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But, as I've seen, those churches insult each other. Just how "Christian" is that? If churches focus on God and the Son alone, we would not have much bickering and we would not be casting accusations about how many within there building a "saved."

I don't suppose that there is a thread here when people give the story of how they came to know God and His Son. I would suppose that these stories would address how they came to understand what God would have them to know. But, then I also suppose that most of what we think we know came from...

Has anyone yet mentioned that we have so many denominations because we have that many groups who think that everyone else is wrong?

Yes, I saw that; thank you. However, unless sleeping last night brought me memory loss, was not the question of whether or not Jesus used the Septuagint? I see no evidence that He spoke Greek to anyone.

Yes, and it appears that there are numerous groups who have had some success with that.

It seems like you have addressed similar (but not quite the same) statements before. I believe the original manuscripts, as best that we have them now, are completely true. I have a fairly large compilation of the "errors" that are now found in our bibles. They are often transcribed errors...

There are many theologians, those who know Koine Greek, ancient Hebrew, and even Aramaic, who disagree with you. I choose to disagree with you, too. Have a blessed day.

Our difficulty now is derived from the issue that our bibles in English (not counting that the definitions of English words have changed in the last 500 years) are either translations from Greek or a translation of Latin that was a translation from Greek...

I like your posts Johann as they do show understanding and thought. I hope you realize that I gave a link to the site because I placed a quote from them. My own understanding comes from much more than you may find in that link. It may not be as complete as yours, but I am still a work "in...

Yes, I put the link in my post for the part from them.

I don't know that it is clear that Jesus spoke to the Hebrew people in Greek. We know that He read from the scrolls which we not in Greek. We might be amazed at the things in the library under the control of the Vatican. "But, while the New Testament authors quoted the LXX frequently, it does...

I don't think the author of that reference was stretching like that. I think he was simply showing us that it is possible that those who claim something to be true should consider that there is a possibility that a translator should have chosen a better word.

How about the principle that everything written in the original manuscripts is from God and is true? How about the principle that if we believe that there are conflicting statements in scripture, the conflict is with us and not with God's scriptures. I prefer the principle that no doctrine...

I will suppose that not many of you would want to be identified with the Gnostics of the first years of the church. Yet, it appears that the Gnostic idea of the trinity has not only come to be accepted then, it is used as a demarcation point that folks use to identify "true believers" and...

If I care if I am cold, wet, hungry, and thirsty, I should care the same about others. There comes a point that we realize that our agape care becomes just another welfare program - and arm of the government. I believe our command to love is at the personal one-on-one level.

I sometimes trap myself in understanding when I slide into thinking that God's mind works similar to mine. Those brief periods of my own arrogance are detrimental to my understanding. The issue of predestination causes us to think we know how God does it, but do we? Most of us remember that...

There are other passages in scripture that show existence prior to the reality. Ro 4:16–17 ESV That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of...

Then again, just because a person claims to follow Christ and to have God's spirit within does not mean it is true. Many attend the social period on "the Lord's day" services for the social interactions or networking. Having once been one of them, I speak from experience. If the fruit of the...

Well, I see your impassioned position on this topic. Since I see that, I also know that the type of bible examination required to understand my position is not likely to happen. I am responsible for my own studies and I am trusting God to give me truth. In the end, I will own my beliefs. We all...

IF all the scriptures we have read do not agree with each other, then we don't understand. We cannot rest on our laurels thinking that we cannot displease God and have our names blotted out of the Lamb's Book of Life and think we have a guarantee under the New Covenant without understanding that...