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Greetings and grace to you Trekson, I enjoyed your argument and found myself agreeing with it. I think that much of the accepted and traditional doctrine being taught now is simplistic, making its appeal to our fleshly nature rather than to the spiritual. Back when I taught the occasional...

I think that the original point that I was trying to make was that the requirement of tithing in the new covenant churches is a misappropriation of scripture. The Law is good and it's application is good if it is used lawfully, but there is an unlawful use of law. In the body of Christ we are to...

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I've been accused of being a catholic hater myself, even though I was raised and confirmed in that church at the age of 13. I left it behind as my first decision of manhood, having read much of the scripture and found that church, organizatioanlly, to be rather unbiblical and somewhat...

The statements in your posting are assertions with regard to the verses quoted and pulled out of context. To all appearances you seem to only be interested in sparring with the saints and proving your doctrine as superior to others. This isn't a kung fu movie. If you indeed know Christ then I...

My "different take" is that (at the rapture) the dead in Christ are raised first ... then the living are translated ..... it says raised .... not resurrected. ie: "Raised to meet the Lord in the air." Could this be a different event than the actual bodily resurrection we e</p>The scripture...

Just my two cents: I hold John MacArthur in very high esteem for his scholarly contributions and approach to the study of the scripture, but I've differed with him on a few points, not the least of which is his teaching on the rapture of the church. While I don't agree with him, I don't...

I'm not at all familiar with Baha'i, but I can agree that no one alive now other than Jesus Christ can genuinely understand everything written in scripture. Since He's given His Holy Spirit to His saints for among other purposes, the purpose of teaching them the Truth, it's unlikely that anyone...

Physics, like all science, is the practice of creating mathematical models to explain natural phenomena, and then the attempt to experimentally validate the models. Mathematics is a way to systematize and quantize thought. Neither discipline creates reality, but those devoted to them would like...

I've been listening to alot of thunder this evening, as well as to some fireworks (which seem trifling in comparison.) We have so little ability to understand and appreciate the power of God's creation, how can we possibly comprehend His own power, even the holding of the worlds together by His...

Hello Retrobyter, Peace and grace to you in all things. Thank you for your contribution to the message and I agree with you also with respect to the Lord's blessings upon His message. There are however, "churches" with very large congregations (or perhaps preachers with a very large...

Hi Veteran, I was just trying to catch up on the posts in this thread and I'll admit that I glossed over a few because of the "tone" of some comments. I appreciate your tenacity in holding other posters to proper exegetical practice and more significantly, to upholding the scripture as...

I’d written a message quite a few years ago, one that was not well received by many who stand in the pulpits of our churches. This was a teaching on the practice of tithing within the church at large and a rebuke against those who would misuse law for personal gain or simply out of a faithless...

Howdy rjp, I was wondering if you sized me up by the one posting or if you've looked up some of the other stuff I've posted. I fear that I may have misrepresented myself if you've read and understood the things I've shared. I'm not terribly good with hyperbole, so I try to keep my...

I haven't read all the postings under this topic and don't really feel as though it's necessary to do so as there are certain fundamental truths in scripture which we tend to ignore when we start thinking "politically." It is undeniably true that members of our government, elected or otherwise...

I don't believe that statements of faith were necessary prior to the resurrection of our Lord, but people, saved or unsaved, recognize that the resurrection is a display of power and that Jesus Christ demonstrated undeniably His mastery over the base elements of our world and even over life and...

I realize that Mohammed claimed that Jesus was just a prophet and not begotten of God, but Muslims typically misunderstand what is meant by the term "only begotten son." I don't think that any Christian believes that the virgin named Mary was impregnated through some physical act on the part of...

I'm not sure if I missed an explanation in the previous posts as I scanned over them, but although the name "Jesus" isn't mentioned in the Old Testament, Jesus' real name was mentioned in a number of prophetic books and in the books of the Law. "Jesus" is the Greek translation of the Hebrew name...

Shalom Retrobyter, I'd like to thank you for the grace displayed to some of the more vitriolic defenders of strange doctrine and also thank you for the fruit of your labor in the study of God's word. While I love to read the scripture and sometimes attempt to look deeper into the...

Justaname, I'm aware of the fact that there are serious persecutions ongoing in the world, especially in what we refer to as the third world. The Lord is working in the church and will work in the church until the time of His return in glory. There is however a certain pattern in the...