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"No-one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ." (I Corinthians 3:11)

In this particular passage, God's "temple" refers to a church, not to an individual (the 'you' in verses 16,17 is plural). So it's talking about the serious consequences of damaging a church (by false teaching and suchlike), not suicide.

Not really. There are too many that I like to select one or two.

And this footnote is supposed to establish an entire false doctrine? Only in your imagination. Petros/Petra is a word-play - Peter couldn't be Petra in Greek because Petra is feminine and Peter is a man. And didn't you notice that your quote from Strong's Concordance says: "Peter, a Greek name...

There is a BIG assumption here: that God's blessing is neatly equated to our behaviour. In real life, it isn't like that. There are many Christian couples who live obedient lives but are not well off in material terms. Also many godless couples who are rich. A husband who watches porn or flirts...

All I can say, having read the NIV from end to end many times, is that I have yet to find any unusual doctrine, let alone heresy, in it. We are all entitled to have preferences for one translation or another (because none are perfect); but no-one should demonise a translation just because they...

Correct. But we know from the other gospels that although they didn't tell anyone and everyone, they did in fact report their discovery to the other disciples. (The last section of Mark 16 reads very much like a summary of the other gospels, added to 'round off' Mark's abrupt ending) Compare the...

The English looks ambiguous here, but it's impossible for the Greek to mean that Salome was Mary's daughter ('Salome' would have to be in the genitive case). But it was normal practice to use terms like these ("the mother of X"; "the mother of Y") to distinguish between different women of the...

Joanna was married to a man who worked for King Herod (Luke 8:3) Mary was "the mother of James the younger and Joseph" (Mark 15:40) I don't think we know anything more for certain about Salome, but she may have been the wife of Zebedee and the mother of Jesus' disciples James and John. This...

Not democracy but mob rule Yet have you noticed that Mary Magdalene uses the word "we" when reporting her/their discovery? (John 20:2)

My favourite version is the Muppets one

We will go to Hell because we are, at heart, rebels against God and don't want to acknowledge His authority over us. How 'good' or 'bad' we are is irrelevant. Only by acknowledging our sin and throwing ourselves upon God's mercy can we escape this fate, because of what Jesus has done (He...

Well, you can use them as proof-texts - but the risk is that your opponent will just say that they are not valid. It's better to use other texts - and there are other texts to use. We don't need I John 5 to establish the Trinity, or Mark 16 to validate speaking in tongues.

Just two - Gabriel and Michael. The name "Lucifer" (Isaiah 14:12) is Latin, not Hebrew; it must have got attached to Satan after the Old Testament was translated into Latin. The Hebrew of Isaiah 14:12 says (literally) "O shining star, son of the morning." It probably isn't a name at all.

In the latest edition of the NIV both John 8:1-11 and Mark 16:9-20 are in the main text, but printed in italics. We need to be aware that they probably aren't "original" (and so shouldn't be used as "proof-texts"), but most people still regard them as part of the Bible. Preachers still preach on...

That's way off target. Jesus wasn't talking about Bible versions.

No - obviously they washed things that were physically dirty. The point is, that the Pharisees washed even clean things (and people) if there was even the possibility that they might have been touched by Gentile hands. It doesn't matter. Many many Christians use modern versions, and it...

The washing of the Pharisees described here was not for personal hygiene, but a ritual they went through to rid themselves of spiritual 'contamination' that they might have picked up while rubbing shoulders with other people who were not as obsessed with ceremonial purity as they were. They...

My personal faith is non-denominational. However, in order to fellowship with other Christians I belong to a church, which is part of a 'denomination'.