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- Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:53 pm
- Forum: Denominations
- Topic: Contrasting Views
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5971
Re: Contrasting Views
In general, an excellent distinction, RND!
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:48 pm
- Forum: Roman Catholicism
- Topic: Pope: Other denominations not true churches
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2510
Re: Pope: Other denominations not true churches
I'll go even further than Pope Benedict XVI. I say that not any of the denominations are true churches! The true church is not divided into denominations. Denominations are man-made clubs, as Steve Gregg affirms. Denominations, like other clubs, require membership in order to receive full benefits. ...
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:29 pm
- Forum: Marriage & Divorce
- Topic: What Should Elder Joe Do?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5195
Re: What Should Elder Joe Do?
I see the whole matter as revolving around one’s view of as to how to deal with sin. I think it is related to how we understand the manner in which God deals with sin. Does God punish for past sin, or does God work toward the correction of present sin? If we opt for the first, we will tend to want t...
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:18 am
- Forum: Calvinism, Arminianism & Open Theism
- Topic: Fun with Free Will
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6206
Re: Fun with Free Will
So our brain waves indicate a choice which we didn't consciously make until 10 seconds later. That doesn't indicate that we didn't make a free will choice, only that we were not conscious of it until about 10 seconds later. The article stated: In a rudimentary way, they predetermine our choices. "Pr...
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:57 am
- Forum: Views of Hell
- Topic: The Danger of Universalism
- Replies: 63
- Views: 19417
Re: The Danger of Universalism
In an earlier post In addition, I have found in talking to non-Christians, that the threat of eternal torment is the chief obstacle to many of them even considering the claims of Christ. I have heard some of them say that if God is going to do to most people what they wouldn't do to their most hated...
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:50 am
- Forum: Views of Hell
- Topic: The Danger of Universalism
- Replies: 63
- Views: 19417
Re: The Danger of Universalism
Good post, Steve 7150. And in fact i'm sure painfull correction contains large elements of punishment in it to be effective or why would it be painful. I was just wondering what differences you understand there to be between "correction" and "punishment". As I see it, one can be just as painful as t...
- Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:54 pm
- Forum: Views of Hell
- Topic: The Danger of Universalism
- Replies: 63
- Views: 19417
Re: The Danger of Universalism
Steve, you have expressed almost exactly my own thoughts about the matter. In addition, I have found in talking to non-Christians, that the threat of eternal torment is the chief obstacle to many of them even considering the claims of Christ. I have heard some of them say that if God is going to do ...
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:34 pm
- Forum: Roman Catholicism
- Topic: Rome's Challenge - Why Do Protestants Keep Sunday?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9681
Re: Rome's Challenge - Why Do Protestants Keep Sunday?
Justin Martyr’s Explanation of the Sabbath to the Jews (Justin lived from 110 – 165 A.D.) From: Dialogue With Trypho Righteous Men of Old Kept No Sabbaths ... all those righteous men already mentioned [Abel, Enoch, Noah,] , though they kept no Sabbaths, were pleasing to God; and after them Abraham ...
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:23 pm
- Forum: Roman Catholicism
- Topic: Rome's Challenge - Why Do Protestants Keep Sunday?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9681
Re: Rome's Challenge - Why Do Protestants Keep Sunday?
The official Catholic Church does not claim to have "changed the Sabbath Day from Saturday to Sunday". They know that Sunday was observed from early Christian times, not as a Sabbath or day of rest, but because: 1. In the first day of Creation Week, God made a change in matter, and the physical crea...
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:36 am
- Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
- Topic: Gospel of the Kingdom of God
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12456
Re: Gospel of the Kingdom of God
The Kingdom of Heaven --- The Kingdom of God The Gospel of the Kingdom, i.e. the Good New of the Kingdom, and how to enter it was proclaimed by John the Baptizer, Jesus, Peter, and Paul. Mark wrote that the message proclaimed by John the Baptizer was the very beginning of the Gospel of Christ: Mark...