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You reveal how shallow and superficial is your understanding of scripture. You also reveal how superficial is your reading of others posts. I fully explained my position which shows no contradiction. You choose what you want to read, and discard what exposes your desire to obfuscate, confuse...

I love this quote from A W Tozer. There have been times this quote had been like looking in a mirror, but God is faithful, and has brought people into my life with whom I have found that familiarity and closeness we all so desperately need at times. The loneliness of the Christian results from...

His church didn't fall away. Yours did. Only Rome and Alexandria in the beginning, then as Rome coerced and forced others to submit to papal authority through the use of secular armies such as Clovis anciently and the Ustachi (for example) more recently, were other churches included. But for...

The word believe, and the faith required to receive God's blessings, is not that which you suggest is possessed by demons. That's just stupid. They believe in the existence of God. If they believed in God the way we need to, actually having faith in the character of God and through faith acting...

No you didn't. You showed that the etymology of the worlds used allowed for the possibility that such an interpretation may be made. My suggestion is also a possibility.

KJV Revelation 17:1-2 1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: (15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore...

Why not? What is there in scripture to declare otherwise? Not writing this as a supporter of the cult of Mary, just from the view of biblical integrity.

Just as the apostasy of the early church didn't involve every Christian or every church, just the leadership and political system in Rome which divorced itself from Christ through spiritual adultery with the kings of the earth. They claimed still to be loyal to Christ, just as the Pharisees and...

@Illuminator Here's a few more to encourage you that the media in general is not out to get Catholicism. In fact, as I see things, quite the opposite. And these and the ones above, are all older examples. I have several more much newer that confirm a media bias in favour of the Vatican, as...

Has anyone considered the possibility that those brothers and sisters were children of Joseph from a previous marriage, Joseph being a widower when he married Mary?

I hear you. Poor journalism that reflects badly on anyone is a sad thing indeed. In order to correct the imbalance you detailed above, allow me to show some positive media news for the Vatican. Of course, not everyone here will agree with the philosophy being promoted, but I'm sure you will...

No. You and I don't agree on anything. I agree with the context of scripture, that under certain conditions and after having met certain criteria, one is saved by baptism. Baptism itself has no efficacy to save without faith in Jesus, the death of self and surrender to Christ, the repentance of...

Some of you here may have heard of New Zealand, (Aotearoa), even though you may have no idea where it is. Some of you may even know a little about Rugby, but do you know why NZ is so Rugby conscious? You may not know that the first NZ rugby team to wear the black jersey with the silver fern...

You don't think repentance of a life of sin, and a determination to livea life of faith for righteousness and the gospel, things needful before a profession of Christianity via baptism? And you are not taking into account the context of Peter's passage. And that context isn't only in the...

Just to make things abundantly clear, I would first like to make 2 points. First, truly appreciate the dialogue between you 3. Thank you, all of you, for your thoughtful, insightful, discussion without rancour, self promotion, belligerence or pride. May we have many more of those, as they are...

KJV Genesis 4:5-7 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin...

Couldn't have said it better myself. So you think the nature and character of God was abolished? What happened to Romans 8:29? Hebrews 8:10? Romans 12:2? Colossians 1:27,28? Are they not all about character formation into the image of Christ? I don't see any abolition of the law in the...

Yes. But not when one tries to force a meaning which contradicts the rest of scripture.

I have found this a fascinating scripture. We are told elsewhere that we are able to recognise sin, because the law points it out. Romans 3:20. Your scripture above tells us that the law leads us to Christ. Yet @Robert Pate would have us believe that the law leads us away from Christ because...

So it was only after you read the 10th commandment that you started lusting after folk? You weren't lusting before you read the law???