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The Bible DID say that Christ ransomed Himself for all. 1 Timothy 2:5-6 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. Christ gift of salvation was to all mankind.....to all people. It was a...

I agree with this.

Christ is the one who defends the Church and protects her because she is His Bride. The Church has been standing for over 2000 years, and it remains standing to this day.....thanks be to God. But the Bible does say to answer those who have questions about our faith (1 Peter 3:15). So, if...

A lot of times they misinterpret infallibility with impeccability.

Exactly! :)

I agree. Sometimes, people need to learn their lesson the hard way.

I would let these people go, and they can take the homeless man with them to whatever church they planned on attending. Let's see what the next pastor has to say for the next two years.

There is one person I know in my church who is struggling with homosexuality. He's a single guy, but he has ended his homosexual relationship with his partner a long time ago. He has not been in any relationship with anyone since then. He goes to church every day and even participates in the...

I would take the side of the vicar. He's done all he can to help this homeless man. It's obvious that the homeless man prefer to stay homeless. He enjoys his homeless and alcoholic lifestyle rather than doing something to better himself.

The thing about this is that God never called us to be successful. He called us to be faithful. The temptation of worshiping money instead of God would be very high if a pastor is given large sums of money as income.

Huh?? I asked a question: Which Christian denomination actually considers "church" a building?" Your answer has nothing to do with the question.....unless you are accusing the Catholic Church of teaching that "church" means "building." I already stated that the Catholic Church has never...

This is incorrect. First of all, the Catholic Church never taught that the Church is a building. It is not even in our catechism. It was the American dictionary that defined "church" as a building. See the weblink below on Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/church?s=t...

Which Christian denomination actually thinks the Church is a building? As for the pastors and priests, they are also part of the Church. They're members of the body of Christ. Priests existed in the New Testament. The Church is the body of Christ......in other words, people. It never had...

There was no New Testament books at that time when Paul was persecuting Christians. Only the Old Testaments existed.

I meant he was ignorant in his reason. He was guilty of persecuting Christians, and he persecuted Christians because he believed that they were lying about the resurrection and spreading false rumors. He was ignorant because he didn't know that the Christians were actually speaking the truth...

The Hebrews do not go by the mother's line. They go by the Father's line. Timothy did not follow Jewish laws because he was not circumcised and therefore cut off from the chosen people of God. If you look at Jesus' ancestry, they went by Joseph's line rather than by Mary. All the line of...

This is why we leave the judgments to God. Yes, St. Paul was persecuting Christians with sincerity and zeal, BUT also with ignorance. Paul did not know that Christ is God until Christ revealed Himself to him.

I disagree. The Jewish Christians were not acting as Pharisees. They were following the Laws of Moses.....laws which God had given them through Moses, and there was nothing wrong with the law of circumcision, for example. Circumcision was ordered by God as a sign and covenant between Him and...

The Jews who came in were not the Pharisees. They were Jewish Christians because they were the friends of the Apostle James (See Galatians 2:12). The Jewish Christians at that time felt that the Gentile converts should follow the Laws of Moses. Therefore, Peter did what he did in order to...

Then Paul should also have rebuked himself for doing a similar thing.....only worse because he convinced a Gentile to be circumcised to avoid conflict. Peter did not convince anyone to do anything. Paul was correct in rebuking Peter for separating himself from the Gentiles because one...