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by Homer
Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:04 pm
Forum: Views of Hell
Topic: Universalism & Eph 1:9-11
Replies: 15
Views: 7432

Re: Universalism & Eph 1:9-11

Hi Todd, This is part of your assertion from your initial post: This is a powerful passage. First, we learn from Paul that it is God's will that the ultimate fate of all [created] things is to be gathered together in Christ. To which I replied: The word translated "all" is the Greek word pas which c...
by Homer
Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:14 am
Forum: Views of Hell
Topic: Universalism & Eph 1:9-11
Replies: 15
Views: 7432

Re: Universalism & Eph 1:9-11

Hi Todd, You wrote the following regarding Ephesians 1:9-11: Eph 1:9-11 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both ...
by Homer
Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:48 pm
Forum: Eschatology
Topic: Has Every Jot and Tittle of the Law Passed?
Replies: 18
Views: 5144

Re: Has Every Jot and Tittle of the Law Passed?

Hi Douglas, You wrote: When Jesus came, he fulfilled the law (both moral and ritual). He fulfilled the ritual laws by being the very thing that they anticipated, or looked forward to. So one might say in essence that the ritual laws did not pass away, but changed modes in how followers of God are to...
by Homer
Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:20 pm
Forum: Ecclesiology
Topic: The Fall & Rise of Church Discipline
Replies: 4
Views: 3042

Re: The Fall & Rise of Church Discipline

Hi Matt, I agree with you that church discipline is sorely lacking, but institutionalization of the church is not, IMO, the problem. I do not see how the situation would necessarily be improved if there were only house churches, and it might be worse. In earliest Christianity, it seems there was onl...
by Homer
Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:52 pm
Forum: Eschatology
Topic: Has Every Jot and Tittle of the Law Passed?
Replies: 18
Views: 5144

Re: Has Every Jot and Tittle of the Law Passed?

Hi Douglas,

I plan to get back to you after a bit of study and thought.

Blessings, Homer
by Homer
Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:55 pm
Forum: Essays and Writings
Topic: Regarding Christians and the Ten Commandments
Replies: 15
Views: 13448

Re: Regarding Christians and the Ten Commandments

Ran across this comment today, posted by an unbeliever who was raised as a Christian: Anyway, it is my understanding that the Sermon On The Mount is supposed to be of greater import with Christians above the Ten Commandments. So why the fetishism with the Ten Commandments by the right-wingers? Is th...
by Homer
Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:26 am
Forum: The Gospels
Topic: Mercy vs. Justice (Sermon on The Mount)
Replies: 8
Views: 2870

Re: Mercy vs. Justice (Sermon on The Mount)

Darin,

Here is an excellent article on the SOM and James 2:13 regarding mercy that might be of much usefulness in your study:

[Mercy Triumphs Over Justice]

God bless, Homer
by Homer
Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:07 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Dumbest People?
Replies: 3
Views: 1490

Dumbest People?

Excerpt from "Stone-Campbell Journal": "To think is to be vulnerable," writes Douglas John Hall in the opening chapter of his 1993 volume The Cross in Our Context (Augsburg Fortress). To know should lead people to want to know more, to be aware there is always more to know, more to understand better...
by Homer
Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:53 pm
Forum: Eschatology
Topic: Has Every Jot and Tittle of the Law Passed?
Replies: 18
Views: 5144

Re: Has Every Jot and Tittle of the Law Passed?

Hi Melontes, You wrote: This is why the "elements" from 2nd Peter 3 get to retain the same meaning that Paul assigned to them in Galatians 4:3, Galatians 4:9, Colossians 2:8, Colossians 2:20, and Hebrews 5:12. Interesting observation! I had never before noticed that the same Greek word stoicheion (4...
by Homer
Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:56 pm
Forum: Essays and Writings
Topic: Regarding Christians and the Ten Commandments
Replies: 15
Views: 13448

Re: Regarding Christians and the Ten Commandments

Kaufmannphillips wrote: Homer wrote: I have felt for some time that Christians who engage in lawsuits over the Ten Commandments being posted in public places come perilously close to disrespecting Christ. Why aren't they arguing for the Sermon on the Mount? (reply) The Sermon on the Mount is quite a...

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