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I think the idea of taking it from the Bible > taking it because someone, somewhere said so. Jesus kinda came down because that was the whole problem. Mark 7:8-13 "You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men." And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the...

Well, that might come in a notch above the Biden apologists' line that he wasn't really talking about slavery even though he was really talking about slavery. I mean they're trying to make that ignorant and insensitive comment into something about Romney, so what's the difference? (Hint: It...

In your own words, what is sanctification? (I have my reasons for asking this, which will become clearer over time.)

I always do it with long posts - learned my lesson after the internet connection went out on me a couple times, or I ended up triggering the go back function by hitting backspace at the wrong time. Send me a PM if you need more help, depending on your browser it may need an upgrade or I can...

Well, there is not much doubt certain people see blood in the water and go for it. I mean I'd argue it's the price of being a public figure - you're expected to be able to speak reasonably about sensitive topics and this wasn't just a minor slip-up. It came off as insensitive. I don't...

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Welcome Dell! We don't have a spellchecker - I think all to most all modern browsers have their own, so it was overkill for us to have one. If yours doesn't, I might suggest using Word or equivalent software and then copying/pasting posts. Our church is SBC-affiliated. I've actually been...

I see a number of these things taking place in the community here. Hopefully it can get us all thinking about how we handle discourse, debate, and even simple fellowship here on CyB. #1 is a great start. (This post is done tongue-in-cheek, FYI.)...

No, I'm positive I'm seeing comments that essentially say "I do not sin." I've seen several comments where people talk about periods of sinlessness in their lives that they fall in and out of. Curiously, they're able to define the period by months or days. I don't see Paul, nor John, nor anyone...

If the grass is greener on the other side, the water bill is higher.

Yes, there are a number of verses that back this up in the wisdom literature - books like Job, Proverbs and Psalms. Job 24:12 Job 30:25 Psalm 31:9 There are other verses, of course, but these are a few that show it.

dragonfly, you're right, I overlooked the first part, didaskō is there. (That's what I get for making a quick post on break.) However, authenteō is there is the second half (assume authority, usurp as the NIV renders). It weakens my assertions a bit, but again it's still interesting because...

It's also used in the beatitudes to denote the blessings of Jesus, the HCSB actually translates "blessed" as "happy" and that's not a temporal feeling. I Peter 3:14 is another example of this which refers directly to suffering. The words are interchangeable. My problem here is that I see words...

Seems like joy vs happiness is entering the world of semantics. Both can be longterm such as the phrase abiding joy and the humour happy wife, happy life platitude. Both can also be temporal, as in his joy turned to sorrow when he heard about the accident or he was happy about his test score...

The universal priesthood of believers. It unites us all as we (as said above) do it in remembrance of Him.

I don't know that this is a clear cut issue, because the entire anti-woman-elder/teacher/etc. is all predicated off of a single passage. I Timothy 2:12, Paul uses a word one time - authenteō. We do not know that meaning of that word with certainty. Honestly, if you go back and read the passage...

That's the problem though, the claims I am seeing around here are very much: I have not sinned! I am not sinning! We are made perfect (brought to maturity) in Christ Jesus (Colossians 1:28). The reality that can also be missed just as easily is that we are not made perfection ourselves. Jesus...

Welcome to Christianity Board, mandy! I'm sorry things didn't go so well at your previous place. Hopefully things will be better here, we like to think this is a place for believers to talk over things and still be able to disagree with all of the personal stuff. Always feel free to report...

Well, I know the relationship of the agenda (probably too harsh a term, but I know this stems from some other topics, so let's be honest about that, mutually) to the quote here, but allow me to point out that while John Wesley believed we could be sanctified to the point that we do not sin...