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Jesus instructed his disciples to buy a sword (Luke 22:36) and Peter lopped off an ear when his rabbi was threatened (John 18:10). These are hardly the actions of a total pacifist, even ignoring God's commands in the OT. I do not buy into constant and eternal wars, but neither do I buy into the...

You're talking a quantitative statement (there were three men in total) and reading into it a qualitative conclusion (that the three men were all God). There is nothing in the text to question the probability of them being angels. If you look at the pattern of the Ark of the Covenant, it was...

Does this constitute denial of the doctrine of the Trinity or are you clarifying the doctrine?

Should I also ban the overweight and greedy? Perhaps a requirement for me to determine the nature of any divorces, as well?

I've read the Abraham story numerous times, and I've never read the three as the Trinity as the context. You've not really presented any context clues beyond mere speculation. As the Bible is written from the perspective of honoring God, of course it will deal with God in the singular sense of...

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay." Matthew 28:5-6 NIV Happy Easter everyone! Christ is risen!

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The S3 is better than the iPhone, and no it isn't because I am a fanboy. I own products made by both, but I chose the S3 over the iPhone because of some of the issues the 5 was/is having, and there were some features the S3 has that the iPhone lacks, such as the S Beam (aka touch to share). At...

Is this an absolute statement, then?

Let's see, you've attacked marriage - something of which you have no experience in - and turned it into a caricature of reality. You seem to deny any explanation or thoughts from folks who are married, as well. There seems to be no sense of sacrifice in your understanding, because sacrifice...

http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/MARPRIE.htm Actually, I can confirm what our Roman Catholic brethren are saying here. I think you will eventually see a change in this practice sometime in the future. i might rile up some of my friends here, but I accept Theotokos. I think Catholics do...

And, with all due respect, you're speaking from the perspective of a single person with no real concept of marriage, and it absolutely shows here because your entire premise is based around whether you get to watch your game or not. Jesus washed the feet of the men who would scatter (the 11)...

Well, the problem with articles like this is that Protestants can historically be accused of many of the same misdeeds. We might not have ex cathedra to work with, but even many of the Reformers (and their movements) persecuted other movements.

If you cannot give up a game or show for your wife on occasion, then I fully question your ability to die for her. We seem to want to ignore the call for sacrifice at times when it doesn't transfer to our desires. Guilty as charged here. The problem in marriage is not just laziness or feminism...

There are actually a handful that have, but the short answer is economics and copyright issues. The KJV was underwritten by the crown, so you have a tremendous source of funds in that day. What's interesting to me is that I've never really seen a dollar figure with production of the original...

Well, in a sense we perhaps do. However, I'd label my method as hybrid because I do have a familiarity with at least the Eastern Orthodox treatment of both Gensis and the Bible as a whole. I am at least open to looking beyond the traditional Western enlightenment brand of thought. For example, I...

Aspen, if you completely allegorize the Genesis account of creation, then where does the line of demarcation set up? If Genesis is a mythic tale, then so obviously would be stories such as Noah, Jonah, etc likely all the way to the miracles of Jesus in the NT. If, then, that is the case, then...

John 8 absolutely reveals what it means. It is not an earthly birth, but a Spiritual one. I John 2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.

Today's New International Version. I don't know how far abroad outside of the US it made it; I believe it was at least published in the United Kingdom, but that's all I know. What really set things off was the publishing of the NIVI (NIV Inclusive) which was apparently quite strong in its...

Exactly, Rex. Angelina, the decision was made not by any of the sites or software, but by the publisher (Zondervan). Essentially, they wanted a single stream of the version. The TNIV was meant to replace the NIV, but it was so unpopular in its choices that it was rejected. Otherwise, the TNIV...