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Tom, Whether it was the split from East vs West (are you suggesting the Eastern Orthodox Christians are illegitimate, incapable of confronting evil, or Satan's attempt to prevail against the Church because they do not recognize your Pope as the supreme authority of the Church?), or the...

Tom, let's not pretend the "Catholic Church" has had an unimpeded succession from day 1 (or even that Apostolic succession can be proven to be something the Apostles themselves intended). History shows many splinters and controversies over who was an authoritative Pope, or which church was the...

James, I appreciate your commitment to the Bible, though I find your thinking incredibly misguided. Your insistence of making a flat earth a test of faith does nothing but push those who do not know Christ further away from the truth. You are majoring in minors, my friend.

I think it is very evident that the NT writers spoke of the early church as true Israel. This is not "replacement" theology. It is fulfillment theology. The church did not "replace" Israel so much as it consisted of true believing Israelites who accepted their Messiah and God's plan to make...

H. Richard, You are out of line. People do not attend seminary to circumvent the work of the Holy Spirit. People go to Seminary to further their calling and grow in their knowledge of the Scriptures and learn from other godly and experienced church leaders. You shouldn't speak about things...

Yes, God appointed some to be Apostles. As I said, and as Scriptures indicates, these men were foundational to the preaching of the Gospel and the establishment of the Church. That foundation has been laid. Nothing in Ephesians says that this gift would continue throughout the ages. It was a...

Stan, I understand your point (even though I don't agree). Either way, the point (which I think you recognize...this is more for the others) is that the Apostles themselves had a definition for what constituted an Apostle. It wasn't just a believer or someone who felt themselves to be one...

beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.” 23 And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias. 24 And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the...

mj, I dont think Nathan the prophet was too concerned about David's feelings when he rebuked him for his sin. Nor was John the baptist concerned about hurting Herod's feelings. It is wrong to tell someone they are okay when they are doing things which bring God's wrath and judgment on the...

Lforrest, I think you misunderstand me. I was using hyperbole to make a point. The point is that just because someone is good at something doesn't mean they have carte Blanche authority to do that thing whenever and wherever. My point was that a homosexual could be really talented at...

So, counting words makes you right? I told you why I didn't quote the whole section. It was repetitive. Doesn't negate the fact your point makes no sense. Yes, Ignatius was confronting the practice of people performing religious rites and such without church leadership present as he felt...

I dont have much time, but I must say, I think its clear you are missing the point. Jesus said plainly, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.” (Matthew...

junobet, You seem quite entrenched and getting upset on the issue so I will make one last comment. You continually portray me as being unkind and unloving toward others based on my views on the matter. You point to yourself as showing "agape" love toward them and act as though those who...

Trekson, I think you are severly mistaken on your view on the Kingdom. Yes, the consummation of the Kingdom in its physical nature occurs at the second coming and all who become a part of that Kingdom and see God face to face will be transformed. Sinful flesh will not inherit the Kingdom...

I believe Daniel points to both a "now" and "not yet" understanding of the Kingdom of God. Surely, you would not disagree that Jesus came to establish the Kingdom of God, correct? I mean, Jesus told a lot of parables about the Kingdom being something that currently exists with tares sown in...

No, I am saying that a person can be gifted or talented in an area, but that doesnt mean that they are not to act in an orderly way in respect to both the teaching of Scripture and the desires of God. If God says a woman should not teach men in the local assembly of believers, are we to...

Well, we have a few options here. 1) Paul had unusual and specific (even sexist) commands for Timothy an the church in Corinth due to particular circumstances, 2) Paul contradicts himself and even lied when he said he didnt allow a woman to have authority over a man because he actually did...

see comment below. accidently posted twice.

Okay, well I am very open to seeing the bigger Scriptural picture if you want to show that to me. Just know that the burden is on you to show that these smaller pericopes of Scripture are somehow dismissed by the overall teaching of Scripture. As someone who has formally studied the Scripture...

I agree with you that the Bible works together as a whole. However, the prophecies of Daniel speak of Christ's first coming, not his second. It is the Premillennial Dispensationalist that somehow turns Rome, the fourth beast, into ANOTHER future Rome from whence comes the Antichrist and end of...