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So are you telling me that a certain amount of sin is acceptable to God? How much, exactly? Do you now offer your own pronouncement in opposition to 1 John 2:7? Keeping the commandments "perfectly"—yet another convention of man that simply didn't exist a few decades ago. The word "perfect"...

Exactly what does the very New Covenant promise of writing God's law on the heart of man mean to you? Salvation by works?

Perhaps this is a radical view of the situation, but I was thinking of proceeding at least somewhat as I have for nearly six years before you arrived less than a month ago to inform us all as to how things should be. I don't mean to be unkind, but aren't you presuming just a bit?

Do you make any distinction between the theory of dynamic inspiration of the Bible and the various extremes such as verbal plenary/dictation theory, biblical infallibility, etc.? The view I personally hold is dynamic (i.e., the writers' thoughts were inspired, but the expression, while...

Okay, "Us And Those," if you prefer accuracy.

I'm not here to play "Us And Them." I'm here for nuanced, meaningful discussion about faith in a personal Christ. Indeed

My pleasure—I'm not like the government; I'm here to help. ;-) Well, not comprehensive history but perhaps notable in the context of this discussion. strs

As I said in the other part of my post from which you quote here, I have no argument with objections to keeping the moral law as means of merit toward gaining God's favor or redemption—except for the fairly conspicuous fact that no person who should expect to be taken seriously in the discussion...

Okay, that's a really good point about defining "the Law" and how Luke 24:44 fits in. So, when we talk about "the Law" (capital L, the Torah), yes, that's primarily the first five books of Moses. And phrases like "the Law or the Prophets" or "the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms" (like...

Respectfully, in effect, you're simply pitting one passage against another, both by the same author: Consider 1 John 2:7 NKJV — Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the...

Cont'd 5. 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10 PASSAGE: "Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor...

SUBSTANTIATING THE CLAIM: THE MORAL LAW (TEN COMMANDMENTS) NOT ABOLISHED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT -------------------------------------------------- I. JESUS'S TEACHINGS ON THE LAW -------------------------------------------------- 1. MATTHEW 5:17-19 (Sermon on the Mount) PASSAGE: "Do not...

The spiritual sabbath argument that is gaining so much ground is really akin to saying it's okay to actually kill someone as long as you don't harbor anger against them without cause. Trouble is, there's no Sabbath iteration of "You have heard it said..., but I tell you..." in The Sermon On The...

I'd like to meet some of these 7th Day Adventitious characters who claim people go to hell for not having church on Saturdays. I thought people only got hellfire for rejecting God's offer to remit their sin. strs

This is why the Whole-Food, Plant-Based designation is gaining popularity. 35 years ago when I first heard the term "vegan" it had very little, if any, activist connotation and it was not in mainstream usage in any way similar to the way it is now. The movement, by name, began in Britain by...

The only link that is really necessary is that the Pope, no matter which iteration of personawe're dealing with, is the head of a sovereign nation we recognize with diplomatic ties and, still more, just happens to be the visible head of a religious body, of which roughly 50 million of its adult...

Cont'd... The American Declaration of Independence stated, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The Constitution...

Boy, you step away for a week or two and you can miss a lot. (Other times, not so much.) Not sure how much expansion you want, but: America was raised up by God to receive the flood of immigrants escaping religious persecution by Rome and, by extension, her daughters throughout Europe...

Would you mind being a little more smug and cynical? Just when I think I couldn't be any more convinced that putting you on my ignore list would harm the flow of discussion in the slightest, you outdo yourself. :

Much of this seems so cynical to me. I assume that your heart is in the right place, because that's what Jesus has trained me to do, and because we've talked at length outside this platform. But you sometimes seem like a different person here. What religious views have you reconsidered lately...