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Josho, Here's further evidence that the division in the Anglican Church of Australia is between liberals and evangelicals re homosexual marriage. This is an example from the liberal side that appeared in Sydney and Melbourne papers (online) yesterday, 3 December 2017. See: Anglican bishops...

Josho, Please remember that most Australians (and I'm an Aussie) are secular, not Christian. We don't live in a Christian country anymore. It's a Christianised country with many laws, including the Westminster system of govt, coming from a Christian framework. I agree with you that the Muslim...

Same here in Australia. I paid my taxes throughout my life so that I would have funds to receive an Age Pension when I retire. That's the truth and I'm sticking with it.

Again, you don't address the issue I raised. Oz

Miss H, That doesn't respond to what I wrote in #195 about the Scripture you quoted. Oz

Miss H, You may know these verses by heart, but what is your understanding of 'in my name' in John 14:14? Can we ask anything and God is obliged to give it to us? Do we speak the word and bring into existence what we prayed for? Oz

Miss H, What's the meaning of 'in my name' as that is the determining factor of whether anything I ask will be answered? Commentator John Gill considers it refers to 'whatever was according to the will of God, was for his glory, and their real good, he would do it for them, as well when absent...

Are you talking about sexual intercourse outside of marriage? If so, what is 'fornication' according to the Bible? Take a read of 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (NLT): 18 Run from sexual sin [fornication]! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin...

Dc, That's not what Jesus taught! 42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into...

You didn't deal with the issue I raised with you, so your response is a red herring fallacy - erroneous reasoning!

Your cherry picking 1 Cor 14:33 is inappropriate as that verse does not apply to general confusion and the need for peace. It applies to the gifts of the Spirit that were not being practised in an orderly way at Corinth. You have reefed a verse right out of context. Oz

By the way, Peter regarded Paul's writings as Scripture. 15Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain...

False! Haven't you heard of the Old Testament that was available when James was writing?

mjr, I also believe God, and since ALL Scripture is breathed out by God (2 Tim 3:16 NIV), ALL of Scripture is from God. You say: 'It is by teh (sic) Spirit we judge all things'. When I hear 5 different people talking on the same topic or from the same Scripture and they come up with 3...

How can God not agree with the Bible when 'All Scripture is God-breathed' (2 Tim 3:16 NIV)? Are you on the wrong biblical page? Oz

This won't take long. Go to any Bible search engine, biblegateway has a good one. Pick your favorite translation. Search for "word of God". You will get 180-200 results. Find one instance where "word of God" means the written word alone. I couldn't find any. Maybe you can. Where in the Bible...

Nice try but loaded with RCC definitions and presuppositions. I don't have the time or energy to comment on or refute what you've written. Oz

kepha, I agree that 2 Tim 3:16-17 does not say explicitly that 'Scripture is the final authority' (your words). However, neither do verses such as John 10:30; 1 Cor 8:6; Col 2:8 and Isa 9:6 explicitly state the doctrine of the Trinity. The true biblical teaching of the Trinity is...

Dr William Witt of Trinity School of Ministry (evangelical Anglican) is a supporter of Karl Barth and Thomas Aquinas. That is his point of view but I don't know of how many evangelical systematic theologians who would support his view of the Magisterium. I don't! Oz

kepha, You stated: "Truth stands on its own merits or its (sic) not truth". You miss the point. How do you and I determine it is truth? You accept the truthful authority of the Pope and RCC authority. I don't. I accept the Scripture as the final authority of truth because it is God-given (2...