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Hi nondenom, You are correct....taking it to the church was the last thing they did because The Church has the final authority. Not you....not me...not you and me together as the final authority....THE CHURCH!! Paul wrote to those churches to teach those new churches Christian doctrines and to...

Hi nondemon, Nope....I didn't misquote anything. You have just accepted the Reformation translation of that passage. I accept the 2,000 year Church teaching of that passage. But I will go with your theory/interpretation on this. You believe that 1 Timothy 3:15 supports each individual being...

Thank you. I am not sure what you mean by you "I can't, and won't, insist on the rest. I just don't know." Luke 1:27 makes it clear that Joseph was a descendent of David. Maybe I am misunderstanding you.....:( Mary

Hi Jane, Got it......soooo when I repeat the teachings/practices/beliefs/doctrines/dogmas of the CC that is a good indication that I am not "focusing a lot on God directly"? But when you repeat YOUR teachings/practices/beliefs/doctrines/dogmas (which you often do on this forum) that ISN'T a...

I know your not....:) Keeping it fun....Mary

Hi Jane, What criteria do you use to determine if a Catholic or any Christian is or isn't looking toward God? The harder you push your own personal interpretation of scripture the harder other Protestants that don't believe what you believe will push back and be more convinced you're asking...

Hmmmm.....Matthew 18 says "go and tell him" and "him" is the brother who trespassed against you. It doesn't say go and tell God soooooo I am a bit confused why you chose that passage? Maybe I'm missing something here.....:oops:

Thank you Nondenom. If the ekklesia are all believers throughout the entire world then which ONE of those ekklesia is the pillar and foundation of truth mentioned in 1 Timothy 3:15? If the ekklesia are all believers throughout the entire world then which ONE of those ekklesia does a person...

Jane agin [sic] you forget: Jesus established an institutional church. Trying to persuade me that just because I belong to an "institutional body" means that I am looking away from God or that I don't "prize a relationship with God" shows your ignoragce of Scripture and Christian history. Mary

GG, Confess publically in church??? I couldn't do it.....:cool: Would you rather go back to the 1st century practice of public confessions? Does scripture even support public confessions? I know it says "confess your sins to one another" sooooo I wonder why that Baptist church...

Thank you GG. Scripture flat out says that Joseph was of the bloodline of David. It never says that Mary was. The closest a person can come to suggesting that Mary is from David's bloodline is by using Luke's genealogy and scholars disagree on even that. Luke 1 CLEARLY states that Joseph is...

Hi GG, I agree, it is a miracle that our religion has held together all these years. You are right. Confession has changed thru the years. Christians used to publically pronounce their sins IN Church. The Church decided to make it more private hence confessionals. Would you rather go...

Hi Nancy, I love bible and Christian history study. Luke makes it clear in vs 27 that Joseph is from the house of David. If he wanted us to know that Mary was from the House of David, he had his chance and he didn't take it. :( Luke states that Joseph was the son of Heli, not that Mary was...

Where in Scripture does it say that Mary's genealogy went back to David? I can't find it....:( I'm not saying it didn't and believe it probably did. I just can't find Scripture to support it. Mary

Thank you GG. Well, those churches that accept abortion believe that they are following the teachings of Scripture. Who has the authority to say they are wrong? Every church believes they are practicing what Jesus taught those 3 years yet we all have different practices, doctrines, dogmas etc...

Hi GG, Why wouldn't they trust in The Church? Jesus described The Church as a "rock" and Scripture describes it as the pillar and foundation of truth. According to Scripture if we refuse to listen to it's teachings then it has the authority to have us treated as a heathen man and a publican...

Yes, I believe if one rejects dogma (the Truth) they will be lost...... if not for some reason in the end saved by grace. Mary

Hi GG, I am not sure what you mean by "that apologist". It does not matter what an apologist believes/teaches. It only matters what The Church teaches since it is, according to Scripture, a rock and the pillar and foundation of Truth. Why can't you get into his bible study? Is he so popular...

YES....If someone does not accept the TRUTH of Scripture....they are lost....They have rejected Jesus and God. Jesus taught his Apostles the Truth. Jesus told the Apostles, "Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent...

Hi GG, I am not sure what you mean by "Doctrine doesn't save us". Do you think that the people who accept the doctrine of the Mormon church or the Westboro Baptist Church or any church that has a pro-abortion doctrine will be saved? It seems their Jesus is different than yours and my Jesus. Mary