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301 | Why has the Bible not been added to? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 108633 | ||
I'm not sure what you accusing Kalos of doing. He never said Paul and Peter didn't have an argument. They did but in later writings by both we see the matter settled. Your accusation that Mark never saw Jesus is without proof. In fact early church fathers stated Mark was the young man that fled when Jesus was arrested as reported in Mark 14:51-52. While your right to some extent about Luke his book was written and completed within the life time of all the Apostles. Luke declared his writing to be a testimony of eye witnesses not his account. Had that not been the case any one of the apostles could have said as much. As for Paul your right at the time of Jesus he was not an Apostle though is possible he was a witness to much that occurred. In any case scripture attests to his Apostleship and if again if any had objected I’m sure ;they would have said as much. By the way are you our old friend Chochma? EdB |
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302 | Why has the Bible not been added to? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 108717 | ||
Norm Well said Bravo! EdB |
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303 | Was Adam and Eve's fall a good thing? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 109064 | ||
This is total nonsense with a liberal helping of Mormonism. This quote of Eve is totally wrong. The convoluted reasoning that then comes out of it is therefore nonsense. In a word "HOGWASH" EdB |
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304 | what are some pitfalls to commitment? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 109734 | ||
digging deep Lust of the eye, Lust of the flesh, Pride of life, Lack of faith. EdB |
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305 | Is marriage necessary? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 109844 | ||
Makarios Congratulations! Way to go guy! Any date set? EdB |
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306 | Girlfriends racist parents. HELP ME! | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 109941 | ||
compudex My friend do not know what your talking about. You went off on this person about living together and premarital sex and it was never even suggestted. Where you came up with it I have no idea. The girl was living with her parents and is thinking about moving out, one must assume to her own apartment. The poster never mentioned living together or sex. The issue is racial not sexual. Next time read the question before you give your two cents. EdB |
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307 | Girlfriends racist parents. HELP ME! | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 109948 | ||
Compudex How does that suggest they are both female? I read this to be a male poster asking about a problem with his girl friends parents. EdB |
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308 | Girlfriends racist parents. HELP ME! | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 109950 | ||
kasmapalities I agree with Hank you need to talk with someone face to face. However one thing you said disturbs me. You mentioned that by your girl friend listening to her parents she is condoning their racism. That is unfair and you shouldn’t put your girl friend into a position where she has to choose you or her parents. Marriage is very difficult and by putting her in this position your setting yourself up for trouble later in your marriage. If you can’t work this out between her parents and yourself I think you need to rethink the whole thing. Marriage as I said is very difficult and starting it out with a major problem between you and the rest of the family is very bad idea and one that may adversely effect your marriage. EdB. |
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309 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110042 | ||
New Creature I stand beside you on this one. Excellent post! EdB |
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310 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110043 | ||
DBLESSER I will stand with New Creature on this issue. In today's church we place the importance on everything but content. However content is crucial, if we aren’t conveying the message that without Christ we are lost and going to Hell, and that Jesus died for us sinners so that could have eternal life, we are wasting time. Jonathan Edwards was man that was near sighted so he held his Bible nearly in front of his face. He spoke in monotones without gesture or expression. In this we have the modern day recipe for dull, boredom, and guests that would never return. Yet we know when he finished many of his sermons there wasn’t a person rightly seat in the pews. They were so convicted, so distressed that they laid prostate or in humble submission before a Holy God. Crying out and weeping to a Jesus to save them, thanking Him for His sacrifice and praising His Holy name. His whole sermon was content. Content that told of our fallen state and our need for Jesus in our lives. There was no gimmicks, dramas, no programs, only sound preaching. Today all kinds of gimmicks, programs, you name it are being used yet the church really hasn’t grown since 1976, and we are seeing more and more sin within the very walls of the church. I do not see New Creature as putting down the church, I see what he said as cry to wake up from one standing on the wall! EdB |
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311 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110063 | ||
D Blesser Since we are tip toeing down the path of the love generation, maybe we should take a few bars of John Lennon's song 'imagine' and just imagine there is no heaven or hell. Therefore no judgement therefore no problem. As I hope you well know this is nonsense. Of course all forms of media can be used to bring the message, even a circus, but it must focus the listeners eyes, ears heart and spirit on God and His Son Jesus and if it doesn’t then it nothing more than entertainment. This is what is happening is most cases, the media is only satisfying the perceived needs of the audience. The songs are songs of encouragement based not on hope in Christ Jesus but on the 'ability' of the listener. It is drama that brings conviction not from a change of heart but of a 'emotional reaction' of the senses. It a video that brings a resolve to change because of a 'desire' to make this a better world and not true repentance because the viewer has sense of his sin. Excellent singing, talented acting, infinite budget for technology will not bring people to Jesus, they come only by the Holy Spirit after hearing the Gospel. The problem is not the media, I have no problem if someone can use media and bring people to Jesus. However what is occurring is they are using the media to entertain and delight the senses of the audience in an effort to keep the people, the gospel message is lost. EdB |
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312 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110066 | ||
D Blesser You said "As long as you are praising him." (Him being God added for clarification) Now we are at the crux of this discussion. If God is being worshipped your right, however what Hank, New Creature and myself are contending is that the worship of God isn’t the primary focus. What we are saying has become the primary focus is pleasing the audience. Therefore the songs aren’t worship songs exalting God but are songs that are really exalting and praising the people singing them. Listen to the words that are being sung. In many many cases the song is all about the people singing them rather than God. Drama isn’t being used to reveal peoples sin, showing them their need for salvation and Jesus as the only way to that salvation. In most of the drama the audiences sense are be titillated in a effort to evoke an emotional reaction from them. In other words they are not being brought to a place of conviction of their sin by the Holy Spirit but rather had their emotions manipulated to evoke a sense of sorrow, lost, regret, horror and even anger. The visual effects are not being used to capture their vision to be then focused on Christ but rather the effects are being used to stipulate and excite the senses, in an effort to build a desire for more. If God is being properly worshipped I don’t think God cares how it is done. He said if we won’t worship Him the rocks would. However we can not assume just because it is done in church, that is proper worship of God. In many cases today it is anything but the worship of God. EdB |
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313 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110088 | ||
mommapbs Yes Yes Yes!!!!! A salvation should excite us more than anything else on this earth. Scripture says heaven erupts in a celebration just we should. EdB |
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314 | Is cremation right for believers? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110196 | ||
Ken John Good site. Let me add in this day and age where nothing is sacred I have seen a whole cemetery dug up with most coffins totally destroyed. Of the ones that survived the digging they were reburied in a slit trench one beside the other with no thought of husband wife or family relationship. Best estimates figured over half the bodies were lost or had suffered such severe damage that the original bodies were no longer intact. In other words pieces were scattered everywhere. This was done so a road could be put through. The other thing that really bothers me is the outrageous prices charged for a “normal” burial. Most of the time this is done by a grieving family that is encouraged to spend more to show their true love and sense of lost. Terms like “this is your loved one, surely few extra dollars to bury him right is going to be money well spent” or “Sure we can do it cheaper but is that what you really want? Just any old thing. Don’t you think a meaningful last goodbye is in order here?” In any case whether buried or cremated do your self, your family, everyone a favor make and provide for your last wishes before the actual event. Many funeral homes have prepaid, prearranged packages. This what my parents did and let me tell you it was a blessing not having to deal with any arrangements at the time. Truly they had great love for me by sparing me this agony. I will do the same for my loved ones. EdB |
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315 | proselytizing at work | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110469 | ||
Brian Yes you can share at work and yes it may cost you your job. But is that what God wants? Scripture says we are to do our job as unto the Lord. In other words our work will be faultless. When an employer looks at us he should see his best worker. Then when he questions our motives we can tell him were are Christians following Christ directives. Which do you think better represents Christ, being fired for witnessing or being such a good worker we are a standout? Which do you think would cause a person to want to become, a person that gets fired or a person that gives an honest days work for and honest days pay and does it with joy ? Your also right about the movie we do tell everyone about the movie we saw. However if a person says they hate murder mysteries do we tell them they are messed up and need to learn to love murder mysteries or do we tell them about an interesting plot that might interest them enough to go to the movie. Often when we share Jesus we find someone that isn't saved and hammer them over how wrong they are. What we need to be doing is living a Christian life before them in such a way that out of curiosity they will ask why are you different. Then we can tell them about Jesus. More are turned from Christ by people with good intentions that in their zeal to share Jesus forgets to remember to treat their neighbor as they would like to be treated. What converted Rome to Christianity wasn’t what Christians said it was how they lived and in the case of Rome how they died. The early church lived Christ before the eyes of pagans, the pagans saw something in the Christians that they didn’t have and wanted it. EdB |
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316 | proselytizing at work | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110475 | ||
Rowdy I agree but let me add. What if when a friend comes with a question or discussion you said hey I would love to discuss that with you but I want to do my work as unto the Lord and I don’t want to give Christians a bad reputation of always talking about Jesus instead of working. So how about we talk about that at lunch on break or even better come on over to my house for dinner and we can discuss it then. Do you think that would give you more notice and open still other doors. I think it would When we are hired we enter into contact whether written or not, that we promise to do x hours work for x hours pay. If we short our hours because we were sharing Jesus we have in effect cheated or broken that contract. As Christians we should be known as the most productive, most reliable, best employee. Your right people soon know who are Christians because we are peculiar people. We should stand out in a crowd not because we are always proclaiming Jesus but by the way we live, work, and talk. EdB |
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317 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110516 | ||
CDBJ I have found that the NLT is excellent for people where English is their second language, older people whose minds are on the edge of confusion, People with rather low reading skills, youth and children, I often use it as with adults many times they think it to be my comments clarifying a passage. I also use it as a commentary myself because many times it does clarify the meaning of a passage. While it is not a word for word translation I find it to be a very literal translation accurately conveying the idea of the original. In other words if I was going to say what the writer said I would probably say it like the NLT does. I have a very dear friend what ministers to mild stage Alzheimer patients. The NLT has been a blessing to him helping him reach these dear people with the truth of the Gospel. He has been able to make inroads that the Alzheimer ‘experts’ deem as impossible. He actually holds a regular church service each week and around Christmas and Easter does a very intricate and demanding cantata using the patients. The first year he planned this the facility told him it would be a utter failure, however that was 5 years ago and each year gets better. Patients, staff and general public now attend to hear the beautiful singing. He contributes much of his success to the NLT and being able to get God’s word into the confused minds. Truly like a balm the word goes in and does not return void but brings change in the minds of the listeners. I have read the Bible through at least twice using the NLT and the only verse I don’t like how they translated is Psalm 116:15. NKJV Psalm 116:15 Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the death of His saints. NLT Psalm 116:15 The Lord's loved ones are precious to him; it grieves him when they die. This verse of course is used many times in funerals. EdB |
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318 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110549 | ||
CDBJ I don't see a problem. I have always read this as a time of God's vengeance. God is in control His will is done he allowing his unwitting agent the Antichrist to carry it out. God speaking through his prophets has told us would allow His pestilence to be poured out on this earth. Your right this is the Antichrist but it is still God’s vengeance allowing the Antichrist to afflict a world controlled by sin. Therefore to me NLT is just connecting the dots that existed already. EdB |
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319 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110557 | ||
CDBJ Wow! That is sure jumping on me. Please reread what I said. I don't think I anything I said could be construed as saying the "sin in the world is God's." To check what I said I went to MacArthur and his is commentary on the is verse. "21:22 vengeance. I.e., God’s righteous retribution against sin." MacArthur, J. J. (1997, c1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed.) (Lk 21:22). Nashville: Word Pub. I also checked some others commentary 21:22 days of vengeance: Jerusalem had become an object of divine judgment because of its unfaithfulness. Jesus warned of this consequence throughout His ministry (13:9, 34, 35; 19:41–44). The premise for such judgment goes back to the curses of the Mosaic covenant and the Old Testament prophets’ warnings of coming judgment (see Deut. 28:49–57; 32:35; Jer. 6:1–8; 26:1–9; Hos. 9:7). Radmacher, E. D. (1997). The Nelson study Bible : New King James Version. Includes index. (Lk 21:22). Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers. And this excerpt out of the Preachers Outline and Sermon Bible. Judgment— End Time: the sign of Jerusalem being surrounded will be a time of vengeance. Note two points. 1. “The days of vengeance” will be the fulfillment of Scripture, the days of God’s wrath God had been patient and long-suffering with Israel for generations, in fact, from the very beginning of their history. But Israel had always rejected God’s pleadings. Therefore, the predicted judgment had to fall. What Israel had sown was to be reaped. 2. The terrible desolation that took place upon Jerusalem and that is to take place at the end of the world—all the desolation—is due to sin. Jerusalem committed the most heinous sin in human history: the people rejected God for centuries and eventually killed God’s very own Son. Therefore, Jerusalem was utterly destroyed. Thought 1. There is a severe warning here for believers and nations. Sin results in desolation. Rejection of God’s Son will bring judgment upon any person and any nation of people. The Preacher’s Outline and Sermon Bible and other Outline Bible Resources are printed and published by Leadership Ministries Worldwide, an interdenominational ministry serving the whole body of Christ. Also checking with Matthew Henry I find he also agrees but his answer is so long I thought I would spare everyone and not copy it here. I give you four trusted works that seem to confirm the vengeance spoken about in Luke 21:22 is indeed God’s and all the NLT did was voice this. I would like to think this was all a misunderstanding and you that you know me well enough to know I would never blame the sin of the world on God. EdB |
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320 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 110588 | ||
Makarios Personally I use the NKJV, NASB ESV and NLT. The point I was trying to make about the NLT is that is very useful in situations where reading and comprehension skills may not be to high. I have found translations like KJV, NASB and NKJV can become problematic when used with people that read and speak English as a second language. I find you fight two problems comprehension of words and sentence structure. NLT seems to combat those problems. As for the gender inclusiveness unlike in other translations that did this the NLT didn't change gender or try the neutralize or feminize anyone. They used terms that include both genders where this was the writers obvious intent. Such as speaking of Christians, where KJV may call us sons of God NLT would call us children of God. My favorite translation remains the NKJV and NASB with ESV coming close behind. EdB |
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