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  1. BarneyFife

    Envisioning Heaven: No more donuts or football?

    You stop that. We're in public. hmn:phlf strs
  2. BarneyFife

    Envisioning Heaven: No more donuts or football?

    I saw that someone commented on this old thread and it made me think, I forgot to mention that not only are donuts barely even food, but the fruit we have here and now is barely even food compared to the fruit you're going to see, smell, touch, and taste in the New Jerusalem on the New Earth...
  3. BarneyFife

    SDAs, USA and the End times.

    I think Moses, himself, does an excellent job here: Leviticus 23:37-38 — These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon...
  4. BarneyFife

    SDAs, USA and the End times.

    Just as with the spiritual Jews of whom Paul speaks in Romans 2:28-29, he is not necessarily an Adventist—or even a Christian—who is one outwardly, who keeps the Sabbath or returns a faithful tithe, which is outward in the flesh, but he is an Adventist/Christian who is one inwardly, and...
  5. BarneyFife

    SDAs, USA and the End times.

    You're very welcome. strs
  6. BarneyFife

    Friendly Bible Study - participants must agree to Nicene Creed.

    I'm hurt that I wasn't tagged. strs
  7. BarneyFife

    SDAs, USA and the End times.

    To whom it may concern, This post is for informational purposes. Argumentative and disagreeable replies will, in all likelihood, not be addressed by me. The Internet is weighed down with quotes and misquotes from and about Seventh-day Adventists and Seventh-day Adventism—I can't help that...
  8. BarneyFife

    Bibliolatry: Worship/knowledge of the book MORE than the author

    I feel safer believing what the Bible says about itself. I don't understand the expression "goes beyond the Bible." I suppose I might as well come out of the closet. I'm what deconstructionist antagonists will likely see as a practitioner of Bibliolatry. I do not believe that the only way to...
  9. BarneyFife

    SDAs, USA and the End times.

    My old friend, if you were absolutely sure, you'd be in trouble, either way. It's not as important to be correct or sure as it is to be authentic. Not that truth isn't very much important, obviously. You've touched very meaningfully on something with which I've been deeply concerned for...
  10. BarneyFife

    The Case for Eternal Security

    No, even—and I'd go so far as to say especially—Adventists who commonly exhibit bigotry are safely deemed "bigots." That's probably quite confusing to you, I'd imagine. .
  11. BarneyFife

    The Case for Eternal Security

    Well said. I try, but you know... (But you liked it :P) strs
  12. BarneyFife

    The Case for Eternal Security

    Hi, Dan! Long time no see! :waves: Believe me when I say, DC's sole purpose for being here is to serve as the Howard Stern of CyB. He loves nothing better than to see anyone who doesn't belong to his "Whole Counsel Of God" (yeah, I know it's in the Bible) Lone Ranger religious club...
  13. BarneyFife

    The Case for Eternal Security

    I understand why you might see the Fourth Commandment as different from, say, 'You shall not murder' or 'You shall not steal,' which have more immediately obvious social harm when broken. Some see the Sabbath as purely ceremonial. However, from my perspective, the Fourth Commandment is deeply...
  14. BarneyFife

    SDAs, USA and the End times.

    It's incredibly telling that no one will accuse you of "falling from grace" if you start a thread about the evils of paganism, idolatry, profanity, abuse of parents, murder, theft, adultery, false witness, or covetousness. I've done the experiment right here. You get to the 4th commandment: No...
  15. BarneyFife

    The Case for Eternal Security

    Is that why God, throughout the Old Testament, is constantly talking about the condition of people's hearts and how they need to turn them back to Him? I get it. People don't like to be told what to do or not do. I didn't like it when my grandmother wouldn't let me cut her lawn on Sundays...
  16. BarneyFife

    The Case for Eternal Security

    I get it. You're actually trolling me. Have it your way. That's a neat trick, btw. I don't participate anywhere but here.
  17. BarneyFife

    The Case for Eternal Security

    I'm not seeing anything going backward in this line of our discussion about Sabbath-keeping. Why bring it up in this context? .
  18. BarneyFife

    The Case for Eternal Security

    So are you telling me that a certain amount of sin is acceptable to God? How much, exactly? Do you now offer your own pronouncement in opposition to 1 John 2:7? Keeping the commandments "perfectly"—yet another convention of man that simply didn't exist a few decades ago. The word "perfect"...
  19. BarneyFife

    The Case for Eternal Security

    Exactly what does the very New Covenant promise of writing God's law on the heart of man mean to you? Salvation by works?
  20. BarneyFife

    The Case for Eternal Security

    Perhaps this is a radical view of the situation, but I was thinking of proceeding at least somewhat as I have for nearly six years before you arrived less than a month ago to inform us all as to how things should be. I don't mean to be unkind, but aren't you presuming just a bit?