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Being a trained teacher I have a habit of making my students think for themselves. Can I suggest that you find out the answer to your question and then post it and I will comment on it. That way you will learn more than if I just tell you.

This passage of scripture is regularly raised to show that we are not required to keep the sabbath. This is quite wrong as it is not the purpose of it. Good writers announce the topic of their section or chapter at the beginning. This one is very clear as it says "Accept him whose faith is weak...

Just to clear up an obvious misunderstanding. The 612 were not commandments they were ordinances. There were only 10 commandments, given to Moses on tablets of stone. The 612 came later. Note Luke 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blameless in all the commandments and...

Hallo David, I have been ordained since 1953 so there are some points you might like to consider. Of course it does not say that God rested from his labours on Saturday because the word Saturday did not exist at creation. The same as Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday did not...

Some of your comments need a response Christina in case some people get the wrong idea. If you look up Bullfighter's #17 comment, you will see that it is all about a specific day. The Sabbath si one of the 10 commandments. If it is no longer valid, neither are the other nine because they are all...

I haven't been around for long time so I have only just read this post of yours Bullfighter. I would like to thankyou for such a clear and concise explanation. I am going to be starting a fellowship over the next few weeks. We are going to meet on Saturday afternoon, initially in homes. After...

Thankyou bullfighter for your contributions. They are particularly helpful because you have explained things simply and have not been drawn into the accusation that you are living under the law because you choose to follow the teaching of scripture. It is very noticable that many today read...

Just a small but important point. The " shabbat" or day of rest is found in Exodus 20 and is part of the 10 commandments. Entering into Gods' rest is found in Hebrews and is quite different to the 4th commandment so let me explain. First we note that there are 10 commandments. Generally...

The world says women have to look a certain way to be considered "beautiful." That is why you have so many teens and women hating themselves and the way they look. In the Bible God says we are all beautiful. The world says we are not. What's right? What the Bible says right? An excellent point...

No fault divorce is the product of the thinking that it is no one's fault. As a result you can't blame anyone so a person is free to repeat their indiscresions in a subsequent marriage. After all, if it wasn't wrong the first time it can't be wrong the second time which doesn't breed commitment...

I'd actually like to hear more detail, if you're up for it- this concept of a "spirit of rejection" goes against the view that I've developed, so I'd like to understand it more. How would one identify and recognize this quality? This is a topic that needs a lot of explanation as it is evident in...

Can I get a clarification on what you mean by "militant" and "spirit driven"? I assume you do not mean the holy spirit. Militant means groups and people who insist that their way is the only way and if you don't agree we will make life hell for you as in the case of a Pastor in San Fransisco...

It certainly has several potential pratfalls. I would say that truly loving the sinner entails being driven to help them avoid harming themselves through sin. I realise that I haven't expressed myself very well. It has problems as it is applied selectively inasmuch the prideful leader is not...

I haven’t read all the posts, but enough to get the idea of where people are coming from. I speak as someone who has spent two years working with homosexuals in a counselling and support role, spending a lot of time visiting their venues and activities and having many books on the subject both...

That such statements are an ignorant repeating of someone else's view of history and in no way relates to the truth. I never said your professor was ignorant. If what I said was ignorant because I quoted someone else, by extension the original quote was ignorant as you are saying that my...

Yes Waquinas, I should have known that my lecturer was an ignoramous and didn't know what he was talking about. After all, he was only a professor and what do they know?The last time I read my bible there wasn't a "good" anything as it says no one is good not one. if there was, Jesus would not...

We don't have sacraments in my church, we have relationships and we spend a lot of time eating together. The word 'sacrament' is not in the NT but it is very obvious that they majored on relationships. Sacraments were part of the OT law, the cultic religions and the Roman Catholic Church. I am...

Why would it matter if we were fluent in Greek if we were willing to ignore facts and take the word of blind friends? THe last time I saw them all had very good eyesight.

The concept of tithing does not exist in the NT church so one cannot talk about sending tithes anywhere.

Your explanation only works if you set aside reason and chunks of scripture. And yours only works when you ignore the totality of scripture especially in the orginal Greek and you prefer tradition to truth.