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by steve
Fri May 01, 2020 2:12 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: What should a pastor do? Coronavirus edition
Replies: 10
Views: 6162

What should a pastor do? Coronavirus edition

Dear Steve Pastor R. and I are seeking your Biblical Counsel regarding the relationship to government authority and this COVID 19 pandemic. This relates to Romans 13 regarding "Let every should be subject to the governing authorities". We live in the state of Illinois and as most states, we have be...
by steve
Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:28 pm
Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
Topic: Paul and Jesus
Replies: 3
Views: 2422

Re: Paul and Jesus

The idea that there are gifts of the Spirit in no way contradicts anything Jesus taught. The idea that we are members of Christ's body, and variously gifted to carry out different functions, no doubt, has its precursor in the image of the Vine and the branches, in John 15:1-6. Paul diversifies the c...
by steve
Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:38 pm
Forum: Roman Catholicism
Topic: Letter to a newly-Catholic friend
Replies: 6
Views: 8874

Re: Letter to a newly-Catholic friend

Homer wrote:
Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:35 pm
Hi Steve:

You wrote:
The difficulty in your suggestion is that, while God does teach the church through anointed teachers, there is no guarantee that those teachers will be the ones whose understanding will most influence the institutional churches.
Oh so true!
by steve
Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:06 pm
Forum: Roman Catholicism
Topic: Letter to a newly-Catholic friend
Replies: 6
Views: 8874

Re: Letter to a newly-Catholic friend

Hi Homer, I took your advice and reworded some parts of the section you cited. The difficulty in your suggestion is that, while God does teach the church through anointed teachers, there is no guarantee that those teachers will be the ones whose understanding will most influence the institutional ch...
by steve
Sun Apr 12, 2020 3:05 pm
Forum: Roman Catholicism
Topic: Letter to a newly-Catholic friend
Replies: 6
Views: 8874

Letter to a newly-Catholic friend

Hi S—, I have always acknowledged that Catholics and Protestants alike can be true Christians, though salvation does not come automatically by being either Catholic or Protestant. I do think that the more aligned with truth we can be, the more genuine liberty in Christ will be ours. So it does make ...
by steve
Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:16 pm
Forum: The Gospels
Topic: Birth accounts harmonized
Replies: 0
Views: 3339

Birth accounts harmonized

I answered the following question today for a correspondent: Hi Steve, There seem to be several contradictions between Matthew and Luke in their relating the birth stories of Jesus. MATTHEW says that an angel came in a dream to JOSEPH telling him his wife would give birth to Jesus. Then Jesus was bo...
by steve
Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:03 pm
Forum: Marriage & Divorce
Topic: Sexual practices in marriage
Replies: 4
Views: 15149

Sexual practices in marriage

Fair warning: This post is edgy. It deals with anal sex in marriage. I wrote a response to a young husband who inquired about this, and, since it is a question many couples have, I felt that it should be shared. If the subject is offensive to anyone, then I suggest you not read it. Steve, I have al...
by steve
Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:14 pm
Forum: The Trinity
Topic: Jesus' God was not the Trinity, why is yours?
Replies: 30
Views: 9961

Re: Jesus' God was not the Trinity, why is yours?

I prefer not to engage non-trinitarians in debates on the trinity, because it is soon evident in every such discussion that non-trinitarians usually do not understand the trinity doctrine that they claim to reject in the way the trinitarians do. It is similar to debating with atheists who are debunk...
by steve
Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:39 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Is Allah Yahweh?
Replies: 2
Views: 4850

Is Allah Yahweh?

I thought I would share this correspondence from today: Hello Steve, I taught comparative religion at a university for many years, as well as many music classes in world musics and have long believed that Yaweh, Jehovah, and Allah are all the same God and that all three religions agree with this. Th...
by steve
Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:56 pm
Forum: Fellowship & Worship
Topic: The First Christmas
Replies: 5
Views: 14768

Re: The First Christmas

I wonder how they got the concept of a "birth before all ages" from Revelation 3:14.

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