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I'm sure it grieves the Holy Spirit to hear people say we no longer need Him.

I have a feeling the OP, bbyrd, is just laughing his backside off, no matter what we say to this.

Well, you have no idea what you're talking about here. I know you don't place any value on traditional church, at least it seems that way. But a lot of people do. And I can tell you that if my small church wasn't exempt from taxes, it would be tough for us to survive. We minister mostly to...

@Davy I gave you scriptures that specifically say the words "praying in the spirit" and you say that there is no such phrase or idea as 'praying in the spirit' written in God's Word. You keep using the word "gibberish," but any real, earthly language you hear and don't understand would sound...

It's tough when a pastor gets old. There is a church down the road from mine who had a pastor that was getting old. His associate pastor was a younger guy, who is a great man who loves Jesus and has an evangelistic heart. People wanted the lead pastor to step down because he was old, and they...

Haha. I hope you're joking. I actually know someone who really believes this. The Walmart in my small city just shut down, and this person said it's going to be used for a FEMA camp with guillotines. o_O

I'm all for people learning personal lessons and gaining spiritual revelation from the events that happened in the Bible. I'm not all for saying those events are just parables and they didn't really happen. Man, you must have a great life if you're already living in heaven. I experience...

I think you and I on the same page as far as this goes. I've just heard Christians on here who really seem to have it out for all ministers, and I don't think that's fair. Sure, there are bad ministers. But just because people have had bad experiences with ministers doesn't mean they're all bad.

Trust me. I've spent a lot of time studying a lot of Greek, including the word glossa. I know that it simply means "language." I also know that you're glossan over a lot of scriptures. (pun intended :)) The issue is a lack of understanding about how communication works. Communication is a two...

Not that I disagree with you about Jesus being the Logos/Word, but where did you learn that? The Bible?

I was excited when I saw they were making this. I'm sure I'll see it sometime.

So what you're saying is that the Nehushtan comparison isn't saying it's wrong to worship Jesus, but that it's wrong to worship a false perception of who Jesus is? If that's what you're saying, I might be able to somewhat go along with that. I was under the impression that bbyrd was just...

So out of everything the Bible says about tongues, you're going to use one example and try to say that's the only way it works? What about how 1 Corinthians 13 talks about the tongues of angels? 1 Cor. 14 talks a lot about tongues and how in another case its purpose is to speak to God. I could...

I've experienced the tangible presence and anointing of the Holy Spirit that has physical effects that you can feel in your body. But that's a lot different than your whole body being physically changed from corruptible to incorruptible, and experiencing what it is like to have a glorified body...

Well, we're just going to have to disagree, I guess. I gave you a couple of real examples where the Bible, itself, talks about spiritual/supernatural gifts that look extremely similar in action, but one is evil, and the other is good, based on the motives behind them (prophecy vs divination)...

Pretty much all the scriptures Triumph posted, plus many more, that show that a Christian can fall away. What scripture do you use to support that someone can't choose to remove themselves from being "in Christ"? All I've seen you post is only talking about people who are "in Christ."

I don't completely disagree with the heart of what you're saying, but I think there should be a little more balance there. On one hand, you're right that there is a big problem with the escapist mentality. Some people spend a lot of time fantasizing about the rapture or heaven just because...

Brother, I agree with everything you're saying here. I completely believe that Christ died once for all. And I believe that if a person is "in Christ" that they are eternally secure, and no outside force could ever take that away. The only thing we disagree on, and it's a huge thing, is that you...

You're really reaching here, man. Paul is making it pretty obvious what he is talking about here. The whole context of the passage deals with the physical resurrection of Jesus and the physical resurrection of believers who have died a real, physical death. Jesus, Himself, had some runnings in...

Like I said, some things in the Bible are obviously figurative. But definitely not everything. In the gospels, for instance, it's pretty clear when Jesus is telling a parable, and when a passage is an account of an actual thing that happened. I believe in the Old Testament, certain events or...