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I suppose that no one wants to weigh in on this is because the church by-in-large plays the part of the older brother. Unwilling to accept or to celebrate the returning prodigal. The church is not a safe place for returning prodigals. Which may be why returning prodigals return to being...

The Bible is actually contradictory on the subject of eternal security. I grew up in a church that supported eternal security and I still believe it is true. I don't believe that eternal security is secured at the judgment. I believe that eternal security was secured on the cross. The death...

The god you describe is a tyrant. Are you sure you really know God? If an infant has a dirty diaper, should they be thrown into an active volcano as punishment? [

Doesn't that assume that salvation is up to us? As if we could save ourselves? (by being sinless) ??? As I understand it, only God can save us. [

This is typically discussed under the derogatory term OSAS (once saved always saved) So, I wanted to present the topic under positive terms. To me, the comparison is between Eternal Security and Eternal Insecurity. (my own derogatory term) Those who oppose OSAS (Eternal Security) usually...

That's another debatable statement. Believers in Jesus were not welcome in the synagogues. Nor were the gentile believers. The Apostle Paul, as Saul of Tarsus, went to Damascus to take Jewish believers in Jesus away in chains. The matter came to a head in Acts chapter 15. To which Peter...

An enviable person to be, from the perspective of the younger son. [

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I suppose we all know the story of the Prodigal. (Luke 15:11-32) But the characters can be representative of those in (and out) of the church. - The son that squandered his inheritance in riotous living. - The father that took him back unconditionally. - The older brother that complained...

If you haven't seen it before, it's new to you. [

Where are you headed? What's next for you? Discussion questions; - Where is God leading you? - What's the next step? - What is your vision for the future? [

This claim is highly debatable. Sabbath observance was part of the law, which we are no longer under. Galatians 3:23-25 NIV Before the coming of this faith,[a] we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. 24 So the law was our guardian...

But, wasn't the Received Text based on the canon (approved book list) of the Latin church? (Rome) It appears that the author is Adventist. (SDA) Quote above from the end of post #3. Was Lucian a Sabbatarian? [

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Can't live with them; can't live without them. [

I am referring to who canonized our scripture. Primarily the New Testament. As I understand it... The canon was finalized by Rome (the Latin church) in the 4th century. The eastern (Greek) church was not a part of that. The 1611 KJV came much later, and was an English translation. But I am...

As I have said often, "I was raised Protestant evangelical." --- A closed system. Which had an odd antithetical twist. You can't DO evangelism without talking to the "lost". (those outside the closed system) And only mature evangelicals were even allowed to do it, for fear you might be talked...