The Narrow Path Ministries

Christ not only demands that we give freely to all who ask from us (Matt. 5:42), with such prodigality that one hand is ignorant of the other’s largesse (Matt. 6:3); he explicitly forbids storing up earthly wealth – not merely storing it up too obsessively Is giving feely to all who ask the loving ...

LOML = love of my life. Married 60 years in October. Huge help to me to be a better person!

I had an interesting experience with NDE (not a personal one). Many years ago I was on a flight from Richmond, Virginia, headed home to Oregon. I was assigned an aisle seat, a nicely dressed gentleman was in the window seat, with an empty seat between us. I was reading a Christian book of some sort ...

Darin,
Thanks for the info. Looked it up and saw that the movie was made from a book. Ordered the book for my wife; she'll read it and give me a report! Unbelievable how many books she reads.

Hi Paidion, Jesus said that some hearing His words had (present indicative active) eternal life as was speaking. If those persons had eternal life prior to their death, and were then "dead as a doornail" for centuries, how could they have had eternal life? Do you see eternal life as only future or i...

Hi Steve, You wrote: However, to say that human immortality is conditional (as I believe the Bible teaches) does not mean that a mortal being cannot be sustained for a period of time prior to being allowed to be consumed. I'm struggling to see any difference in mortality between the saved and the lo...

Steve, Recently listening to your discussion of the final judgement in Revelations 20 I was struck by a thought I hadn't considered before and that is if immortality is conferred only upon faith in Christ (or attachment to Him) that there is no possibility of conversion in hell as the condemned woul...

Paulespino,

Please get help ASAP!

Praying for you brother!

Thanks Steve and good observation on your part also. I hadn't caught the missing "blood" idea about Paul's statement. Paul made considerable use of body (soma) in reference to the church, particularly in 1 Cor. 12.

BrotherAlan, You wrote: And, as Paul teaches in 1 Cor. 11:23-29, it is only the consumption of Christ's Body and Blood by Faith that is life-giving (while the Body of Christ is still present in the Sacrament, regardless of whether or not one "discerns the Body of the Lord",as Paul says, it is only r...