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The Problems of Solo Scriptura I ran across this article years ago and often quote or cite it because it very succinctly points out the problems of Nude Scripture (the position many people take or assume is the proper position of the Protestant creedal belief of "Sola Scriptura"...

3) Primordial Chaotic Waters at the beginning of Creation enesis 1 New King James Version The History of Creation 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness [a]was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering...

This thread was originally conceived as an Apologetics thread for the folks into the various "Pagan Corruption of Christianity" threads of the day but I realize that such folks are usually not open to reason. But originally, I was going to point to not only why the reasons are not just...

Yes I completely agree with what you say. In the last two years, I have dealt with many sabbath keepers, especially SDA, quoting verses as proof texts for sabbath keeping. Even conflating such passages as John 14:15 "If you love me you will keep my commandments" as a proof text for that...

Well, I was going to lay out various kinds of theological principles and terms coming from the Bible, and ancient Christianity, but I'm going to give the short and sweet answer and say that you won't find one. This will probably sound like Circular Reasoning, and you certainly can write it...

If you're suggesting that as a proof text for Sabbath keeping your going to have to do better than that. Acts 15, the Colossians verse cited etc. are all more specific than that. "Entering the sabbath rest of God" has largely been seen as entering the peace of God as an act of Faith. To...

There is no problem with Sunday. It is the day of the Resurrection, the day the Holy Spirit was given to the Church, the day of worship prophetically illustrated in many Old Testament rituals, offerings, festivals regarding the 8th day in old Judaism. Furthermore, nor do we have any formal...

I honestly don't know anything about that. My only knowledge of the RCC is reading some articles on "Divinization" where it often comes across that it more or less is an equivalent term for Theosis. I also was a semi-regular web poster in 2008-2010 on such Eastern Catholic web sites as...

This is a topic I'm fond of as an Eastern Christian. Strangely enough, I often cite a Lutheran video to introduce it to outsiders because I have found various websites and YouTube videos put out by Eastern Orthodox wanting, and the Lutheran pastor and theologian does a great job at making a...

Well I'm really late to the discussion so much a few weeks back thought about doing my own thread on the topic from my own point of view. Anyway, I would say your above post is correct on infant baptism, but as a infant Baptism person myself I would also add 1) Biblical verses on Faith, where...

This video has some quotes and deals with some content on the Investigative Judgement I was referring to earlier, quoting from certain works like "Christ in His Sanctuary". Chapter 8, page 167. I was originally hoping to maybe Google a nice big quote myself, or maybe use the transcript...

This kind of thing has been on for a long time. I have sort of been on both sides of the issue. 1) A lot of this came from the Jesus Movement of the 1970s, and Calvary Chapel, and the Vineyard movement in the Charismatic movement. 2) the Church Growth movement was another big factor as...

And I can accept that! :) I will just remind people of the purpose of the thread. This thread is more a "Public Service Announcement" to inform your average Christian who knows hardly anything about Seventh Day Adventism about what they believe. I am not primarily aimed at converting...

I would say most of your other comments Brakelite are kind of strawman that are not really worth answering. In some ways they are even worse than that, but its OK I have come to not expect much from Seventh Day Adventists other than a few thoughtful ones I meet here and there. I will however...

Actually, that is not true. Most prophesy was stuff that was kind of generic, and had quotes from the Bible, encouraging stuff, or something else. Sometimes however people could really impress you in a way where it was definitely not generic but very specific in the sense of "They were...

@BarneyFife a question I forgot to ask with your "Splitting hairs" comment. I take it you must be in the allegorical camp on this issue. If not, then I don't how you would indicate that this is not a big deal. The fact that Adventism has two Atonements is already a big deal. The fact...

Barney, Adventists on many issues try to "have their cake and eat it too". Ellen White is treated as a great prophetic figure but also protected by various technicalities like the fact that she on two occasions said "I do not claim to be a prophet", yet on many other occasions she actually...

Malachi 3:1-4 New International Version 3 “I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty. 2 But who can endure the day of his...

Barney there is a lot to object to on the Investigative Judgement. Even one of your own SDA theologians, Desmond Ford objected to it concerning it's Biblical Foundations. I would say I object to it for 2 basic reasons 1) It is really needed along with it's other parallel doctrines of...

Not to beat a dead horse There are many other points that could be made and scriptures that could be quoted. Overall, I see the Crusade against the Christmas tree as a divisive issue that goes against the basic spirit of the original "Counsel of Jerusalem" in Acts 15, and flies in the face of...