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I think this is why we need a balanced approach. Too many people focus on the bible as being the source of truth itself, rather than as it being a reference book that is an essential guide to the walk of faith, but is not the only one. The other teacher is the spirit who gives life and colors in...

It appears to me that as long as it doesn't disrupt their 'experience' it doesn't matter. Their experience is god. Receive the Shing Ding of Jesus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI90UTTiJ5w

Did your parent's spiritual group have a name?

The casting of the wicked 3rd slave into outer darkness is no different than the casting of the wicked sons of the kingdom of Israel into outer darkness. Both are rejected, cursed, and not saved. Do you mean committing acts of sin, or having a sinful nature that sometimes finds expression? If...

Niki, If you will, watch this thing with me and see if you come to the same conclusion I do: these are manifestations of the spirit of Christian mysticism that replaces doctrine with 'unity through community' and faith with experience.

That's a good point. I'm beginning to see it as the influence of a spirit of Christian mysticism, where doctrine is thrown out the window for the sake of unity, and faith is replaced with 'spiritual' experience.

@Purity, This back and forth is getting ridiculous (as it always does). I have pointed you to what I see; if you don't see it, fine (or whatever) However, I do want to make a few points. No man will anoint Christ king. That idea is more than absurd; it's laughable. He was anointed king of...

To treat others like you would like to be treated, IMO, means to avoid treating others like you don't want to be treated. Therefore in all things, whatever you want that people should do to you, thus also you do to them. For this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:12

Go back and read the Bible verses and ask yourself "has this been fulfilled?" uh yeah. they are being fulfilled as we speak. Is Jesus Christ ruling from Jerusalem? If the memo was sent, then "by whom" and "to who?" uh yeah - But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living...

Micah 4:2NET - What do you think has been happening for the past nearly 2000 years? Did nobody send you a memo? Isa 2:3NET - ditto Jer 31:12NET - ditto Jer 50:5NET - ditto Zec 8:21-22NET - ditto Zec 8:20-22NET - ditto God's Capital yet to be established Jer 3:17NET; Micah 4:2NET; Isa 52:1-2NET...

Well I agree that we should be very concerned about not doing things that can harden our hearts and make us fall away, or that might cause us to deny the lord.

Of course he is. David's throne is authority, not geographic location.

Of course it has

That passage you are referring to is Roman's 3:25, which states that the former penalties of sin that occurred before the cross are now being passed over through the blood of the lamb. It is not referring to an individual's past sins. The cross is the focal point, not the believer's initial...

OSAS if one keeps the faith until the end. If and only if. Scott teaches that people do not have a sinful nature, and that Christ's sacrifice only pertains to one's past sins before repentance. Once saved, if a person sins, there is no more sacrifice for that sin and the person must beg and...

It matters because Scott promotes a false teaching that people cannot be saved from the bondage of sin in their sinful condition.

Abiding in GOD's love of sending his son into our midst to take away our sins is a day-to-day, moment-to-moment task. When we realize from where we have fallen (the garden), and place our confidence in what GOD has done to restore that fellowship, that is the most important love and work...

It's good to confront the anger. It's legit. Own it, you'll find forgiveness through it. Stay away from shrink meds; they can really screw you up. Let your daughter go, but love her in everything.

By believing "that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins" and loving the brothers.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 1 John 4:10-11