Recent content by martinlawrencescott

A story I though I would work on... Truth or Fiction- There is little difference. If God is, then fiction must bear semblance of truth, because even abominations cannot create outside their realm of function and design. We our bound by the same principals by which even Christ Himself was...

I always considered Paul's thorn in the flesh to be schizophrenia. I believe Timothy was someone Paul made up to alleviate his stress concerning the church. It helped him to make up someone who was doing things right. Several of Paul's "missionary journeys" took place in his head while he was...

I wasn't aware; thanks for taking the time. God bless you as well, In Christ, M

To 7angels- I am aware most of that was directed at me and my understanding. Jesus chose to be obedient and to suffer so we wouldn't have the choice or freedom to do the same? The other is the assumption that God doesn't suffer. That's not really an argumentative statement I'm making. I...

I don't know what to pray concerning Israel. Of course I pray for the safety of citizens and minimization of casualties for all involved. It is a weird thing for me to pray peace, though, because doesn't peace mean something very dangerous and prophetic according to scripture? Then again, I...

I finished my study, but if you're still interested, I think if you type in Heifer in the search on the site, you'll find my study, or at least part of it. When I talk about more than one atonement, I'm talking strictly about the Old Testament. All the sacrifices and atonement of the Old...

I would agree that the same faith for salvation would be the same for healing. I've seen situations though where Christians lose faith after salvation. Salvation by faith doesn't always mean faithful thereafter. God doesn't require our faith to heal us, but he sometimes chooses our faith (as...

Thanks for the insight.

I rarely ask others here their church/denominational background. I'm also really bad at assuming it. Also, I'm not well studied on what a lot of denominations even believe, or what might be a cult or whatever else. I feel like my ignorance has proved beneficial in my relations with the people...

I have never seen a physical healing with my own eyes. Of course, that doesn't distract what I believe because of what scripture says. I believe healing exists today, but that it should look like it did during Jesus' ministry. I don't necessarily mean "how" it looked, because it's dangerous...

That's interesting. On a personal level, I haven't felt called to read any extra biblical material for quite a while as far as theological thinking goes. That doesn't include novels or works of fictions though I haven't done much of that recently either. It has been kind of nice. I'm more a...

An exception "for". Meaning, in which cases would polygamy be acceptable when it otherwise wouldn't. That is what I thought you were saying and I ranted based on what I thought you said. I think I got your point now, though. Sorry for the confusion. PS-Oh, and it's a good point, and I agree.

Good point. I didn't realize the term he was referring to was broader than just adultery. However, wouldn't adultery fall into the category of sexual immorality? Or is it less broad, and more specific? Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality...

I think I agree with what you're saying Stan. The one part I'm not sure on is how God chooses who we should marry. I am personally for the "God chooses two specific people" option, because I've seen this occur in scripture, especially concerning Christ's lineage. God not only used specific...

To Angelina- What you seem to be telling me is that once two people have held their marriage ceremony (male and female), they are under God's ordinance and should never be separated with the exception of adultery as stated. The truth is, Christians don't divorce today because they think they...