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I'd agree with reconciliation, but the legal marriage may not be a sacred marriage or a real marriage in the first place. Like I gave above, there are three qualifications from which a marriage is annulled. I think that if something was to surface prior to the marriage which would have...

When I look through the Gospel of Matthew, Simon is called in the passage 4.18. In the next passage that I see regarding Simon in Matthew 10.2 where Jesus sends the twelve out. In Matthew 16.16 does Christ change his name from Simon to Peter.

The passage in 1 Thess. for "caught up" is in the Latin "rapture." Hence, it is found in Scripture. What you have confused here is the doctrine of second advent's timing of events. I was taught and raised to believe in the pretribulation rapture, but after listening to Dr. Walter Martin, I...

Well, I see most of the brunt of what is being said is directed toward Catholicism. Unfortunately, I cannot answer all the different subjects at once and therefore will respond to each independently should we come to it. Since the subject is "the Blended Gospel," I am only going to respond...

I am the type of person who likes it where the horse is in front of the cart instead of the cart in front of the horse. Apostolic success should be laid down prior to discussing the primacy of Peter, for the primacy issue is related to the perogative of honor among the popes/patriarches of the...

No. The Catholic Church accepts Protestant baptisms. What happens in the case of a mixed Christian marriage is what is called a "convalidation ceremony." I've been to about two weddings between a Catholic and a Protestant and it was done inside the Catholic parish. BTW, a "convalidation...

There are three ways in which Church law (also referred to as “canon law”) recognizes that a true and valid marriage does not exist in a previous union: 1) where there was a lack or defect of what is called “canonical form.” 2) where there was an impediment to the marriage. 3) where there was a...

You'll forgive me, I hope, but whatever your experience was as a Catholic, makes not an iota of difference to me. Anybody can say they are a doctor and not have a degree. I would rather listen to an actual doctor's jargoon and by his words regarding the field knowledge expressed come to a...

Sorry, I had not gotten back to you. If you think about it, Judas was already dead when someone was selected to take his place. It does not need a direct decendant, it can be chosen by a secret ballot just as lots were used in deciding between Matthias and the other. And the point I was...

Cool, did not care for the peanut butter in my hair, or the colored eggs they served for breakfast and we had to subsequently crawl through on the last stage of the initiation. Kissed a fish, looked for flipper in a toilet bowl, someone put tabasco sauce down the back side of my pants, sea...

It is not within my best interest to "put [you] down." What I hope to do is to render contextual interpretations of any one given passage. When I was an Assembly of God/non-denominational Evangelical Charismatic, I would approach the scriptures with the same sort of topical study method...

Pax et Bonum. Was a Washingtonian myself before I left for the Marines and then move to Tennessee after my four year active duty for a job offer. Loved the navy, was on the USS Fort Fisher only for a MEUX then a broiler blew and they put us on the USS Rushmore and the USS Peleliu-LHA5. Two...

The manner in which change was demanded was inconsistent. None of the major reformers even agree with each other. Zwigli and Luther didn't hit it off very well, and Calvin and Arminius did not either. You must realize that the "Counter Reformation" happened even before Luther. There were...

What you imply and what the context of Christian perfection is in actuality would appear seperate. There is a context of 1 John in its opening that hints that nobody is perfect and that we will occasionally fall and confess our sins. What I think you leave out is that God is merciful and He...

The song that kids sing "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names cannot hurt me" is a very true statement. The tongue has little power over those who control their temper and realize that they are dead to the world and alive to Christ. This is one thing I think most of my Franciscan...

I would have to say that a person who asks God for forgiveness, yet cannot ask forgiveness to the others whom he has offended in secret or in the open, hasn't true contrition for his actions. One must be self reflective to the point that the prayer before God is instituted through the visual...

I agree that Logos can be pricey, but I find them on the edge of innovation and find other competitors lacking. I am finding some of the books to read through iBook on my iPad app that are free. Project Gutenberg is a place I recommend all iPad users to search their catalog and download for...

I am sure people who garden would still not relate; the soldier and Marine (such as myself) cannot even relate to your "battlefield" conception. What is the "crop?" What is the turmoil? I have been in the vaccinity of small arms fire while in Iraq, and I was on pins and needles. When an IED...

First of all, Peter being the first bishop of Rome is a side topic of apostolic succession. There were many Orthodox Patriarches from the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch, Antiochian, etc. All of them believe in apostolic succession. And from the statements...