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JIF, let me provide a very brief response. First, I don't think the context of 1 John as it relates to false teaching antichrists has anything to do with charismatics and their (in my view, errant) understanding of the gift of tongues. Equating a errant view on a spiritual gift with a false...

So where does your "dogma" that "love trumps traditional dogma" come from? “Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.” (1 Timothy 4:16, NKJV) Seems like the Bible teaches that our doctrine/dogma really...

I was asking clarifying questions to understand Oz's view. It doesn't seem Oz was confused by my post.

Yes, I understand Paul is saying not all have every gift. However, I am trying to understand how you can read that text and not expect all people to be able to do greater miracles (whether that include tongues, miracles, knowledge....the gift doesn't have to be the same, one would think. The...

What are you talking about? No, I don't look at porn. That doesn't make me better than another person who did look at porn today. I never said that and neither did Tommy. We are saying it is evil, sinful and God hates it. There is no excuse for it and the wrath of God is coming on the world...

Well, I don't know that I agree with you here. It wasn't that Adam was unwilling to see God's love. It was that he sinned and was afraid and God threw him and Eve out of the garden after cursing them. It wasn't like God said, "Adam, I still love you, its gonna be okay" and Adam said, "No way...

“ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· εἰ θέλεις τέλειος εἶναι, ὕπαγε πώλησόν σου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ δὸς [τοῖς] πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανοῖς, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι.” (Matthew 19:21, NA27) Jesus clearly makes a conditional statement to the rich young man. "If you desire to be complete/perfect, you go...

Hey Oz, Thanks for your reply. Let me press you a little further on this response to get your thoughts on this. Are you suggesting that every believer should be able to do the miracles Jesus did and more? I mean, "whoever" includes both of us, right? Shouldn't you be able to raise the dead...

Guestman, I would like to respond to this because I do know Koine Greek and I think you are badly mistaken... It is true that the Greek does not have an indefinite article. However, it is very clear that the absence of an article does not mean the author is being indefinite. Colwell's Rule...

Naomi, I agree here that the reference to the coming Kingdom that the disciples would not "taste death" until they saw the kingdom come, would refer to Pentecost. Most of Jesus' parables refer to the kingdom as something that would be a present reality and would be mixed with evil...

Yes, a chronological reading makes no sense to me. Jesus returns multiple times if we read it chronologically. I don't understand how this book can be seen as chronological as we see heaven opened and the dead judged in chapters 6, 11, 19 and 20. Moreover, he appears as the slain...

I appreciate your thoughts, Naomi. I also am an A-millennial. I think the only way to properly understand Revelation is to see it as a series of related visions (similar to what we see in Daniel) with different emphases. In fact, I have been reading Isaiah lately and it is striking how many...

Tommy simply is relating the evils of pornography and that Christians should not excuse such evil behavior. I don't know how anyone can object to his post. “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash...

Many Israelites died because of unbelief in the promised land. That didn't mean that God had to split the Red Sea every year so they would believe in the Torah and the 10 Commandments. The point is simply that God validates the original messengers of his message (whether Moses, prophets or the...

He didn't seem very inclusive to the Pharisees or the rich young ruler. He didn't seem very inclusive when he told people that those who wanted to follow him needed to have the commitment level of being willing to die a horrible death on a cross. He didn't seem very inclusive when he walked...

Good word Tommy.

The reason the Gospel is "Good News" is because humanity is in a bad situation. The term "salvation" indicates that we can be rescued from that bad situation. The human dilemma is not that we merely feel emotions or have "shortcomings." The human dilemma is that we are utterly sinful, corrupt...

Looks great Brent!

By that rationale, there are still dead people, so does that mean we should still expect Christians to be able to raise the dead? There are lame and blind people, should Christians be healing the blind and pulling people out of wheelchairs? These miraculous gifts were "signs." The purpose...

I agree that all sin brings death. However, the context of 1 John 5 is not talking about sin in general. John is instructing these believers to not pray about a specific sin. There is a particular issue he is addressing in this letter and he is teaching these believers how to deal with this...