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Well, I am not God, so I cannot sit in judgment on the person. I don't want to, either, because I have my own issues and God is still at work on me. However, faith without works is dead. (James 2:17) At what point do we draw the line if not here? This church is much too large to have 1 on 1...

Well perhaps valid is not the best word, but my concern is that you have someone essentially not plugged into a church who has been baptized with little to no other commitment. Obviously the person did give up something to travel so far, but it's also very easy to commit to something that you...

I saw this today on Facebook through one of the many pastors I follow. (If you happen to have seen this, let's leave names of people and churches out of it, please.) It raises the question, at least for me, in that is this baptism below valid? The pastor remarked that today an individual was...

I hold to Pauline authorship (via a scribe) of Hebrews, personally, but I don't know that it makes a difference if you believe one way or the other. The only place I see this mattering much is the sort of robustly liberal higher criticism of which I am not personally interested. (This is the...

Scott, this one is for you - not picking, I promise. :) Why was Paul's choice, then, prefaced by the appearance of Jesus on the road to Damascus? I understand your argument to an extent, but I would merely point out that you're just delaying the inevitable, because Paul got preferential...

Funny how the same themes come up. Yesterday, I read an article by a man who is now Eastern Orthodox. He journeyed from Methodism (as a youth) to Catholicism, and later he became disillusioned with Catholicism and went east. He has written a story about his sister (and his family) who died of...

I know there was a smaller project to create a film for the life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, but I am not aware if that is still going forward.

I don't really think you need to go any further than the book of Romans - Romans 9 in particular comes to mind. Romans 9:30-32 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but the people of Israel, who pursued...

Well, this is one of those things that has bothered me a little bit. I've seen a number of scathing reviews, etc for The Bible and I think it stems from doctrine preference and an unrealistic expectation. After all, I like to remind people that the show itself was 10 hours long, in totality...

Sounds like Australia is the southern hemisphere's Georgia (the state here in the US, not the country). Georgia (the state) was started as a buffer state for the original colonies of the US by England. Unfortunately, they ended up with a larger landmass than my beloved South Carolina, and then...

I'd say lost over misinformed. Sometimes I want to laugh, but I check myself at the door because at the end of the day, many of those questions are indicative of lost souls which means there is much work to be done. I've seen similar things in my own administration of this forum. Sometimes its...

I think you're incredibly confused on the word person, and I can see no point in going further from my end. (You're clearly confusing being/essence and person.) You're locked in on the notion of 1 body = 1 person, and that my friend is a woefully inadquate understanding of God. My only...

Why must God be defined as one person? If he is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient, then why must he be limited to any one presence? The God of the Bible, regardless of version, would surely not be relegated to such a limitation. For the record, suggesting that Trinitarianism is polytheism...

I didn't see this post until today. You've already seen my chat reply, but I removed the code. Let me know if you have any questions about adding a graphic, etc.

I've been very careful to broach this subject and not over-sensationalize it, but thoroughly read the first few chapters of Ezekiel. Better yet, try and literally draw the described vehicles of the passage. The movement of God's throne and accompanying angels is very interesting. For one, the...

But doesn't no religious view consitute a supported viewpoint for the school in the first place? (Hey, I am just trying to follow out the logic here.) At the end of the day, I am not worried about Watchtower member nor Muslim member. I believe the truth trumps both. So no, it's not really a...

Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10133906/Church-of-England-creating-pagan-church-to-recruit-members.html

Okay ladies and gents, I just spent about 20 minutes clearing up this thread. It has gone offtopic on a number of occasions. I apologize to the folks who saw legitimate discussion removed as a casualty of other posts being removed. Unfortunately, some posts had to be removed for continuity of...

I'm reading a couple of books now that address this. One is by Scot McKnight and it's called The King Jesus Gospel. The main thesis thus far is that our Christianity is obsessed with the Soteriological - meaning that we are obsessed with the salvation part (winning souls, getting a decision for...

http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2013/june/morning-roundup-062013.html The above link takes you to a morning listing that shows both articles on Exodus. They issued an apology, the President issued an apology, and then the announcement came that the organization is closing its doors...