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Link: http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/2013/08/the-amalekite-genocide/ This article put a difficult verse in context and explained why there is logic to such a grisly command of God.

Hey, if you can get Roman indulgences for Twitter follows, then why not instant jello Protestant communion? :D (For the record, we don't use these at our Baptist church.) If the Catholic laity fail at Bible reading, then the Protestants fail at communion. I reject transubstantiation, but we do...

Well aspen, I think we have the let that discussion be because I still think Catholicism operates with a large umbrella not all that different than Protestantism. I just see the semantics being a little more well done to make it seem that everyone is towing the proper line. :) Selene, reading...

John 5:39 says that the Scriptures testify about Jesus - so in the sense that they tell us everything we need to know about God? Yes. However, do they tell us every little nook and cranny detail about our glorious Father? No. The issue at the heart of a statement like the above is that too many...

John 14:28 reveals only part of the relationship that the Son has with the Father. So, just quoting that verse is not exactly the full picture. Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me."

Question: Is a thread about nothing really about something? Discuss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYEMvLz5hyk I listen to an internet station called Radio Free Florence when I get the chance. It's not CCM, which to me just can get bad, but it's actually good music. It plays everything from Hillsong to Skillet to The Digital Age and beyond. I usually develop...

Reminds me of the shipwrecked Baptist joke - the rescue party finds him alone on an island but there are two Baptist churches - the one he started and the one that split off from it. Unfortunately, that criticism is all too valid and is definitely an issue among a number of Protestants. I think...

Veteran, I have to agree with David's assertion above. The churches that teach the Calvinist or Reformed perspectives typically aren't (or at least aren't uniformly) the obsessed with Israel type. I do not currently define myself as a Calvinist nor Reformed, but I have studied up on the beliefs...

Yes, but while we are looking at this epistemologically, doesn't a Catholic do the same when he or she follows the belief of the church? It may be a little less flexible (in theory, because in praxis you have the dissent in the church, the glaring example being many prominent US politicians)...

Rocky, I am moving this over to the Fellowship forum, this is just a tad offtopic for the main area. :) Thanks!

Exactly, that sort of things does exist and it's called the local church. Obviously if everyone agreed 100% about everything then there would be no need of denominations, but we don't have that luxury. I wish and pray for a united Christian world, but I'm not going to let idealism trump my...

This is really a non-issue, context is key. James 2:18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. And then later, another analogy seals it at the end of the same chapter: James 2:26 As the body without the...

http://christianityboard.com/content/blog/detroit-nineveh/ I am praying for some dialogue and learning to come from this.

Well, one is always in danger with blanket statements; there are certainly dynamics at play that vary between Protestant and Roman Catholic losses. However, I think at the core that the issues are essentially one in the same, for the most part. Cultural Catholics and cultural Protestants are...

Please respect the OP and this community by not going against his wishes and keep this thread on topic. Thank you.

Yeah, see this is where I get a little vexed with my Catholic (Roman, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox) brethren. I've seen a number of these high church articles, but all churches are bleeding members, Roman Catholics withstanding right alongside the Protestants. Some legitimate arguments can be...

Rex, the imperfect communion clause is not quite what you think. They're simply verbalizing the same sentiments we have, as Protestants, about them. We are not in perfect agreement about doctrine. That's all the statement is in that catechism. Yes, I know of several Catholics who do maintain we...

Yeah, I used to be part of the anti-religion crowd, but then I studied it a little more. Religion is just the term for how to relate God. It's whatever is done in worship of God. So, by very definition, it's what everyone does when they believe in a deity. You can practice religion that does...

Why, do we (any of us) read the entire gospel - the story of Israel and the prophets right down through the story of Jesus and his disciples - and think that we are any different than they? The prophets wrestled with abandonment, depression, and loss of faith. The Psalms are replete with the...