Recent content by Brakelite

The principle reason for opposing Catholicism is its teachings regarding the nature of God, and the gospel of salvation. The pagan connections, its history of persecution, the ritualism, and relics, statuary and icon reverence are but incidental evidence thereof,and the inevitable fruits of...

I think the fruits of Paul's ministry may not have been in people's perfect understanding of his theology, but with changed lives. In early Acts just after Pentecost, evidence of the veracity of the message was seen in the understanding of the Hebrew language by the many foreigners in the city...

Just for some encouragement and affirmation as to how important sharing our testimony is.... KJV Revelation 12:10-11 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast...

No. It's not that. The early Catholic church very quickly developed a full and complete dogmatic justification for persecution of heretics... And official sanction for this was granted then by Justinian. And the Vatican still believes they are fully justified in persecuting unbelievers and...

An article I wrote several years ago on the Word based on the following scriptures... Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Psalm 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth...... ....9 For he spake, and...

They were mechanically simple. We dumb Kiwis could understand simple.

I drove my 1957 Humber 80 for a year on only 2 cylinders. Didn't go well. But it goed.

The contents themselves of the creeds I won't discuss... The issue I have is the force and compulsion, from Constantine to Justinian and "converted" pagan rulers on behalf of the established church, used in order to establish the various versions of the doctrines as expressed in those creeds. On...

The purpose of coming together to study is that we may together be in the presence of God and come under his influence. If personal healing, self knowledge, and growth is the result of fellowship, then that is not only not off topic, but God's working and will.

The Lord already knows who we are, understands all our fears and weaknesses (and we all have many), so there is nothing we can tell Him about ourselves that He doesn't know. But being completely open and honest about our innermost feelings and anxieties, is the first step in healing...

3 days and 9 pages already! Slowly working my way through everyone's testimonies. Two things stand out. A. No-one is beyond hope. We all come to Him, or the rather He comes to us, wherever we are, and meets with us in the gutter. That gutter, and our love and attachment for the things that float...

Ask him which is older. Tap dancing or taps?

So only your church is the one church? I'm not talking about ecclesial division. I'm talking about apostasy from God. That took place in the same manner that Israel divorced themselves from their Husband... KJV Isaiah 54:5 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy...

It doesn't. How can we possibly condemn anyone? Particularly those that God calls "My people"? If the reformers knew what their legacy would turn into through the comprising and worldliness of modern man, they may not have begun what they did. So yes. We appeal to those reformers who through...

Quote from above......So, for no apparent reason, God created creatures that were to be considered loathsome to humans… I'm curious about this loathsome word you keep using. Who is claiming that any animal is 'loathsome'? Unclean, yes. Not fit for consumption, yes. But my dogs are not loathsome...