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From what I understand (universalism) was around very early. We know the disciples and especially Paul spread the gospels throughout the Empire and even beyond. He wrote to those churches reminding them of the teachings and not to stray away from them. Paul mentions these teachings are for all...

I think but I am not sure that it is to do with doubting Thomas. But I think it doesn't matter. It is what it is and we should not get caught up on fixating on semantics, interpretations and all that. All possibilities are open and all we know is the testimony given which is basically covering...

I have been watching the Chosen series and I think the Last Supper from the most recent series is most relevant this Easter. I don't mind the way they have made this series of Christs ministry and so far up to the last supper and His arrest. Season 6 comes out in November and I am looking...

I like these bible verses. They are a reminder that God is with us in Christ. Its especially relevant in modern times where the world can be so appealing. Coming at you from all directions in one way or another. Now to the point where being in Christ is becoming harder and even hostile. Thats...

I think we can support some of the ideas of Christian nationalism without being a Christian. What people forget is that much of the way of life we know in the west comes from Christians. Gods way is not just because its a religious belief. It aligns with what is naturally good and in fact...

I think believing and recieving Christ goes hand in hand with repentence. We are saved from what. From sin and death. Christ cannot live in a heart that sins.

Could it be that Matthias was considered an apostle even before he was officially appointed. He was said to have been with Jesus from His baptism by John the Baptist. So he was in the group and perhaps considered as one of them. If he was there in the upper room then he would have been counted...

A conservative news commentator said there was certainly a lot of freedom of expression with no mass murdering of protestors like in real dictatorships like Iran or Cuba. Yet the US is suppose to be even more evil and dictorial. The same commentator mentions that we see all sorts of dictatorial...

Yes and I think the basic tribalism is still happening today with identity politics. Humans have this base inherent ideology of dividing into different like minded groups who will pit themselves against the outsiders. They will inevitable find something to cast them aside and in the end...

Sounds like the rugby league players up in northern England on a cold and miserable day hitting you square in the ribs with a front on tackle. Or the wharfies on Sydney docks back in the bad old days of the Painters and Dockers Union lol. Or Tarzan the movie where he is being groomed into...

In a way the animal and spiritual human is a good destinction between the spirit and our carnal flesh instincts. It seems humans have those base animal instincts but are also spiritual. Have conscious awareness of the spiritual beyond the flesh and know the difference between right and wrong...

Humans have been battling this problem for centuries. If not millenia. Chalmers is best known for formulating the hard problem of consciousness and for popularizing the philosophical zombie thought experiment. Why is it that we humans can experience what it is like to be something? In fact the...

I think Trump is merely acting on what all past presidents and most people have acknowledged for decades now. That Iran is a threat to world security and peace. The current terror in the world is the result of decades of ignoring the growing threat of Islamists. As the radicals are now saying...

For me the idea of Jesus being a potential saviour seems to detach Christ from our lives. From being an active live spirit working in our lives. Not some potential Jesus that is yet to manifest in us. I also think in relegating Jesus as a potential saviour this also opens up for Him being...

Its sort of like chicken and egg senario. What came first the organic recognition of Isreal as a naturally gifted or perhaps self determined and hard working people. Whatever they certainly created good situations for themselves as a people even under duress. Or that they were given special...

I find it interesting that while there is a modern trend against the death penalty on the basis that taking any life is inhumane. As though the act of taking a life even when someone has committed the most evil acts. Is a greater moral wrong than the evil act. But not because people want to be...

You actually hit on the crux of the matter. If you notice that everyone is complaining about how others are hypocrities and not living up to what they say. Or not living up to a precieved good. Everyone has some percieved moral shortfall. Regardless of religion or ideology the actions rarely...

Because unfortunately some people mistake Jesus for feelings or experiences. Or substitute a false Jesus as the real Jesus. For which the wolves in sheep clothing is what Jesus warned the disciples and His church about. Especialy in the last days. In the past we had a more clear and...

There is also the verse about cutting off a limb that has sinned to save you from hell. So it seems the physical body is secondary to the loss of ones soul. I am wondering if Adam and Eve did eat of the Tree of Life that this would bypass Christ. Like some backdoor to everlasting life. Perhaps...

Ultimately sinners will be judged at the end of time. The bible says the wages of sin is death. I would say this death is far greater than physical death. But I am not sure how Gods judgement works under Christs covenant as far as this temporal life on earth. I know if someone lives a sinful...