The Narrow Path Ministries

Interesting! So one of you thinks the passage serves as a warning for how quickly oppressive governments can form... and the other sees it as a sign of God's blessing that power was increased peacefully.

I have a little side question. Don't know if anyone will be interested enough to answer. I have been preaching through the story of Joseph. The ending of the story is pretty long and often neglected. For example, the author of Genesis spends significant space (47:13-26) to tell us the inner-workings...

Yes, God created people. But that is irrelevant. The framers of the statement that I challenged didn't presume the non-existence of God. They presumed the non-existence of Christianity and presumed that that would imply the non-existence of morality, supposedly because the morality of acts depends ...

I, too, have heard that without Christianity there would be no basis for morality. I wonder why that notion is so prevalent. If Christianity didn't exist—or Judaism either for that matter. If we didn't have an inspired Bible to read, wherein there are commands not to murder, would that mean that mu...

ertenal punishment is continous there is no end to it.differant degrees of it.where the worm does not die. Yes, there is no end to the punishMENT. We agree. You are ADDING to the scripture that it is eternal punishING. And your reason for adding it, apparently, is the idea that 'the worm does not d...

Actually, I just demonstrated that I fully affirm "eternal punishment" and I showed that you are the one actually pouring meaning into the passage that isn't literally there. What gives you permission to insert the concept of eternal punishING when it says eternal punishMENT? The power of recent chu...

I think you should take the verse literally instead of coming up with an interpretation to modern church traditions (belief in eternal torment). The passage is a contrast The wicked will go away to an eternal punishment. That is, they will be punished. How long will the punishment last? It will last...

Probably one of the biggest misconceptions about open theism is the assumption that open theists think the future is totally 'open' Most any open theist I've read believes that the 'open' parts are just the results of those moments when libertarian freedom is at play amongst certain creatures. There...

I just came across this from a global missions organization: Integration and Wholism: We are personally committed to complete obedience to all that Jesus commanded including compassion for the physical needs of people as well as their emotional, mental and spiritual needs. We recognize an integral ...

A further note on this issue The Wesleyan Church (which I am a part of) made a mistake (in my opinion) on this topic When the question of whether abuse was potential grounds for divorce, the issue was debated vigorously. But in the end, it was decided to add abuse as a THIRD CATEGORY of potentially ...