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The Law also says that children who are disobedient to their parents should also be stoned to death. Whoops! There may not be many children surviving in our churches if that Law was enacted in these days!

Where does the New Testament say that? I don't see you quoting anything out of Paul's letters concerning it.

If you are stuck in Old Covenant Law then you might need to examine yourself to make sure that you are really in Christ. It seems to me that anyone trying to follow the Law in order to please God, Christ is of no advantage to them.

I don't follow the Law of Moses at all. I follow Christ in whom the whole Law has been fulfilled. Christ has become my Law, written on my heart, administered by the Holy Spirit within me.

The Sabbath was an Old Covenant Jewish institution which was cancelled and made obsolete when the Temple curtain was ripped from top to bottom.

No. Because the Sabbath Law doesn't apply to New Covenant believers.

John Calvin referred to the people who thought they could continue in willful sin, such as lying, stealing, and fornication, as fanatics.

Sounds like the basis for a good Sunday sermon! I wonder how the people in my church would receive it if I preached it?

I can see the wisdom in that. The version of chicken pox for an adult is Shingles, and it is a much more painful condition, and gets more painful the older a person is who gets it. So, having chicken pox as a child where the symptoms are relatively mind prevents the person from getting the...

Huh???

If life is passing you by...have a meeting!

It would have been nothing new to him. They were arguing with each other in the Corinthian church, with some going along with Peter, others saying that Peter was teaching nonsense and Paul was correct, while others said that Peter and Paul were off beam and Apollos had the real truth, and then...

I would only accept a prophecy like that if it was a confirmation concerning planning that was already being done and a confirmation from the Lord was needed. But if a prophecy came unexpected when no plans were being made to relocate, I would treat that as very suspect and would definitely...

I'm not ignoring you. I'm off to bed. Will come back in the morning.

There are genuine believers in the Catholic and Mormon churches who have given their lives to Christ and trust completely in His finished work on the Cross. So just because a church in general can have shonky doctrines, it doesn't mean that everyone who belongs to the church are as shonky in...

You are quite correct. God never teaches us anything through sickness. Sickness originates from the devil, who manipulated Eve who in turn got Adam to disobey God, thereby bringing sin, sickness, disease, and death into the world. This is not to say that all sickness is the result of demonic...

@Curtis Yes, members like you make threads come alive and stay stimulating and interesting.

We need to be careful about condemning churches because of faults and failings. Paul celebrated the faith and commitment of the Corinthian church even though there were issues that had to be dealt with. We should view churches in view of the numbers of godly, Christ-centred people in it...

As the result of feathers falling down from the ceiling, Bill Johnson's first impression was that some birds must have got caught up in the ventilation system. Frankly, although the story cannot be verified about the two women, although if they did confess I can't imagine that they would lie...

I get what you're saying. The difference between the prosperity that the Lord promises and what Prosperity preachers say, is that the Lord's prosperity comes as a free gift of love and grace, while the Prosperity preacher requires some kind of payment first.