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4181 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | Hank | 98807 | ||
justanotherchristian - Do you believe that some translations have engaged in a conspiracy to "demean God?" And if you do, please name them and tell us how and why. --Hank | ||||||
4182 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | Hank | 98808 | ||
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4183 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | Hank | 98815 | ||
Colin - Change the subject? Sounds like a good plan to me. But you know, Colin, we really shouldn't be party to changing anything having to do with the KJV, and that includes discussing it on this thread, lest we be accused of being part of that vast conspiracy to subvert the Authorized (God's chosen) Version. ..... We used to say in jest that we read the King James because, if it was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me. But often on the forum what is said as a joke becomes someone's serious treatise. And someone's serious treatise becomes... Well, you know the rest the story :-) --Hank | ||||||
4184 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | Hank | 98821 | ||
Colin - Leave it to California to give us all the best...fresh vegetables and fruits (not to mention all the fruitcakes!), and now the New Surfers Translation. It makes one wish the fifth-century Anglo-Saxon language our ancestors spoke had never evolved into modern English! But I enjoy your humor nevertheless. --Hank | ||||||
4185 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | Hank | 98825 | ||
Yes, I've been through Crossville, but it's been a long time. We moved from Chattanooga in '68, but I have a warm place in my heart still for the beautiful green hills and friendly people of Eastern Tennessee. Even now I still have feelings of nostalgia for the area in which I was born and grew up. But I suppose Thomas Wolfe was right, you can't really go home again. Say hello to all my cousins! --Hank | ||||||
4186 | what is trinty ? | 1 John 5:7 | Hank | 157459 | ||
Kepha: I'm afraid I must agree with Doc: your post on the doctrine of God reflects the error known as Modalism, which maintains that there is one God who manifests Himself successively as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit but who is not contemporaneously all three. The orthodox doctrine of God is Triunity (Trinity), a brief definition of which is given in my post on this thread. --Hank | ||||||
4187 | we only barely get into heaven by Jesus | 1 John 5:11 | Hank | 40446 | ||
Nor have I. The redeemed don't 'just barely' go to heaven, nor the unredeemed 'just barely' go to hell. The regenerated in Christ don't make it to heaven 'just barely' -- by the skin of their teeth so to speak, but by the blood of the Lamb. We are saved by the grace of God through faith in the Lord Jesus. Fully and generously and completely. Not just barely. --Hank | ||||||
4188 | I wan to YEILD | 1 John 5:13 | Hank | 88784 | ||
Justme, that's quite a revelatory testimony, and the P.S. really caught me by surprise! I do hope you're doing OK, friend. --Hank | ||||||
4189 | I wan to YEILD | 1 John 5:13 | Hank | 88788 | ||
Hey there, flinkywood! Speaking of hell and repentance, I attended a church for years and don't recall repentance or hell ever being preached from the pulpit. Oh, I heard the word 'hell' used quite frequently by some of the church members, but not in any theological sense I assure you. They used it as an interjection, as in the phrase, "Hell, I don't know!" or as an intensive, as in "It hurts like hell." ..... And this church that once upon a time did talk about the necessity of repentance and the reality of hell but threw both out of the pulpit as antiquated oddities of a by-gone age once thrived but now is withering and dying. It is a sad commentary indeed on the modern church that growing numbers of its professing members, clergy and laity alike, attach little or no importance to repentance or believe in the reality of hell. ..... By the way, Colin, you have 99 posts to your credit but still have not favored us with a user profile. Could I talk you into treating us to one? --Hank | ||||||
4190 | I wan to YEILD | 1 John 5:13 | Hank | 88885 | ||
Yes, justme, I've read some scary things about what is being taught some of our young seminary students. One young man (now a minister with his doctorate) told me that some of his classmates in seminary who entered with solid orthodox beliefs eventually dropped out and went into other fields of study, their belief either shattered or totally destroyed. You mentioned a quote by an Arkansan regarding hell. Well, it gets mighty hot in Arkansas in July and August, and some Arkansans describe the weather as being "hotter than hell." But I'm persuaded that, in view of Scripture's description of hell, those who complain about the heat of Arkansas' summers would gladly exchange the fires of hell for the hottest day on record in Arkansas if they were given the choice! --Hank | ||||||
4191 | I wan to YEILD | 1 John 5:13 | Hank | 88889 | ||
Justme, unless your words on this forum betray your heart, which I do not for a moment believe, I harbor no doubt whatever that you, brother, are a redeemed child of God through faith in His blessed Son. Your faith shines as a beacon to us all. The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord shine His countenance upon you and give you peace. --Hank | ||||||
4192 | Who is the 'lady'? | 2 John | Hank | 10961 | ||
John, when I really want to know something, I ask my thermometer. It has more degrees than any of the experts!..... But seriously, you and I (and others on the forum) have been on the same page on this, that it is singularly unwise not to avail ourselves of the excellent scholarship and insights made abundantly available to us by a number of sound Bible teachers. As I've said before about 74 times on the forum, the Bible is a complex and difficult body of writings, and none of us has the time to devote the aggregate number of hours that even a half dozen professional Bible scholars have devoted to the study of the manuscripts in their original languages, to the background of Bible times and peoples, etc. These people like John MacArthur and Charles Ryrie are our teachers and fine ones at that. While it isn't incumbent upon us to agree with their every point, it is incumbent that we make dead sure that our position is the right one and not hasten to our own conclusion on the matter. I feel that if I should adopt a position on a biblical matter that is contrary to the soundest and best time-honored orthodox teaching, I stand in dire need of re-examining my own view. It could be possible, but not in the least likely, that God would reveal to me a truth that He has kept hidden to the rest of mankind for countless ages. --Hank | ||||||
4193 | Is it because we are afraid that the per | 2 John 1:10 | Hank | 74477 | ||
In my experience in attempting to communicate with members of two particularly well-known cults in America, I've been the one considered the lost sheep, the errant one, the prodigal son. It is I, who think of my theological bent as orthodox, who is the object of their missionary efforts. So conditioned by their cult have they become, and so zealous in spreading their concept of the truth, that they don't actually listen to what I have to say or even to what the Bible has to say; they listen with a singular objective in mind, and that is to refute the plain truth of the Bible by superimposing their cult teaching upon it. It is not a great deal different from holding a conversation with a dead tree stump. So, Ed, I concur easily with you in your conclusion that, by and large at least, it would be more productive to talk with someone who professes no faith than with someone who has been sucked in by a cult. This is not to say that cult members should be excluded from Christian missionary efforts or considered a totally lost cause. But witnessing effectively to cults is, I believe, a special kind of witness that demands special skills in which most Christians perhaps should be, but are not, trained. --Hank | ||||||
4194 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | Hank | 143670 | ||
New Covenant 7777 - There appears to be a considerable dichotomy between the question on the table and the verses you cited as support for your premise that to ask for money for the purpose of proclaiming the Gospel is "the height of evil." Your verses don't support your premise, my friend! They condemn greed to be sure, but the real question is whether asking for and accepting financial support for the mission field constitutes greed. And if the Christian for good and legitimate reason is himself unable to "go into all the world" to spread the Gospel of Christ, is he engaging in "the height of evil" when he rallies to the financial needs of a Christian brother who is able and willing to go? Is it "the height of evil" for the local church to take up a collection in order to pay its bills? Is the church sinning every time it pays its pastor (and is the pastor sinning every time he accepts his pay)? Is the church engaging in wrongdoing when it pays its utility bills and when it sends a check to foreign missions.? Are these examples of the greed that the Bible condemns? ..... By way of friendly suggestion, Luis, I believe you need to weed through some of these issues more thoroughly and weight them more carefully and analytically before you sound off on them so adamantly. --Hank | ||||||
4195 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | Hank | 143685 | ||
New Covenant 7777 - Regarding your response to me, "I expected God's truth to be mocked" ..... Luis, ad hominem slurs such as this are not permitted on this Forum; furthermore; they don't endear you to other users or augment in the least any influence for good that you may wish to exert here at this web site. Accordingly, if you stubbornly insist on pontificating your dogmatism and private interpretations at the expense of other users and in contradiction of Christian orthodoxy, it would be better for all concerned that you sign off now. I don't wish for this course in your case, however, but instead hope that you comply with established Forum guidelines. And please keep your value judgments of other users' spiritual condition to yourself and do not impugn the motives of someone about whom you know next to nothing. --Hank | ||||||
4196 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | Hank | 143701 | ||
New Covenant 7777 - On more than one occasion you have referred to "The Faithful." To whom specifically are you referring, and with what denominational group do you identify yourself? Please answer these questions, Luis. If you claim the right to express your views, then the Forum has every reason to know from what communion they spring. --Hank | ||||||
4197 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | Hank | 143731 | ||
Luis, thanks for your response. I visited the web site of Southeast Christian Church of Louisville, KY. I read the bios of the ministers, looked over the various programs of this large church, and studied their published statement which is remarkably close to the "Apostles' Creed." I found nothing bizarre or unusual on their web site -- nothing about selling all one has, or your mammon thing, or any of the other ideas you've expounded upon which some of your fellow users here on the Forum find quirky, to put it mildly! So where, Luis, did you pick up these ideas? Surely not from your pastor Bob Russell or from the mission statement of Southeast Christian Church. And how did you happen to choose this particular Forum as a vehicle by which to soapbox them? You're an interesting fellow, Luis, and I have no reason to doubt that you are sincere, but so help me I don't pretend to understand what little I know about you! :-) One little question before I wind this up. Do your peers at Southeast Christian share your ideas -- or do they see you as something of a maverick? --Hank | ||||||
4198 | The cannonization of Jude | Jude | Hank | 9629 | ||
Roverjbh99 (Josh): A few posts ago this old Arkansas Razorback mildly scolded you for failure to cite any references in regard to the number of books in the Apocrypha. Now we face the same dilemma regarding your post in which, without any documentation, you say: "The reason 2 Peter, Jude, 2 and 3 John and Revelation were not accepted into the canon is because the church fathers had doubts about the content of the said books.".....In all candor, Josh, I feel obligated for the sake of keeping the forum as credible as possible, to join with our friend JVH in his plea for authenticating references. "Church fathers" covers an enormously broad spectrum. Not a few so-called church fathers were, in fact, notorious heretics. Among them was Marcion, who for example, in the early second century, created a canon consisting solely of edited versions of Luke and some of Paul's Letters. He rejected the Old Testament entirely. (This account excerpted from Harper's Bible Dictionary). --Hank | ||||||
4199 | Scandal of the Catholic Priesthood | Jude 1:4 | Hank | 52632 | ||
Brian, Your metaphor of the scandal in the Catholic Church being a mirror of today's society may be accurate to some extent, but it strikes me as being a terribly weak argument -- a weak attempt at rationalization and an even weaker attempt to justify it in any way, if that is what the purpose of your metaphor is. The role of the church is nothing if it is to be an organism that does nothing more than reflect back on society its own godless worth view. Jesus commands us to be salt and light, leading the world to Him; it is to be a beacon, not a mirror. --Hank | ||||||
4200 | Scandal of the Catholic Priesthood | Jude 1:4 | Hank | 52634 | ||
Jeshuafreak, it's a long way from the Ozarks of Arkansas to the City of Roses, your beautiful Portland, OR, but still and all we can pick up your words quite well here, so there is no need to shout :-) (All caps is the internet equivalent of shouting). But I do agree certainly that Christianity today could get along better with less religion and more 'mere Christianity', to use a C.S.Lewis label. On a personal note, my son and his family live in Portland and my wife and I plan to fly out there, to arrive August 17, just two weeks after your wedding. --Hank | ||||||
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