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  1. Spyder

    Which denomination do I belong to?

    Sir, are you referring to the doctrines of the first few hundred years or the middle set or the current set of doctrines given by Jesus?
  2. Spyder

    Threat to Democracy?

    I did. Thank you.
  3. Spyder

    SALVATION: BY GRACE OR BY WORKS? A FALSE DICHOTOMY

    Does anyone else think Grace and Mercy are the same thing? Yahweh established a New Covenant whereby we might be saved. That New Covenant was God offering grace to those who don't deserve it. The definition of Grace is "unmerited favor." So, by God's grace were can accept His salvation...
  4. Spyder

    Threat to Democracy?

    I have to ask how you see "divinely God." Without Yahweh, Jesus was powerless, and His Father gave Him power over all flesh. Then, after the resurrection, Yahweh gave Him authority in Heaven and on Earth. But He will be powerless again after the End of Days when His purpose is completed. 1 Co...
  5. Spyder

    How do conservative evangelicals reconcile their support for Trump with Trump’s sinful lifestyle?

    Do many of you read the responses to understand or to gather information to insult?
  6. Spyder

    What is the new nature?

    After reading all this, I have to ask: Why are we told to die to ourselves daily if we are already perfected?
  7. Spyder

    What 'Unorthodox' doctrine has come into the church?

    While it is part of history, the issue is that the one to which you refer has no evidence of it being the original. https://www.alangarrow.com/original.html Also, Mathew 28:19 had been altered. The verse in Matthew where Jesus instructs His disciples to baptize did not originally use the...
  8. Spyder

    What 'Unorthodox' doctrine has come into the church?

    I made a copy of it, reviewed it, and have seen many of the same positions taken by others. I do give credit to the writer of this one for tenaciously also giving reasons for not believing it. I have studied this issue for a long time. I've also studied the history of "the church" to include the...
  9. Spyder

    What 'Unorthodox' doctrine has come into the church?

    That is correct brother - although it is unpleasant to be rejected by long-time friends for speaking truth. If Yahweh wanted us to know that Jesus is God, He would tell us. Similarly, we are already told that Yahweh is spirit and now Jesus is spirit. This third one has no name, but people claim...
  10. Spyder

    How do conservative evangelicals reconcile their support for Trump with Trump’s sinful lifestyle?

    I think we have seen what happens during presidential elections when people "write in" candidates. I guess that serves personal gratification, but what is the effect? When was the last time a write-in candidate won? In my view, the elections always end up between two opposing candidates, and I...
  11. Spyder

    What is the new nature?

    But we, daily, must walk in the spirit of God. When we neglect to do that, we end up walking in the flesh. For you who never walk in the flesh, I'm sure you are blessed. Me, I still have issues that I have to stomp down frequently. Temptations still exist in this world - so "in your face" kind...
  12. Spyder

    What 'Unorthodox' doctrine has come into the church?

    Well, I see someone worked hard to show that God intended us to figure things out for ourselves since neither Yahweh nor Jesus ever claimed that Jesus (or "the Holy Spirt") is God. However, Yahweh DID claim that He alone is God: Dt 32:6 Do you thus repay Yahweh, you foolish and senseless...
  13. Spyder

    What 'Unorthodox' doctrine has come into the church?

    My brother, some of those doctrines were pounded into the heads of people for so many years, they don't get questioned. Not only that, those who wish to point out the bad doctrines get accused of heresy - even though those doctrines are not found anywhere in scripture or are based on an...
  14. Spyder

    What is the new nature?

    My personal road has been very rocky, because I had knowledge given me by man but not by God. I had never really surrendered to Him. My life change greatly when I started to recognize all my shortcomings and worked on my relationship with Him. Sanctification takes a lifetime. My "old man"...
  15. Spyder

    Do you guys support any of the "non-mainstream" party candidates? Such as Nikki Haley, Andrew Yang, Jill Stein, Marianne Williamson?

    Well, if you are on or plan to be on Social Security, you don't want Haley. I think it is more important to see who Trump selects for VP.
  16. Spyder

    What is the new nature?

    This is a long thread, and I enjoy many of the posts here. Thank you. I have heard people claim that, once we truly have the New Nature, we are automatically forgiven. I have not found that in scripture. I have compiled as list of what I can the "If verses" that show a condition situation. Big...
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    How do conservative evangelicals reconcile their support for Trump with Trump’s sinful lifestyle?

    As strange as it may seem, at the time of the statement by the Apostle Paul, the people did not choose their leaders. Some of us are hopeful that we do, but it is doubtful. The spread of Christianity at the time of Paul was under God's direction, and Paul's statement was essential to that...
  18. Spyder

    How do conservative evangelicals reconcile their support for Trump with Trump’s sinful lifestyle?

    It seems that some folks want a Messiah to run for president, and really think no Republican fits the description. May I suggest that those who want a Messiah in office tell us who that might be?
  19. Spyder

    How did Jesus keep from sinning?

    NOTE: I include verses only because I am aware that many readers on forums will not look up the references given in posts without some real question of the post. I am simply making it easy on the reader. God is spirit, not flesh and blood. When God gave Him birth, a man was born. However, his...
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    How do conservative evangelicals reconcile their support for Trump with Trump’s sinful lifestyle?

    Those who don't see the huge failure of the Federal Government to follow the U.S. Constitution, and how it started a century ago, are remaining blind because everything was done "in moderation." Its as if "compromise" is a virtue. It is not. However, social norms have placed us into a position...