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Your back ground reminds me somewhat of my own, but the point that I was making (possibly at your expense) is that our faith isn't supposed to be based upon our experience, but rather upon the Word of God. Its not strange when our experience confirms what the scripture says, because the...

Israel works for me. I'd be content to live out the rest of my life there, but I don't think my wife would enjoy it much. Australia seems like a pretty good place to live too, but I know that they have some history of internal abuses with their aboriginal population. Other than that you don't...

I didn't bother to read through the thread (which seemed like an attempt to give opportunity to people to apologize for their sin,) but the answer isn't so simple. You might ask instead are people born to a nature of sin and the answer to that question would be yes. What does sin do to us? It...

This isn't the first thread on this web site about the book. Rabbi Cahn made quite a few good points, but also missed some important facts. He made the assumption that our leadership has used scripture in ignorance of its meaning without considering that some statements made by our presidents...

Hello Tom, My maternal grandparents were of Slovak descent, one born there, the other here. I don't know what the dominant ethnicities are now, but Slovakia was once a part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, and became part of the nation of Czechoslovakia during the Nazi regime in Germany. The...

Well, we may be in agreement about something: I believe that we're all entitled to our understanding, which translates into the notion that you have as much right to be wrong as I do. However, I don't believe that gives you the right to determine how another demonstrates his faith. For the...

I'm actually convinced that everyone is by nature under the sway of the evil one, unless God gives them the gift of faith to believe Him. If a man isn't born again of the Spirit of God, he remains a creature of wrath: And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once...

I've met a man once while at work at the PA Bus terminal in NYC on one bright and cheery evening. He was hawking some new age books and actually trying to convince me and a Christian brother that I was working with of a similar teaching. He also said a few things which seemed to promote the idea...

Back when I was in High school, a friend of mine who shared an interest in horror movies and things occult, played a number of songs backwards using a turn table and "vinyl" record albums. These included some Led Zeppelin and Beatles albums. There were a number of peculiar and intelligible...

"A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray. No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; it shall not be...

Maybe rjp has an answer for you, but I can certainly think of a few countries that don't have long records of internal abuse or international violence (at least until our country or one of the other great colonial powers had their influence.) The truth of the matter is that nations rise and...

Hello rjp, I find very little in your posts that I'd disagree with, but I wouldn't put any weight in "Islamic" eschatology, beyond the ability of radicals to make their false prophecy happen. Mohammed was an anti-Christ, his religion is delusional and demonic in origin. The Koran has elements...

I haven't seen you present any biblical definition of a prophet yet, only some assertions based upon a few scriptures. If you present something representing a cogent argument, I'll be happy to present the related passages in their context to give a fuller explanation. The fact of the matter is...

No, not at all, I'm just saying that you're not much of a scholar; a true scholar doesn't build a case from select pieces of data and ignore all the material that opposes his view.

I'm glad that you have a healthy attitude about trials. I'm not particularly worried about standing before God to account for my actions as His servant: I've already passed out of condemnation, back about 18 years ago. I've never really feared Hell as I saw myself as consigned to the flames for...

The bible doesn't define the offices you mention at all, or we wouldn't be having this argument. Interpreters and "theologians" have done that, and increasingly restrictively to consolidate their authority in opposition to Christ's. I've shown you repeatedly where you have been biblically...

You apparently don't understand much about construction either. A foundation is not a building. We (the body of Christ) are that building spoken of in the scripture that you referenced that is being built up and the builder is neither I nor you, but Christ. You have no right to limit what Christ...

First of all, you're a man and not God; we communicate the way that we do because we were designed this way by our creator, but God is Spirit: "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.'' John 4:24 Let me engage you in similar folly: A spirit does not have vocal...

Then perhaps your seriously mistaken. Samuel heard a voice calling him, but Eli never heard that same voice and told Samuel how to respond to it. Nothing says that the voice was audible and everything suggests that it wasn't. No one prophesies by gut feelings: feelings are emotions, not thoughts...

No arguments with you brother, but I like to think that China would tend to intervene on our behalf and for no better reason than to protect their investments. Its a complicated world and most of us just aren't privileged to sensitive information and the kind of stuff that scares folks to death...