In the following post, 'these forum users", "these others", and "Pharisees" refer to other forum users.) 'Hank: Why would my post strike you a bit odd? I'm the one who finds it a bit odd that you are responding to me! Don't you think that tomm is capable of speaking for himself? What kind of background do I need? It's quite clear to see that some of "these forum users" are one sided (they're side). Jesus had no problems with sinner's, only with the Pharisees and religious leaders, they tested Jesus to the point of death. What tomm does is up to him, I believe if a person says something they should be ready back up their belief, or they shouldn't say anything at all. Everything I have posted I back up, but do you ever see me running to others to back me up? Even if they're wasn't anyone who believed as I do, I don't need no pat on the back and I'm not going to cry on someone shoulder. I'm not trying to be some hard head here but what makes "these others" believe that they are so correct, or have the "authority" to be right ALL the time? Yes, for once you have said a mouth full, we should take stock of what we say on this forum . . . "' ------------- One more time What makes your doctrine a doctrine of demons - is the fact that it removes the blame from Satan and removes the blame from us - and places it squarely on God! Which is a lie! And then your doctrine twists scripture to support that lie. God is a GOOD God! And ONLY good - all the time! He is now and He always has been. And if ANYBODY tells me different - they are perpetuating a lie of the devil! I don't care HOW 'pretty' or 'religious' you make it sound or how you weave it into other teachings. Now, DON'T write me any nasty, venomous letters citing how many degrees you have, how many letters you have after you name and how many years you have been "in the way." And I'm sorry! I'm truly sorry - that after all the time, expense and expended energy that you still don't know any better! And yes, I know that I have just messed up some of your best sermons - but it's time that this doctrine was shown up for what it really is! A destructive lie! Suffering Doctrine! A little strong you say? A little sharp you say? Jesus called the religious leaders of his day - "vipers," "snakes in the grass," "sowers of stumbling blocks," "hypocrites," "fancy graves full of rotten bones." Why? Because THEY should have known better! Now you have been informed, reformer! " ------------- [Addressed to:] "Love fountain3 "Surely you jest, lol. Not these fine people who know the bible in and out! Of course you must be kidding, lol, these individuals speak with well seasoned words,lol. Can it possibly be true? I mean, ah, they are always right, didn't you know that? lol. Didn't you know that the gifts of tongues were for "only" those in the past? lol. And how about the one's who believe in healing? why these are only circus entertainers! lol. Nah, must be the wrong family you speak of (I think?, lol) Anyway Love Fountain3, I guess we will just struggle along and look to these pillars of this forum! Hang in there though, I think God calls us His Children also, but wait, I better ask one of the family memebers first, ok! lol" |
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136 | jmscott3? aka JmScott(2)? aka Sctt? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 47244 | ||
Hello, jmscott3. Or is it JmScott(2) or just plain Sctt? Whoever you are, it's like dejavu all over again. |
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137 | "doctrine of demons"? | 1 Tim 6:4 | kalos | 46972 | ||
Has everyone seen this? ID 46808 1 Thorn in the flesh. Note Is 57:1. heisthe1. Sat 04/27/02, 2:38am. ID# 46808 One more time What makes your doctrine a doctrine of demons - is the fact that it removes the blame from Satan and removes the blame from us - and places it squarely on God! Which is a lie! And then your doctrine twists scripture to support that lie. God is a GOOD God! And ONLY good - all the time! He is now and He always has been. And if ANYBODY tells me different - they are perpetuating a lie of the devil! I don't care HOW 'pretty' or 'religious' you make it sound or how you weave it into other teachings. Now, DON'T write me any nasty, venomous letters citing how many degrees you have, how many letters you have after you name and how many years you have been "in the way." And I'm sorry! I'm truly sorry - that after all the time, expense and expended energy that you still don't know any better! And yes, I know that I have just messed up some of your best sermons - but it's time that this doctrine was shown up for what it really is! A destructive lie! Suffering Doctrine! A little strong you say? A little sharp you say? Jesus called the religious leaders of his day - "vipers," "snakes in the grass," "sowers of stumbling blocks," "hypocrites," "fancy graves full of rotten bones." Why? Because THEY should have known better! Now you have been informed, r_______! |
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138 | "kalos, please don't reply to me..." | John 1:1 | kalos | 46964 | ||
Has everyone seen the following exchange of posts (ID# 46919)? tomn posted: "Words, spoken or written, are ONLY symbols which contain an idea that we are trying to get others to understand. Such as the idea that "the Bible IS the TRUTH" ONLY in that it has words which contain the ideas of God about what is TRUTH. Ideas like as the rain of vs10 has an effect on that which it drops, so will God's ideas have ALL the effect He wants them to have on those who hear His ideas." kalos posted: "It is not true that the Bible merely contains the Word of God. The Bible IS the Word of God." tomn posted: "kalos,please don't reply to me unless you do more then mindlessly repeat what you have been taught." |
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139 | Did you know...Gen 2:17? | Gen 2:17 | kalos | 45238 | ||
Did you know... NET Bible Genesis 2:16 Then the Lord God commanded[4] the man, "You may freely eat[5] fruit[6] from every tree of the orchard, 2:17 but[7] you must not eat[8] from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when[9] you eat from it you will surely die."[10] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Translators footnotes [9]tn Or "in the very day, as soon as." If one understands the expression to have this more precise meaning, then the following narrative presents a problem, for the man does not die physically as soon as he eats from the tree. In this case one may argue that spiritual death is in view. If physical death is in view here, there are two options to explain the following narrative: (1) The following phrase "You will surely die" concerns mortality which ultimately results in death (a natural paraphrase would be, "You will become mortal"), or (2) God mercifully gave man a reprieve, allowing him to live longer than he deserved. [10]tn Heb "dying you will die." The imperfect verb form here has the nuance of the specific future because it is introduced with the temporal clause, "when you eat...you will die." That certainty is underscored with the infinitive absolute, "you will surely die." sn The Hebrew text ("dying you will die") does not refer to two aspects of death ("dying spiritually, you will then die physically"). The construction simply emphasizes the certainty of death, however it is defined. Death is essentially separation. To die physically means separation from the land of the living, but not extinction. To die spiritually means to be separated from God. Both occur with sin, although the physical alienation is more gradual than instant, and the spiritual is immediate, although the effects of it continue the separation. (http://www.bible.org/cgi-bin/netbible.pl) |
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140 | Who is gathered first ? | Matt 13:30 | kalos | 44981 | ||
Who is gathered first - tares or wheat? (Question re-worded) According to the text alone, in Matt. 13:30, who is gathered first -- the tares or the wheat? What does this text actually SAY? NASB Matthew 13:30 'Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, "*FIRST* GATHER UP THE TARES and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn" ' (emphasis added). If the tares (the wicked) are gathered first, does this affect your interpretation of eschatology (the doctrine of future things; prophecy)? |
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