Recent content by eik

I am sorry if you did not think my questions were genuine. I was under the impression that they were as they were based on what I read in scripture. I personally have no desire to speak in tongues as I find that I am frequently misunderstood even when I speak in English. I have however always...

It is a flagrant putting of words into someone's mouth to suggest that I identified the Vatican with paganism, or that I suggested that any of Roman church leaders of the first two centuries were anything other than Christian. Moreover the papacy didn't suddenly become heretical overnight. It...

I never said the Vatican Hill was one of the seven hills of Rome. When I deferred to the Vatican, I didn't especially mean the modern Vatican but the Vatican that literally ruled Rome from 756AD until 1870AD. Prior to that the Pope was influential in Rome's government. When Rome was the capital...

Yes but you're overlooking some fundamental points, which is that the kingdom of God is "from another place." John 18:36. That doesn't point to any reign of Christ on earth other than the current reign, for he reigns from heaven "For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his...

Why do people seek the gift of tongues when it is accounted a lesser gift (1 Cor 12;28)? Are you devaluing yourself? Christians are to desire the greater gifts (1 Cor 12;31). How many with the gift of tongues genuinely use the gift as a sign to unbelievers? Can one really profess to speak in the...