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It seems to be almost accepted without question that every local church must have someone called a "worship leader", and a band of singers and instrumentalists assisted by microphones, amplifiers and loud speakers, putting on what amounts to a performance for church members. I have never been...

In view of the fact that Luke tells us that it was in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar, and doesn't mention the politics of any of the leaders, plus the fact that in verse 2 he tells us " while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests", it seems clear to me that he is giving his readers...

Are they not listed by name to set the time that the things Luke is about to record happened? The names are listed, but not the politics of the people named. Luke 3:7 says: (Luk 3:7) Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee...

Praying for Washington and the US Government based there is good, but what biblical basis do you have for "releasing angels"? Where are the angels in captivity? The Bible tells us that although they have sometimes appeared as men, angels are spiritual beings: (Heb 1:7 NKJV) And of the angels...

Thanks for your reply. I don't think we are going to agree on this matter. Although Paul does write elsewhere about restoring Christians who have strayed, I don't see any evidence that that is the case in 2 Timothy 2. Thanks anyway.

I thought we were talking about 2 Timothy, not Titus. 1 and 2 Timothy are of course written to a believer, Timothy, but the subject of Chapter 2:25-26 is false teachers, who haven't been granted repentance and do not know the truth. But 2 Timothy 2 is not about believers who have backslidden...

Thanks for explaining - I hope you weren't offended.

Just for clarification, and certainly no criticism or offence is meant, what is "emf"? When I see those letters, I think of the European Mission Fellowship, whose July prayer-letter I received by email yesterday. And what is "Alistair's and New Zealand"? I wondered if you meant "Australia and...

Why would any Christian wish to be delivered from 2 Timothy 2:26? Here is that verse, in the context of the two previous verses: (2Ti 2:24 NKJV) And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, (2Ti 2:25) in humility correcting those who are in...

Thanks - that makes much more sense. I had never come across "hoe" used in that way.

What ever is wrong with having a hoe? I use one for gardening, and I certainly don't expect to get caught by the police for having one, nor would I expect any pastor to be dismissed by his church for owning a hoe. Maybe "a hoe" means something different in the United States to the garden tool...

Just a point of fact from your post. The British Empire has not existed as such since the late 1940s, so Hong Kong did not "gain independence from the British Empire" in 1997. The Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth. The Commonwealth's website, Our history says: "The Dominions...

Where in Scripture are we told that the phrase "because of the angels" means "because of the sons of God mentioned in Genesis 6?"

Sorry Ziggy, I assure you that I didn't mean (or say) that I disliked your thread. My first post on this thread was asking Gray-Joy about the contents of their post. Yes, I should have thought that "Mandala" could have been a typo for "Magdala." I suppose Mary of Magdala could have been the...

Thanks Matthew!

Thanks for that. I hope you didn't take my earlier post as in any way hateful - that certainly wasn't intended.

Thanks for replying. I don't see Hebrews 9:28 as saying that Jesus will only be seen by those who eagerly wait fore Him, but that He will appear to complete the salvation (by taking them to the place He has prepared for them) of those who eagerly wait for Him: (Heb 9:28) so Christ was...

But the Bible does not specify that only some people would see Him when He came again: (Rev 1:7 KJV) Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Thank you for the apology - quite unnecessary, I assure you. I can't remember you being a jackass to me, but thanks anyway.

Sorry, how does your picture answer my post, where I asked who Mary of Mandala was and where we read of Jesus drawing a line in the ground?