Recent content by Freedm

I don't believe people are still dying. Don't forget, Jesus said we would never die. Paul said that he would be with Christ after death, which means he would still live. Why would we not believe these two men? Has Jesus not conquered death?

I actually don't believe so. Not really. Yes, our bodies die, but we are immediately "resurrected" in spiritual form, so we continue to live, but in a different form. Jesus told us "If you believe in me, you will never die. Do you believe this?". I believe it. Prior to Jesus, people...

Yes, the last day. I really appreciate your post because I, myself, have posted the exact same thing several times in the past. There are a lot of examples that show the resurrection happens on the last day, and I argued that scripture does not specify the last day of something in particular...

Can we please stop ignoring the fact that Paul spoke of a spiritual death and resurrection? The proof is right there, in front of our eyes. All we have to do is read it. Galatians 2:19 19 “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with...

John 5:24-25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. When Jesus said the hour "now is", was he talking about a time 2000 years in the future? Did Jesus not know what he was saying?

What nonsense. There are clear contradictions in the Bible. That's a fact. It was written by men, so there are bound to be mistakes. It doesn't erase our faith, but it should temper our dogmatic approach to every single word in scripture.

Or did it?

Not quite. We don't live in the new heaven and the new earth because the new heaven and earth refers to Jesus Christ. He lives in us.

Seems silly to take this one flimsy argument against all the strong arguments that tells us he did accomplish everything in 70AD. You have to ignore a lot of stuff to stick with this. You also have to support the strange notion that the resurrection refers to people walking around earth in the...

I've learned to not be so quick to say "this or that" is a heresy, or a lie. There are many topics discussed in the Bible, for which you can pull arguments both for and against, from that same Bible, even to the point of finding outright contradictions. Including universalism.

Good intentions there, but that can backfire too. If you force them to do something they don't like, you'll just make them dislike it even more. Also, if they're not good at it, it will only hurt their confidence more. I say, let them focus on the things they're good at. 1. They'll enjoy...

In order to understand Matthew 10:28 we have to understand the meanings of the words "soul" and "hell". The word translated as soul here is psuchēn, which means "breath of life". Definition: Soul, life, self, inner being Meaning: (a) the vital breath, breath of life, (b) the human soul, (c)...

Every country in the world protects their borders and controls who enters the country. This is normal. Why is this so controversial in the USA?

Are you saying there was no distinction between singular and plural, when this text was written?

Sounds like you're saying God is everything. Does that then also mean that everything is God?