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(tim_from_pa;55791) Denial is a very powerful delusion. It certainly is! You stick with it.

I’ve never seen so much wriggling and grasping at strawsStraw 1.When Jesus said “this rock” he was referring to something in a previous sentence rather than the nearest noun It’s very simple You are Peter (Rock) and on this Rock I will build my Church. Straw 2Koina Greek was very precise. Koine...

(tim_from_pa;55753) I heard one preacher teach (and I agree) that no matter what language was spoken by Jesus, that God wanted the New Testament recorded in Greek. Why? Because unlike English and Hebrew, the Greek is very precise and denotes the the exact meaning that God intended. Just look...

The Collins Concise Dictionaryreligion n 1. belief in, worship of, or obedience to a supernatural power or powers considered to be divine or have control of human destiny.Don't you believe we should have belief in, worship, and be obedient to God?

Oh dear, this one goes round and round. I’ll have my say and leave it.Firstly it does not make grammatical sense that Jesus would be referring to Peter’s confession of faith since it occurs in a previous sentence, well separated from his comment.Secondly the Petros/Petra comments are a red...

(RichardBurger;55632) From the book BAPTISM AND THE BIBLE by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam, founder and past president of the Berean Bible Society.THE ORIGIN OF THE 'BURIAL' THEORY'Clearly the teaching of baptism as a burial in water has sprung from the gratuitous assumption that the word "baptismos"...

(setfree;55266) Why the cloud and the sea? What do each of them represent...or are they one in the same. That's an interesting question. I hadn't thought about whether they were one and the same or represented different things. I just saw them as a type of baptism. Possibly they could represent...

Moses and Christ1.Moses was their sole mediator between them and God. “When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, they were afraid and trembled and stood at a distance, and said to Moses, You speak to us, and we will listen; but...

(tomwebster;55009) The fact is, when you start your own forum, you can make the rules. You sure can - but it is supposed to be a Christian forum

(jamesrage;54830) That Bishop is not trying to appease christians by calling God Allah he is trying to appease muslims and their apostates. Well you made the statement that he was doing it to appease non-catholics.(jamesrage;54830) All it takes is one if he has a corrupt flock that will follow...

What I find is wrong is when a moderator closes a thread with a personal comment, interpreting scripture in their own way, and thereby giving no reply to others who query that interpretation.If threads get too hot why not just close them without the personal comments?

(kriss;54898) We do not study religious doctrines here...We study scripture and the Bible and this is not a Biblical conceptPlease see rules at linkhttp://www.christianityboard.com/announcement.php?f=5 Are you saying that any interpretation of scripture that you disagree with is banned because...

Reposted for kriss(winsome;54790) It is you who err in not knowing the power of God, and the generosity and love of God.How can those in heaven hear all our prayers?Heaven is out of time at least the sort of time we know on earth. Those in heaven are not constrained by time as we are. They are...

(kriss;54889) It has revelance because your right he didnt see earth thats why its not written There is nothing written that Saints in heaven are involved with earthly matters thats is the point. Pardon me but there is nothing in the text to say anything about what Lazarus sees or does not see...

(kriss;54809) No one said they do not know of the things happening in heaven, In fact we have an example in Lazzarus he was aware of where he was and what was going on there, but he wasn't aware of what was happening on earth. You are taking the happenings in heaven and trying to apply them to...

(kriss;54816) Well you are wrong winsome it most certainly is talking about the second death. I'm not wrong but we'll have to leave it as I can see we will not agree.(kriss;54816) Its wether the dead are aware of the prayers of the living and we are told they KNOW NOTHING of the living? They are...

(thesuperjag;54846) I know I don't. Why? Cause soul can't literally sleep at all. They can't rest in the physical sense either.

(kriss;54809) Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge...

krissThis is a non argument its not even on subject its talking about the second death we are not to be concerned with our physical death but death of our soul The fact that we will all become spirit soul bodies (1 Cor 15) at the second coming has nothing to do with the saints in heaven hearing...