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Jesus never said His disciples should obey the government or give their allegiance to it. His example was to obey the laws and pay the taxes, nothing more. In actual fact, Christ acted in exactly the manner of a foreign tourist. Jesus was a stranger in the land of His birth and to His own...

The real problem isn't ethics, its economic. For every idiot that refuses to vaccinate their child, there are ten working folk who have to pay insurance and tax fees to compensate for the problem. Meanwhile, fools rule. In some nations more civilized than others, a person rightly suffers...

There is far too much chatter about financial stewardship and far too little about spiritual stewardship. Church is not a government entity or a business proposition. Attendance is strictly voluntary and if people are not fed spiritually they will wander away from the religious circus act...

Wow. This is an excellent lead post. I've argued against this sort of heresy for years without success. You've actually gotten your argument broken down into succinct categories and logical rationale. The wolves in sheep's clothing you speak of encourage many destructive attitudes and...

You want scripture? You got it! Every single indicator in Biblical prophecy indicates that the enemies of Israel, including the big kahuna of evil itself, will focus on the neighbors of Israel. In historic terms, this means the Levant. Without going into a lengthy quotation of scripture...

The rapture is a phony dogma that was cooked up by John Nelson Darby in the mid-19th century. Made popular by Cyrus Scofield in his reference Bible, the doctrine was adopted as gospel by many protestant denominations in the United States. It is not generally accepted by the community of...

This is about as bogus as it gets. In 1988 a piece of literature was circulated among churches. It's title was '88 reasons why the rapture will happen in 1988'. I got a copy and read it. The reasons were as bogus as they are now. 88 or nothing. The rapture will NOT happen as popular...

The interconnected global economy is what bothers me. A few months ago Sweden announced it would begin the same sort of 'qualitative easing' program instituted by the US in the beginning of the twenty first century. Japan and Europe quickly followed. As of this writing all western...

The commonly accepted story of the tribulation is based on a period of seven years. There is no specific verse that says this is so mostly because it's not true. Even if there were such a verse THERE'S A BIG GLITCH in the calculation. The Hebrew calendar was based upon a lunar year (1...

The bonehead idea that the restrainer is the Holy Spirit is born of the heresy of the rapture.(John 17:15) The latter phoney doctrine was cooked up in the mid-nineteenth century by John Nelson Darby and popularized in print by Cyrus Scofield in his reference Bible. Google it if you really...

I read little admission here that Christians actually exist who are indeed selfless. They do exist. My sister in law was the sort of Christian that one can hold up as a standard. When a hospital staff caused the death of her husband by means of negligence she didn't run to the first lawyer...

This isn't about science. It isn't about religion either. The whole point to this argument is subjective opinion, nothing less. When all the shouting dies down for a moment or two, NOTHING has been established because NOTHING but opinion is discussed. Unfortunately, that is the nature of...

I don't think anyone here would disagree that church attendance is a good thing. Religious activity is the only real freedom anyone really has. No one is required to attend, to practice religion or to donate. There simply is not and ought not be any law in this country about it...

The connection between the Republican party and the Christian ethic began in earnest with Pat Robertson's run for president in 1986. In the 1980's the TV preacher, always suspect in his rantings, decided to run for president. River Jordan came close when he stated the 'moral majority'...

"You will not certainly die," the serpent said to the woman." - Genesis 3:4 Calling God a liar is not a new thing on the earth. The garden snake did it, satan does it, and men have been mimicking the lie ever since. Has God not said what is good and right and what is not? Who stands against...

Narcissism might be a strong word to use with regard to individual claims of theological superiority. Each man must live his life responsible to himself and to God, but interpretation of scripture is not his alone to make. The Holy Spirit is indeed a teacher, but discernment of spirits is...

Your quotes and basic approach are mostly sound. The 'day', as it were, has obviously not happened. That much is certain. When it arrives it will be in all the papers. I believe the season of judgment, the weighing of purpose of nations and the hearts of men has indeed arrived. The signs...

You assume too much sir. Blinded by your hatred of Roman Catholics, you have made assertions that are unBiblical and unworthy of your cerebral capacity, which is sufficient to seek the truth if you wish it. Unfortunately this post, like so many erects a monument to its own bias and then uses...

Specifically? Really? How do you know that? It could be me, but it does seem that Jesus and the apostles used quotations from scripture to illustrate a point. Some of these pieces were taken out of the songs of David and others were partial quotes of the O.T. prophets. All were used to...

Do I detect doubt about predictions of financial disaster? Most all of those predictions are based upon the hyper inflation of the dollar at home and abroad. While nations such as India and China are building their economy based upon manufacturing, America leads the west by basing its economy...