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The Apostle's Creed contains this faith affirmation: "I believe in the communion of saints." The doctrine of the Communion of Saints refers to the interconnected community, living and dead, of all saints on Earth, in Heaven, and yes, even in Purgatory. Hebrews 12:1-2 provides one biblical anchor...

So far the discussion of grace is obvious, therefore, almost trivial. So let's make it more provocative. Evangelical icon, C. S. Lewis, famously said, "The gates of Hell are locked from the inside." What he meant was this: if sinners find their way into an eternal Hell, they remain there by...

As usual, you pontificate from ignorance. I have a doctorate in NT and have studied under Bruce Metzger, the top Text Critic in the world. You on the other hand, have obviously not read a single respected scholarly book on the subject.

Jesus taught, "By their fruits you shall know them." Medjugorje has inspired mass conversions and the rise of small prayer groups. By contrast, few Fundamentalist churches see spectacular miracles and few members are willing to join weekly prayer group, an essential ingredient for revival...

Enoch: "There is no question that the last twelve verse of Mark are genuine. Just ignore the naysayers and ALL modern bible versions. They are all corrupt, bar none." Modern evangelical and liberal Bible scholars alike find it highly ironic that Fundamentalists with the highest view of biblical...

Since my critics have no answer for my biblical defense of Purgatory, it is time to move on to praying to the saints, something I don't do myself, but have the highest respect for the miracles experienced by Catholics who do. See if you know your Bible well enough to identify the verses that...

My professor colleague, a skeptical experimental experimental psychologist, was profoundly changed by the miracles he witnessed at Mejdugorje and my lawyer acquaintance saw angelic light beings there. By contrast, Blood Bought and Stan B. seethe with obvious hatred which reflects very badly on...

(1) THE APPARITIONS AT MEDJUGORJE IN BOSNIA As I've said, I am a Pentecostal Methodist, not a Catholic. But I feel led of God to defend or at least present biblical perspectives on Catholic distinctives in the hope that they can receive a fair hearing. What interests me far more are the major...

Let me give you 2 important examples of how corrupt the KJV's later Greek manuscripts are: (1) Mark originally ended at 16:8 without a resurrection appearance of Jesus. So various new endings were invented and added to fill this void, one which became the KJV ending. No modern scholar...

I attend a weekly prayer group of 5 members. Late last Fall, we prayed for 2 people with brain tumors and both tumors went into remission. A young unbeliever had one tumor and his healing converted him to Christianity. I heard his testimony last Thanksgiving.

Most Christians realize that it is spiritually dangerous to play with Ouija boards. That does not mean that people don't just occasionally contact benign deceased spirits. Rather, the danger is that you are opening yourself up to any kind of spirit, many of which might be evil. The same...

Good point. Unlike the Fundamentalist interpretation of 1 Cor 3:12-15 the Catholic interpretation recognizes 4 key points: (1) that the meaning of jargon phrases like "save, yet so as by fire" derives its meaning from its use in the ancient Jewish cultural context; (2) that the rabbinic concept...

Blood Bought, You engage in simple-minded pontifications based on false caricatures without a willingness to actually get into Word and address each Bible-based argument for Purgatory on a case by case basis. That's because you have no answer but irrational bluster. Surely you don't expect...

Duncan Campbell was the minister at the heart of the Hebrides Revival in 1949-54. I'm posting a video in which he explains how the revival unfolded step by step, including the central role of the octogenarian Smith sisters, aunts of Donald Trump's mother: youtube hebrides revival - Bing video...

When I was a boy in the late 60s, I just loved Gospel quartet music. I still prefer it to most contemporary praise music. For my taste, the best ever southern Gospel quartet was the early version of the Statesmen in the 1950s and 1960s. Their 2nd tenor Jake Hess was Elvis's idol. Elvis...

marksman: "I was hoping to read your post but as it was not set out in paragraphs I did not bother." In other words, the long posts is way over your head. quietthinker: "Another attempt of morphing pagan points of view in an attempt to make it fit into the biblical narrative." You don't know...

(12) SUPERNATURAL GUIDANCE At age 11 I went out Trick or Treating for the last time. I arrived at one house where the living room was full of lit candles. The woman came to the door and told me she was Bill's Mom. I knew Bill only as a fellow 6th grader, but when I left that door, I...

Christophany: "The very idea of Purgatory and the doctrines that are often attached to it...fail to recognize that Jesus’ death was sufficient to pay the penalty for ALL of our sins." You forget that this all-sufficiency depends on our responding as required and you speak as if postbaptismal...

I will refute your claim in detail in due time. Why do Evangelicals feel the need to change the subject when they have no answer to God's Word? The present topic is Purgatory.

Blood Bought: "I love Catholics......it’s their Doctrine That I hate.....it came from Hell.....I am proud to hate it ." One of the worst mottos ever concocted my misguided Evangelicals is "Love the sinner, hate the sin." What they don't realize is that, practically speaking, the emotion of...