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  • stevesonthebay
    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    Yes thats right. Its clear. Thats spot on. Yes exactly and in some ways similar to the early church who had similar ideology all...
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    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    I was responding to another poster who mentioned Paul. I think a couple of people were discussing Paul. No point really. I think it was...
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    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    I think there was a mixture. It would have been all over the place because it was new to the gentiles and for some Jews deminishing...
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    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    I think there was every reason that Paul was appointed by Christ to the leader to the gentile churhes. To write his letters to the...
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    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    Its in Acts 11. Particularly verses 19-26. Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed...
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    I agree that the principles incorporated in the 12 Step recovery program are really life principles that can be applied to more than...
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    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    Its not the exceptions. I gave three specific people. But I also gave you an entire church and Christian community in Antioch before...
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    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    Why do you need a verse. This is historical fact. Christians were established beyond Judea pre Paul. A Christian church was established...
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    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    I think John is a bit different again to the other Jewish disiciples like Peter, James and Matthew. Though also a Jew he seems to...
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    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    The places the early disciples went were in gentile cities like Antioch. Many gentiles heard the gospel and were saved. But also other...
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    Its interesting that there are two types of people out there and then name the dems and rep as examples. I think generally speaking this...
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    From what I understand the soul is like a 'life force'. Its what philosophers have been grappling with the creation of life itself. When...
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    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    I am not sure what you want me to shw. That gentiles were saved before Paul came along. As mentioned we have Cornelius the Centurion in...
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    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    Many gentiles were saved before Paul came along. It is the Holy spirit and not Paul or any disciple.
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    stevesonthebay replied to the thread Focus On The Family.
    I don't think Paul was the only disciple that preached to the Gentiles. As mentioned, Peter a Jew came to realize that the Gentiles were...