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  1. bdavidc

    Can a christian be a buddhist?

    Yeah, that's precisely why we should watch out. Jesus said that the wide road is the one that leads to destruction, and that many people will take it, but the narrow road is the one that leads to life, and only a few will find it (~Matthew 7:13-14). Popularity isn't a measure of truth. The truth...
  2. bdavidc

    Can a christian be a buddhist?

    That’s not what Scripture teaches at all. Jesus is the Word of God made flesh (~John 1:1,14). He didn’t have to “write a book” because everything He said and did was written down by men under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (~2 Peter 1:21). That’s not human invention, it’s divine revelation...
  3. bdavidc

    Can a christian be a buddhist?

    I can’t give someone a “break” on deception when souls are at stake. “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them” ~Ephesians 5:11. Catholicism is a man-made system that elevates rituals, priests, and tradition in place of the finished work of Christ. That...
  4. bdavidc

    Can a christian be a buddhist?

    You ask: “Religion means a link to God. How can you know Jesus and His life if you don't have the religion?” You don’t meet Jesus through religion, you meet Him through His Word and His Spirit. Religion is man trying to get to God through rituals and systems, but the gospel is God coming to us...
  5. bdavidc

    "I Will Not" Because I AM a Christian

    You need to speak for yourself, because you don’t have a clue what a lot of people on this forum actually think. You don’t speak for me or for everyone else. And just so we’re clear, I don’t believe the left wing is going to promote biblical values at all. In fact, they seem to be doing their...
  6. bdavidc

    "I Will Not" Because I AM a Christian

    That’s good advice, reading and seeking understanding from God’s Word. So when are you going to take your own advice? Because if you truly did, you’d see that truth isn’t found in CNN, FOX, or any political spin. It’s found in Scripture alone. The problem isn’t lack of media truth, it’s lack...
  7. bdavidc

    "I Will Not" Because I AM a Christian

    Well I think we need to get our facts correct: Actually, it is the Democrats that are are an embarrassment now and hypocritical. Many contemporary Democratic policies contradict Scripture, making them a source of embarrassment for those who follow Christ. Let's examine some examples: 1...
  8. bdavidc

    "I Will Not" Because I AM a Christian

    None of those things you listed are actually being done. Much of that comes from political talking points, not facts. Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid were not privatized or cut under President Trump. In fact, funding for veterans and seniors increased during his term. The Constitution...
  9. bdavidc

    Expose the lies, and the wolves will show their teeth

    Preach the truth, and you’ll separate the goats from the sheep. Expose the lies, and the wolves will show their teeth. When the undefiled Word of God is preached without compromise, it doesn’t comfort, it cuts. “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” ~John 10:27. Truth...
  10. bdavidc

    The Wolves Are Already Among Us

    Yes, they can, and Scripture proves it. Apostasy is not about losing salvation. It is about departing from truth. You cannot fall away from something you never truly possessed, but you can fall away from truth that you once professed. Judas provides the example. He walked with Christ, heard His...
  11. bdavidc

    Make Sure You’re Following the Real Jesus

    Scripture instructs us that we grow as believers by stages, I agree. But there is a clear line in the Word between spiritual immaturity and unrepentant hypocrisy. A new believer is bound to trip up now and again in their learning process, but one who is willfully, unrepentantly sinning has shown...
  12. bdavidc

    The Wolves Are Already Among Us

    I agree that the true Church, the body of Christ, cannot become apostate. Jesus said, “The gates of hell shall not prevail against it” ~Matthew 16:18. But Scripture also makes clear that within the visible church there will be many who claim His name but are not truly His. That’s the apostasy...
  13. bdavidc

    The judgement of hell came in the first century

    We’ve already gone over this in detail. You're just restating the same points I've already answered with Scripture. The text hasn't changed, and neither has the meaning. I stand by what's written, not by recycled arguments. You’re just circling back to the same argument I have already dismantled...
  14. bdavidc

    The Wolves Are Already Among Us

    That's not how truth works. I'm not the standard, God's Word is. If what someone teaches is contrary to Scripture then yes, it's false. But if it agrees with the Bible, then it stands regardless of who may disagree. "Let God be true, but every man a liar" ~Romans 3:4.
  15. bdavidc

    Make Sure You’re Following the Real Jesus

    You keep asserting it’s been “proven,” but you’ve never shown a single verse that says the New Testament was supposed to contain the Hebrew name.” No, it isn’t. Scripture does not say that anywhere. What it does say is that the writers spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit ~2 Peter 1:21...
  16. bdavidc

    Can a christian be a buddhist?

    I hear you and I understand where you are coming from. But what you are describing is not biblical Christianity. That is a perversion of grace. The Bible NEVER teaches that grace allows anyone to go around sinning. Grace REGENERATES a person from the inside out. “The grace of God has appeared...
  17. bdavidc

    Can a christian be a buddhist?

    No, a Christian cannot be a Buddhist. The two are completely opposite in what they teach about God, life and truth. Buddhism denies the one true God of the Bible. Buddhism teaches that through discipline and meditation people can come to a place of peace or “enlightenment”. Christianity teaches...
  18. bdavidc

    Can a christian be a buddhist?

    You asked several important questions, and the Word of God provides clear answers to each. First, caring about what Muslims believe doesn’t mean agreeing with it. We care enough about them to tell them the truth that can save their soul. “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of...
  19. bdavidc

    Hell : is as real as GOD

    You are correct to denounce hateful hearts, but don’t mistake compassion for muddling what Christ so plainly taught. The Bible is clear. Jesus is the only way to the Father. “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” ~John...