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21 | Personal or Church Study? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 12171 | ||
Greetings Steve! When you say that we need the church's permission to conduct a Bible study, are you talking about any Bible study or only Bible studies done in the name of the church? I have pastored for over ten years and I currently work with our church's small group ministry. I would never say that someone needed my permission to invite some neighbors over and have a Bible study. However, if they are doing it as an official ministry of the church, then they must go through training, report regularly, ect.... Personally, I would be concerned about any church that tried to exercise so much control over it's members that they couldn't hold a Bible study on their own, unless it was being done in the name of the church. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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22 | Eternal Security? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 15416 | ||
Greetings Forum! There was a thread recently which dealt with Eternal Security. The position of most on the forum seemed to be that the relationship between a believer and Christ can never be severed. If that is the case, how do we explain these three passages in particular? 1) 1 Cor. 15:1 Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 2) Col. 1:21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— 23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. 3) 2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I realize that many of us will approach these passage from different theological perspectives. My point here is not to argue the passages. I would simply like to hear how some from different perspectives deal with these passages. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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23 | Is there any practical difference? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 20104 | ||
Greetings Forum! Sir Pent raised an interesting question (and suggested a seperate thread for it): Are there any practical differences between Calvinism and Arminianism? By this question, I am not refering to the theological differences. Rather, I am refering to differences in life application. Does either view make any difference in the way we live our Christian lives? Please do not respond with theological arguments for or against. Please be polite and understanding. I realize that this type of thread has the possibilty of raising up a bunch of strawmen. With that said, have at it! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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24 | Interesting Forum Feature! | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 24150 | ||
Greetings Forum Friends! I happened upon an interesting feature by accident! If you have a wheel mouse, press and hold the ctrl key and then move your mouse wheel up or down. Up will increase the size of the text on the forum, while down will decrease the size. I don't know if this works with all mice, but it does with my Logitech mouse. I posted this as a question so that everyone could see it. I will clear this question in a day or two, after everyone has had a chance to see this post. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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25 | Did God write the NT as well as the OT? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 39838 | ||
Greetings Jmscott2! In a later post, you said that you beleve that all Scripture is inspired by God. So, was God wrong when He translated YHWH as 'kurios' in the New Testament 50 times? For instance, in Luke 4:18-19, Christ Himself translates YHWH as 'kurios' or 'Lord'. Is Christ wrong? Is Christ hiding the Divine name? Is Christ part of some human attempt to mislead people? You can't have it both ways my friend. If all Scripture is inspired by God, then even those passages which translate YHWH as Lord are inspired as well. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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26 | Is the New Testamen a man made book? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 39839 | ||
Greetings Jmscott2! So, is the entire New Testament simply a man made book? The men who wrote the New Testament wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, as God moved them. If your concern was as important as you seem to think, God would have had them quote the OT passages by simply transliterating each occurance of YHWH. However, He didn't. He inspired them to translate the word YHWH as 'Kurios' or 'Lord'. So, it wasn't just men! It was God who did it! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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27 | Short List of Dubious Theology? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 60070 | ||
Greetings John! I haven't been following this thread, so could you give me a concise list of the Theology in the Left Behind Series which is considered dubious? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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28 | Misquote? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 77274 | ||
Greetings Dan! You wrote: "...and I have nothing against Morant61, but Tim eventually makes the case that both repentance AND baptism only follow salvation AND THEREFORE HAVE EQUAL FORCE." To what are you referring my friend? I'm not I understand what you are trying to say, but I know that I never said it! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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29 | Did Jesus Drink Wine? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 80385 | ||
Greetings Truthfinder! One last question my friend! You wrote: "Self-righteous religious leaders in Jesus? day criticized him for occasionally drinking wine." Where exactly does the New Testament say that Jesus drank 'wine'? There is only one verse which I could find, and it says that once He tasted it, He refused it. Mt. 27:34 - "There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it." It is true that the pharisees called Him a drunkard, but they also said that He cast out demons by the power of Satan. :-) Their accusation does not make Jesus a drunkard. Even concerning communion, Scripture never specifically says that 'wine' was used. We tend to make a lot of cultural assumptions about these points, but do not look at what Scripture actually says. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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30 | Are Reason and Obedience opposites? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 82088 | ||
Greetings Earnest! I think all would agree with you that obedience to God is essential and necessary. However, let me ask you this question: How do you determine what it is that God is commanding? His Word is written in language, based upon grammatical rules. Don't we have to apply 'reason' to His Word in order to properly understand it? Toward the end of one of Jesus' parables, He said: Mark 4:23-24a - "'If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.' 24 'Consider carefully what you hear,' he continued..." I would agree that if one uses 'reason' to disobey God, that person is wrong. However, if one simply accepts whatever one is told, without carefully considering Scripture, that one is just as wrong. Reason and obedience are not opposites. Obedience and disobience are though. There is not one single Scripture which commands us not to use the minds which God has given us. In fact, in your very own quote of Is. 1:18 above, God commands us to come and reason with Him. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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31 | Who is the Source of Inspiration? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 9866 | ||
Greetings Jim! I haven't been involved in this thread as of yet! (I don't think!) But, I did want to respond to your post. There seems to be two theological problems with your position. 1) The Source of Inspiration: As you pointed out, 2 Tim. 3:16 does not say specifically that Scripture is without error. However, it does say that Scripture is God-breathed. So, the source of Scripture is God. If this is true, then how could a God, who knows all things and who cannot lie, be the source of error? 2) The Meaning of Literal: The second problem concerns your use of the word literal. Some use a different definition than I do, but I think most of us simply use the term literal in the following sense. "Scripture means what the author intended for it to mean." Therefore, if an author uses hyperbole, we should interpret his statement as hyperbole. If an author uses an estimate, we should interpet his statement as an estimate. However, this is a far cry from saying that these statements are errors. None of your examples illustrate a single error, but do illustrate quite a bit of opinion. a) and b) are both assumptions, we simply do not know exactly how many generations were involved. However, if Matthew or Luke used an established practice of listing a geneology, how does this equate with a error? c) What definition of literal do you use here? If it was written as an allegory, isn't reading it as an allegory taking it literally? d) Another assumption! The only historical record we have of Job says that he had 7 sons and 3 daughters. Is there another source that shows this one to be in error? e) Here is a good example of what is means to be literal. Mt. lists all of the areas from which people were coming to John (a city-wide crusade so to speak). Nothing in the passage says that every indivdual was present, only the regions. f) Again, we take the Psalms literally when we interpret them according to how they were written. They are songs of praise and prayers. Many of them may be based upon actual events, but they are not intended to be read as history, but as prayer or praise. Concerning David, if the text says he wrote a Psalm, what evidence is there that he didn't. g) Again, we take Revelation literally, when we interpret it according to how it was written. It was apocolyptic literature. However, that doesn't make it false. Jim, I havent' read all of this thread yet. Maybe you have explained your definition before, but would you mind explaining to me what you mean by 'Literal?' It would help to make sure that all of your responders are debating your actual position. Thanks! In Christ, Tim Moran |
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32 | Where is the phrase defined? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 38700 | ||
Greetings Love Fountain! You said: "The son of perdition means the son sentenced to perish eternally." Where exactly in the Bible does it say that this is what "son of perdition" means? The phrase is literally, "son of destruction". However, I don't recall any verse which specifies what this means! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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33 | Cornelius - Saved in Acts 10:45 or not? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 78058 | ||
Greetings Disciplerami! I asked before my friend, how could Cornelius be unsaved at Acts 10:45? According to your understanding of Acts 2:38, both repentance and baptism must be obyed in order to receive the 'Gift of the Holy Spirit'. Yet, Acts 10:45 says that they had received the 'Gift of the Holy Spirit' prior to being baptized. The 'gift of the Holy Spirit' cannot be received by an unbeliever. By the way, how does Acts 11:14 demonstrate that they were not saved at Acts 10:45. Speaking about what happened in the past, Cornelius was told that Peter would bring him and his family the message of salvation. Yet, Acts 11:15 totally agrees with the account in Acts 10. When they heard the message of Peter, they repented and received the 'Gift of the Holy Spirit' just as Acts 2:38 promised. Finally my friend, it is okay to disagree with individuals, but your last line seems over the top and unloving. Each of us must be an example to everyone else on the forum and make sure that our conversations are seasoned with grace. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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34 | Where is a 1,260 year apostasy taught? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 94736 | ||
Greetings Gbennet76! You ended your post with the following statement: "But if the 'Great Tribulation' theory is false, then the scriptures clearly teach that there was a Great Apostasy, lasting 1260 years, which ended in the year 1830." My question is, where does Scripture clearly teach this? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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35 | Source? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 94758 | ||
Greetings Gbennet76! What is the source for this quote? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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36 | Scripture support? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 94776 | ||
Greetings Gbennet76! Where exactly does Scripture say that the Bible is incomplete? Where are these 'other' works called Scripture? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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37 | Is obedience to every command necessary? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 100938 | ||
Greetings Walterpp22! Baptism is definitely commanded, but what about all of the other commands in Scripture? By the reasoning you have advanced, obedience to every single command would be necessary for salvation. In which case, we are back to being saved by works, which Scripture specifically says can't be done. :-) It is important when discussing this topic that we distinguish what one means by 'necessary'. If by 'necessary', one means 'required for salvation', then one is contradicting Eph. 2:8-10. If by 'necessary', one means 'a command which ought to be obeyed because one is already saved', then I would agree that baptism is necessary! :-) p.s. - Your quote is from James! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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38 | Scriptural support? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 122263 | ||
Greetings Rowdy! You wrote: "What I'm saying we must apply the same standard we see in our Bibles, thus the need for absolute proof. According to the Bible, there were two ways to get these powers: 1) directly from the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 and 10 and 2) laying on of the Apostles hands. So since we don't have anyone about 2000 years old, there's very little likelihood of human beings have such powers." Where exactly does the Bible say these things? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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39 | Scriptural Support? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 122307 | ||
Greetings Rowdy! None of the verses that you quote here indicate that miracles ceased with the apostles. In fact, none of these verses have anything to do with performing miracles, but with the reception of the Holy Spirit. We know from Acts 2:38-39 that the gift of the Holy Spirit is for generations after the time of the apostles too! Acts 2:38 - "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off — for all whom the Lord our God will call.'" Further, the verses you cite don't even tie the gift of the Holy Spirit only to the laying on of hands by the Apostles. 1 Tim. 4:14 speaks of the presbytery laying their hands upon Timothy. So, again I would ask my friend where does Scripture say that the ability to perform miracles only comes through the laying on of the Apostle's hands? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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40 | Scriptural Support? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 122308 | ||
Greetings Rowdy! None of the verses that you quote here indicate that miracles ceased with the apostles. In fact, none of these verses have anything to do with performing miracles, but with the reception of the Holy Spirit. We know from Acts 2:38-39 that the gift of the Holy Spirit is for generations after the time of the apostles too! Acts 2:38 - "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off — for all whom the Lord our God will call.'" Further, the verses you cite don't even tie the gift of the Holy Spirit only to the laying on of hands by the Apostles. 1 Tim. 4:14 speaks of the presbytery laying their hands upon Timothy. So, again I would ask my friend where does Scripture say that the ability to perform miracles only comes through the laying on of the Apostle's hands? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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