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1stCenturyLady: "The Book of Revelation is PROPHECY. The prophetic aspect of the letters to the seven churches could not be seen until it truly became history and could be seen in the exact order they were written. For you to think that the letters are one dimensional and have no bearing on us...

I am a retired UMC pastor and ex-theology professor at a Catholic university. I suggest that in your church hopping your criterion should be: Which church satisfies Paul's criterion for manifesting the kingdom of God on earth. Consider 1 Corinthians 4:19-20, the most neglected of the crucial...

This post is exhibit A of "unsound doctrine." Harvest assumes without evidence that the letters to the 7 churches are prophetic types of churches throughout history. No academic commentary on Revelation accepts this heresy! In fact, the letters reflect concrete historical situations in the...

JellyJam, I'm sorry that I just discovered this thread. Jelly, I am a retired pastor and Theology professor and nothing would please me more than to see you have a profound conversion experience. To serve you best, though, I need to know whatever you would care to share about your life...

Vince: "there are no contemporary eyewitness accounts to the resurrection. I would not believe anyone walked on the moon without supporting evidence." Where did you get that idea? Would if make a difference to your faith quest, if a solid connection between Jesus' resurrection and eyewitness...

Dave L: "You interpret scripture according to what you've been trained to see." You pontificate again without even knowing me! I always consider the possibility that the standard interpretation of Scripture is wrong and then ask, "What would I need to find in Scripture to confim that...

Dave L: ""The bible says the gifts expired as scripture replaced them. And history confirms this." You keep pontificating this nonsense, but never consider the fact that no academic commentary on Acts and 1 Corinthians supports your cultic interpretation of 1 Corinthians 1:8 and 13:8-12. And...

What makes Dave L's responses so reprehensible is not his cessationist view of tongues, but his unwillingness to analyze the basis for the interpretation of the various relevant texts and, worse, his unwillingness to watch posted videos documenting eyewitness testimony about how the Azusa Street...

Vince, Sir Francis Collins is the head of the Human Genome Project, which has produced perhaps the greatest scientific breakthrough in the last hundred years. In this video he lays out his journey from atheism to a devout Christian in a way that effectively responds to your question about...

Jesus teaches, "I have come not to abolish (the Law of Moses), but to fulfill it (Matthew 5:17)." What does Jesus mean by "fulfill?" To the degree that the Law's many regulations can be used in the service of the Golden Rule, they remain valid: "In everything do to others as you would have...

Duncan Campbell was a Presbyterian minister, who prayed for revival regularly with a friend of mine's Dad, who just happened to be be blind. That fact is unknown to the public. What is known is that the main prayer warriors who catalyzed this revival were the 2 Smith sisters in their 80s, one...

Vince, I just want you to know that I am appalled by the glib and simple-minded evasions posters have offered in response to your very legitimate issue. If their responses were the last word, then your rejection of biblical revelation would be eminently reasonable. But it is not: a proper...

THE 2 BEST VIDEOS ON THE AZUSA STREET REVIVAL, INCLING EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY [so inspiring that they are both far too threatening for a biased axe-grinder like Dave to watch!] The Welsh Revival of 1904-05 soon spread in 1906-08 to Azusa Street in Los Angeles, the place where global...

OK, so I can't expect you to exercise the same critical acumen as the Pentecostal leaders to whom you have been exposed. But you have no excuse other than bigotry and a mind closed to the truth to avoid watching the posted documentary. To restore your devastated credibility watch it and...

No, it is dingdong propaganda from Hallelujah College! You will do practically anything to avoid toe hard work of hones critical assessment. But you're terrified of watching the more factual documentary I posted, aren't you? You're afraid you'll lose control and be convicted of your blasphemy...

We must be patient with Dave because he labors under a heavy weight of conviction to seek the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Soon he will be slain in the Spirit and babbing gibberish until his DEAU-U-UD spirituality is brought to life!:) Dave L: [Parham] "Sexual misconduct?" We should rip the...

NO LOVE WITHOUG RESPECT "Let love be genuine...Outdo one another in showing respect (Romans 12:9-10--NRSV)." What passes for Christian love is often stained by strings attached, by manipulation, and by a patronizing tone. Our efforts to help, correct, and support others often lacks one...

marks:"Belief whip? What is that? My point is this: receiving the Holy Spirit is not an automatic result of formally professing faith, but is an experience of power subject to God's sovereign will. So your thread asks the appropriate question, How do we know that we have the Spirit? And you...

marks: How do you get in the Spirit? "This was a great question asked by @Soverign Grace on another thread. Romans 8:9 "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." Some say...

This post will make clear why Dave L is in danger of blaspheming against the Spirit. Jesus teaches that to attribute the power of the Spirit at work in Jesus' exorcisms to demonic power is to commit the unpardonable sin against the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:25-32). Beyond this, how does the NT...