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  1. JohnDB

    There Aren’t Good & Bad People.

    There are none righteous, no not one. Romans 3:10 Psalms 14:1-3 Psalms 53:1-3
  2. JohnDB

    Is the Good News actual news? - No longer news to most

    The website I own is a non-profit organization for helping missionaries not with money but skilled trades. And it is not visible for most people as it is not promoted or advertised. I try not to teach any theologies other than hermeneutics...things like carefully reading the scriptures to...
  3. JohnDB

    Is the Good News actual news? - No longer news to most

    Own any humility? But apparently you believe in "special" knowledge or gnosticism. John's gospel and Letters were all focused on that. But I never ever claimed to be mainstream...just very conservative. I have a healthy FEAR of God and the scriptures. And I'm careful about accusations...
  4. JohnDB

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

    In order to get a degree as a lawyer /doctor/accountant you first needed a seminary education....it was a prerequisite. Thomas Jefferson tried to sell his own English translation of the Bible (requisite part of seminary training) to the US Government to use for basic education in schools.
  5. JohnDB

    Is the Good News actual news? - No longer news to most

    Your theologies are anything but mainstream. Very different from non-denominational or conservative theologies....just saying.
  6. JohnDB

    Is the Good News actual news? - No longer news to most

    So you are the only one going to Heaven then eh? Everyone else is not gonna make it? Gonna be awful lonely there all by yourself and not know anyone.
  7. JohnDB

    Is the Good News actual news? - No longer news to most

    Those were the names of sermons that Jesus taught. They were poems that were earworms...they stuck in your head if you understood Aramaic. And Jesus was talking to his Apostles. Not to his disciples....there's a difference. But the man at Gadarenes....not a disciple but wanted to be...
  8. JohnDB

    Is the Good News actual news? - No longer news to most

    Actually, The "good news" for many people is to do EXACTLY what Jesus said to do... "Tell what God has done for you". Meaning YOUR personal testimony of what God has done. Not what you have done, not what God has done for others...but exactly what God has done for YOU. Again, not what...
  9. JohnDB

    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    Contrition only comes by repentance and a request for forgiveness. And a blessing on an individual who does not repent of obvious known sins but instead boasts, promotes, has moral turpitude, and revels in sin is not capable of receiving the blessings of God. Satan maybe...but not from...
  10. JohnDB

    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    The current blessing of homosexuals to be performed by priests. Saying 3 "hail Marie's" and 4 "our fathers" provides contrition and atonement for sin's. Should I continue?
  11. JohnDB

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

    I am not a fan of this polarizing attitude the politicians have created.
  12. JohnDB

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

    I discussed two founding documents of the founding fathers. And where many of the founding fathers claimed to be deists...that's because to claim a particular denomination was to claim emnity with other denominations. And these men were more peaceful than that. (Hard to tell by their...
  13. JohnDB

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

    If the Georgia prosecutor is removed for misconduct....it's known as "fruit of the poison vine" and the whole case is dismissed. It has to be dropped and might be restarted on different grounds. (Because she and he were personally involved in its creation)
  14. JohnDB

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

    Every signatory to the Declaration of Independence had a seminary degree except for Benjamin Franklin. (Couldn't afford school but his Autobiography starts with a very humble expression of thanks to God) And in that Declaration it detailed how King George was an Antichrist (26 ways) without...
  15. JohnDB

    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    Ummmm.... I think a Sherlock Holmes quote would be appropriate here. Something about seeing vx observing. And yes, I'm quite aware of Catholic teachings. They do have some great theologies and policies. Others? Not so much. Some of the Catholic stances I believe that the evangelicals...
  16. JohnDB

    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    And exactly what planet do you live on? How many music ministers are you friends with? I knew one who tried to be a scholar...he failed miserably at it. He was great at music and leading choirs and directing the band players....but scripture studies? He was barely competent. Yes, he had...
  17. JohnDB

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

    The issue of abortion for Christians is a moral one. However the USA is a land of 50 states or more originally 50 churches all with their own unique relationship with God. And so the Constitution was written that the power of legislating various moralities was reserved for the various...
  18. JohnDB

    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    Not everyone is cut out for serious, deep-dive, hermeneutics. The skill has to include the desire. Music ministry doesn't do deep-dive hermeneutics studies...neither do children's ministers or food for homeless ministries. It's not for everyone to be a scholar. It's just for a few. And...
  19. JohnDB

    Biden

    As someone who is A-Political.... Trump is not as good as people claim(nor as criminal) nor is Joe Biden as bad as people claim. (Kinda too absentee to be that bad) However... Some of what has been said about Joe Biden's past is true. Yes, he showered with his teenage daughter... yes, he...
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    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    The Church was the governing authority in the time period when the Crusades happened. People had no basis with which to refuse. The "Church" had all the authority, money, soldiers, and weaponry. They told people what "God wanted them to do" without ever referencing scriptures or anything...