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Hi, friend, if I may, a word on the origin of the Bible. A study of church history will reveal that the "capital" of Christianity was moved from Palestine to Rome in the 4th century when Christianity was legalized by Emperor Constantine. Very quickly, many men - who made sure to hide their...

FHII, you didn't respond to Joyce Meyer's question in Post #154. Could you find the strength to resist temptation if your child's life was on the line? Could you do it everyday? The Bible says that Jesus, too, has a proverbial gun to His head. Could you find the strength to resist temptation...

No worries. I reject the Greek "Critical Text" MSS upon which the JW New World Translation is based. I prefer the "Textus Receptus" MSS and any Bible based on that.

I don't agree with your idea that "we can't stop sinning". As Joyce Meyer once asked, "If someone put a gun to your child's head and told you that if you indulge that sin just one more time, BAM!", could you find the strength to resist temptation then? It's not a question of our "skill", but...

Prayers for you, dear sister!

True, the only exception being is that the person writing the book had the gift of prophecy, which we are told would be available to the church always so that "we would come behind in no gift, waiting on the coming of the Lord" and would be available "until we all come into a unity of the...

I'm very happy you are willing to discuss this, but if you are going to be successful in convincing others that Peter was granted authority above all else, you need to explain the following contradictions: You claim Jesus handed to Peter the absolute authority of the "keys to the kingdom" and...

James, the brother of Jesus under the aegis of the Holy Spirit, declares that men are justified by works, not faith alone. Whatever conclusion you draw about the meaning of James' words, it absolutely cannot be "works are non-essential to salvation", which is what so many in here do. Works are...

Amen, glory be to the Most High King, my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer. He is so patient and kind towards us. Here is a beautiful description from a Holy Spirit inspired writer of the book, Steps to Christ: "Jesus did not suppress one word of truth, but He uttered it always in love. He...

Amen, but sadly, appeals to Greek and Hebrew are often used to give a private interpretation to Scripture. There is one person here who actually argues that Jesus, the Son and Prince of the Most High King, didn't actually become a "prince" until the people "voted" Him into that office by...

While there is absolutely no Biblical precedent for inserting a "gap" in any numerically specific time prophecy, there is a firmly established Biblical precedent showing no "gap" has ever been inserted in any numerically specific time prophecy: The 120 years before the Deluge was 120 years. The...

JW background? You are sadly mistaken about that, W.

"Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. y works, and not by faith only?" James 2:21,24 KJV Abraham was not justified by his works per se, but that his works...

Agreed. It is a well established fact that the ECF expected the soon arise of Antichrist after the fall of the Roman Empire. To try and convince those waiting for Jesus to sneak in and sneak out of town with them before the Antichrist arises during "the last seven years of tribulation" is almost...

Works are an essential component of salvation, but not as the means by which we obtain salvation, just the evidence that we have obtained it through faith. But, many refuse to believe this, claiming their "freedom in Christ" allows them to deliberately sin while covered by His forgiveness...

Conditional Salvation paints a glorious picture of God. It is a belief system that reveals His infinite love for His fallen creatures that He demonstrated through the life, death, and resurrection of His Son, while at the same time maintaining the great Universal Law of Love, the standard of...

Exactly. The Word of God is alive and powerful

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"Thou art (Petros) and on this (Petra) I will build My church..." Notice that Jesus referred to Peter as an "unstable pebble", but to Peter's confession as the "boulder of immense proportion", which is in stark contrast to what Peter was. Can you see that Jesus wasn't declaring that He was...

Unless you haven't noticed, Protestantism is no longer protesting. Protestant bookstores are filled with prophecy books that argue either for Jesuit Alcazar's Preterism or Jesuit Ribera's Futurism, the latter overshadowing the former. What you won't find is anything depicting the historic...