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The Evangelical Bible guys posted up a Google Trends link on Bible versions. I did some tweaking to the version's acronym (which I think the average person is more familiar with) and some of the results surprised me...

If you hold that those in slavery should have remained in slavery then you abandon the position that the Founding Fathers held when they founded our country, for the colonies should have never left the mother country in that regard. I'm concerned at this point, because honestly arguments like...

A founding purpose of the US government was not slavery. Like it or not, it was part of the CSA's reasons for existence. One can debate about the extent all day long, but it was there regardless. To engage otherwise is total historical revisionism and idealism. See R. L. Dabney for a leading...

Quantril, the flag carries connotations of slavery for a sizable segment of the population. It was also recycled during generations of Jim Crow. Kingdom will trump fabric for me. I am a proud southerner and student of history.

Do you know the version number of IE that you're using?

Welcome to the community. I'm back and forth on the flag. I personally don't own any printings of it, nor would I wear them. I choose this because I do not want to offend others, because the flag does carry a good bit of propaganda (and some evil truth) with it and means different things to...

Welcome to the community Kevin! Hope to learn a little more about you as you join us for discussion. :) What's your favorite verse or passage in the Bible?

To all of our American members, please have a Happy Thanksgiving! Psalm 17:7 HCSB I will thank the Lord for His righteousness; I will sing about the name of Yahweh the Most High. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 HCSB Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Please take...

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It works as long as you name the the book and verse, IE: John 3:16 and then sometimes with the proper abbreviated version, though that gets tricky. Since it uses Javascript, it will be delivered at page load. What this also means is that if you use quick reply, the page will need to be...

Your friends are selfish, period. They want the vicar and the church to revolve around their definition of help, yet they find the excuses as to why they cannot do it themselves. They cannot overlook a single wrong and want to leave at the drop of a hat it would seem. What's a bit hard for me to...

We're due for a small upgrade here very soon. That may (or may not) fix the issue. What browser are you using? I'd like to recreate the issue so I don't pester you. Ever since the software developers rewrote this particular component (the reply area), we've had some issues that are niche, so I...

Well, the Biblical provision for the poor and homeless is to help them. I don't see where your vicar has not done this. Any church pastor, priest or vicar will tell you that there are certain folks out there who are professionals or are in need of serious mental help who can and will take...

You know, I've wrestled with this one, in no small part influenced by the Anabaptist history in my family. God doubly blessed me with not having to go to war yet even at the age of 26 and yet being able to glimpse the horrors of war through my grandfather, a Marine in WWII. When he passed away...

Thank you. Posts and emails like this are why I do it. It's also why I believe God is still very firmly at work here and that we are not done yet. A part of the mission of this site since day one has been to be a true forum for ideas. It's a difficult thing when you begin to incorporate truth...

Well, I think the crux of what you and I are saying is that we interpret sola scriptura more in the light of prima scriptura, which is closer to what the reformers meant when the elucidated the doctrine of sola scriptura. In our modernist and postmodernist lenses, we tend to place the emphasis...

Jude actually quotes the book of Enoch so it's not as clear as recognizing what made it down to us in the canon versus what is not deemed inspired, yet was cited. I've tried to read "sons of God" as non-heavenly, but the term itself is employed in other instances that do describe angelic beings...

Agreed, if you look at the sentiments of the Reformers (Luther, Zwingli, Calvin) and those who followed them (Wesley, etc.) their understanding of sola scriptura involved a good bit more tradition than we allow. (In fact, Wesley is more in line with the Anglican [he was committed to that...

I think you're on to some things but I also think we get bogged down in symptomatology. I think we must go all the way back to the garden and seek an understanding that synthesizes with the remainder of Scripture as well as what we see today. The enjoinder that Satan gave Eve still holds sway...

Ad hominem posts are not appropriate for this community. Please stick to debating and discussing the arguments, not those making the arguments. Thanks.