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by DeGraff
Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:03 pm
Forum: Radio Program Topics
Topic: Pleading the blood as a prayer formula
Replies: 4
Views: 3391

Re: Pleading the blood as a prayer formula

Close friends and I were praying over someone this past week, and one person (from a Vineyard background) began to "plead the blood of Jesus". The sincerity was all genuine, but it came across as something they were taught to do. It's like... "Wow this prayer need is serious. We need to step things ...
by DeGraff
Thu Apr 14, 2016 12:02 pm
Forum: The Pentateuch
Topic: Steve's Lecture on genealogy and the Gospel
Replies: 8
Views: 7444

Re: Steve's Lecture on genealogy and the Gospel

Arriving late to this conversation...

I believe I first read this in a book by G.H. Pember:

Adam - (Hebrew אָדַם Greek- Ἀδάμ) red/earth/mud/man

Pember claimed it was similar to the name "Edom".
by DeGraff
Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:19 pm
Forum: Angelology & Demonology
Topic: Being clear on what idolatry is and is not
Replies: 9
Views: 8469

Re: Being clear on what idolatry is and is not

1 Corinthians 10 seems to be a good place for answers here. It starts off recapping the Exodus and proceeds to connect things: "Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of ...
by DeGraff
Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:59 am
Forum: Angelology & Demonology
Topic: Being clear on what idolatry is and is not
Replies: 9
Views: 8469

Re: Being clear on what idolatry is and is not

You just took this where I knew it would lead, but I didn't know how to get there. How could Israel's defining sin be one we are only able to commit in an "amounts-to-sorta-kinda" way. For several years now, every superbowl halftime or music awards show has included a performance featuring the newes...
by DeGraff
Mon Apr 11, 2016 6:36 pm
Forum: Angelology & Demonology
Topic: Being clear on what idolatry is and is not
Replies: 9
Views: 8469

Re: Being clear on what idolatry is and is not

Thanks for finding that one TK. My goal isn't to argue but to question in order to find out what is true. So much of what I've carried around has turned out to be baggage of one kind or another. I've been taught elsewhere that the NASB has the most accurate verb tense. Here is how it translates Col....
by DeGraff
Mon Apr 11, 2016 5:42 pm
Forum: Angelology & Demonology
Topic: Being clear on what idolatry is and is not
Replies: 9
Views: 8469

Re: Being clear on what idolatry is and is not

At some point we combined the first 2 commandments into 1 commandment: 1 = No gods before me. I'm your God. 2 = No making images of things in heaven or on earth... no idols. 1+2 = Anything you place before Me is an idol. It doesn't have to be a god. It doesn't even have to be a thing. Anyone familia...
by DeGraff
Mon Apr 11, 2016 2:12 pm
Forum: Angelology & Demonology
Topic: Being clear on what idolatry is and is not
Replies: 9
Views: 8469

Being clear on what idolatry is and is not

As a follower of Christ for 40 years, I've always heard idolatry defined "as anything that competes with your love for God". The first two commandments are 1) to "Have no other gods before Me", and 2) to not make any craven images, or idols, images of other gods. Throughout the Old Testament, going ...
by DeGraff
Mon Mar 21, 2016 6:10 pm
Forum: Teachers, Authors, and Movements
Topic: "God at war: The Bible & Spiritual Conflict" Greg Boyd
Replies: 7
Views: 10520

Re: "God at war: The Bible & Spiritual Conflict" Greg Boyd

I've read 'God at War" and found it to have so much more academic credibility than most work on the topic. Many books on this subject are by charismatic teachers, and they are simply repeating what they have been taught over the years. Boyd has a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and got hi...
by DeGraff
Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:54 pm
Forum: Giving/Tithing/Stewardship
Topic: Gods biblical principles on money. Dave Ramsey.
Replies: 4
Views: 66145

Re: Gods biblical principles on money. Dave Ramsey.

You are right. It is wise and scriptural to save and not be a burden on others at the end of life. Ramsey can't be faulted for the current financial situation. However when he talks about retirement, he uses numbers like 10% return on savings. That may have been possible in the 80s, but where do you...
by DeGraff
Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:11 pm
Forum: The Courtyard
Topic: Hi everyone, and let's give a big hand to theology!
Replies: 12
Views: 12446

Re: Hi everyone, and let's give a big hand to theology!

Steve: Looks like I missed you by a few months, but you may have met my wife Carol who was there at that time. Although I'm sure you made the right decision, LDM could have used someone like you to navigate the next few years. I was all of 19, and most of the people there were new believers. We had ...

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