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I think I'll step in here for a moment to offer what occurred to me while reading this posts: The "gospel" message is that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are books about the man who was born to Yahweh and Mary to become the sacrifice to enact the New Covenant...

I have seen many refuse to listen to anything that might run afoul of the the things they have learned in the past. I think the battle cry of the willfully ignorant sounds like this: "My bible says it, and I believe it, and that settles it." Ignoring what man has done beginning with the oldest...

There is one true essential, but that essential is simply the starting line. We cannot then sit back and claim it as our fire insurance. We must grow. That growth requires our desire to do so. One could say that, if we do not have the desire to do so; we skipped the one true essential.

In studying the history of manuscripts, the translations of them, and the variances of them; I know that "bible study" requires much more than simply reading them. Asking God to assist with understanding, but also while doing actual study with all the resources at our disposal, we can reach the...

All of scripture has to agree in order to have a doctrine. If scripture does not agree, then our understanding is flawed. Using many words to manipulate a simple understanding causes only confusion. It surprises me in one regard, anyway, that Christians - once freed from The Law - seek to go...

Oh, I am certain that the Sabbath was in question, and it appears that nitpickers questioned what day to use as their cultures and schedules were different. No, I think Paul meant what he wrote.

Thank you for this. Please see my take on your "essential doctrines." Most Christians believe and have in common the essential doctrines: * God created everything and is sovereign Yahweh created everything and is sovereign * Good and evil need to be understood The "understood" word can...

I have to admit that I have never known anyone to take that parable this way.

Perhaps that is how it looks to us out in the "cheap seats" of the event. No President is all alone making bad decisions. They all have staff of administration, advisors, and councils used before decisions are made. Joe Biden is no different from that except that Biden is obviously living with...

I hear a loud BINGO in the room!

This is a good conversation! I like it. Yes, there are a great many who treat their version of the Bible as a truncheon. They beat their bothers and sisters over the head with it. The Bible is a "starting point" for growth. Unless we turn our hearts and minds over to God to learn from Him...

See, here is the first divider: what are the "essential doctrines?" No doctrine should be considered essential unless it is declared so by Yahweh or by an Apostle of Yeshua the Christ. Unfortunately, churches fail to see this as true.

Well, sir, what I read speaks differently that your view: Ro 14:2–12 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has...

I guess the Apostle Paul was in error when he suggested that we accept that each person regards one day over another. We should be critical of those who don't agree with us.

It is possibly true - for so many people. It truly depends on whether the person seeking true clasps on to what has already been taught or has released the things taught and humbled himself (or herself) to rely on God to give conviction. I think the wall we face is in opening our hearts and...

Experience has led me to realize that interpretations are very subjective for most people I have known. Each scripture passage seems to be taken from the position of what a person already has accepted as truth. Churches teach doctrines and then those who learn those doctrines then justify their...

Yes, I have experienced similar events and had to accept I may never know what part my actions would ever play in the lives of those involved. I leave it to God and press on.

Ever wonder why Yahweh did not preserve the original manuscripts for us? Why, I wonder why it seems like knowing the truth now takes a diligent search and careful study. We have the resources now to dig deeper than our forefathers did, yet so few people ever do it.

I see people quoting proof texts that they use for their conclusions. What I don't see are those verses that call their proof texts into doubt. Until we use all of scripture to delves into truth, we will not agree. When don't we use all of scripture? Well, it takes time and effort. Worse yet...

I experience personal miracles. Those are the times when, in frustration; I ask Father to solve a problem for me. I lost something I can't find, I have an issue I can't work out, etc. Then the answer hits me between the eyes after I ask for it. I call them miracles because God hears my small...