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The Council of Trent, confirmed by Vatican II clearly states that all those who believe in salvation by faith alone in Christ are to be condemned to hell (that's what "anathema" means). This means that the Roman Catholic church officially views all Reformed, Pentecostal, and Charismatics as not...

From Joseph and Mary being just an ordinary married couple and not having haloes over their heads and not suitable subjects for church stained glass windows! :-)

As I have advanced in years, I have become a one message man - that Jesus died on the cross to take the penalty for our sins and rose again to give us eternal life. I have to admit that I am somewhat prejudiced concerning post-trib theology. When I was a leader of Palmerston North Teen...

It appears that you are not too willing to enter into an open discussion about the topic in the spirit of what a forum should be. If your intention in this thread is just to put forward your own particular theological view and be closed to others who may put forward an alternative view, then...

This lines up with what Paul said" "Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed" (1 Corinthians 12:1). So, the whole point of Paul teaching about the Spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians 12, 13 and 14 is to make people aware of what they are, and how...

I don't think so. Just because we have our disagreements it doesn't mean that we hate each other. The gay community can slag off Christians to the max as being homophobic, but as soon as a Christian quotes the Scripture to show that the gay lifestyle is sin, they accuse Christians of using...

That's merely a generalisation that bears no substantive proof. It is the same as my mother sitting in her lounge and saying, "Everyone in the town believes [such and such], suggesting that the whole population of the town believes what she believes. Just the same as me saying that the...

So what do you think Jesus was doing in the 40 days between His resurrection and ascension? "After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God" (Acts 1:3). I...

So that they are not deceived. Paul and John instructs us to test all things and every spirit. We need to know what we are testing and comparing them with Scripture.

I can't read great big long involved paragraphs, sorry.

That is the characteristic of how Scripture describes how much we really know. 1 Corinthians 13 says that we know "in part"; in other words, we have only partial knowledge, and this accommodates both pre-trib and post-trib views. Realistically for me, at my age, once I am dead and in the...

Q.E.D. It is not a matter of misunderstand, but a matter of personal choice, and no amount of logical persuasion will change it, and the person to maintain his choice even to change the meaning of "but" to "always".

Now, I am not suggesting that our friend is an atheist at all. I want to make that clear. But the principle is similar. An atheist is one, not because he cannot believe in the existence of God, but he chooses not to believe, because he doesn't want anyone like God to judge him according to...

You are not addressing Paul's use of "but". If I say that I love standing on my head whistling "Jingle Bells" more than anyone, but during church services I behave decently and in order, does that mean that I stand on my head whistling "Jingle Bells" in church and nowhere else? It is dawning on...

Shonky comprehension. When Paul says that there is no authority except that which God has established, he is saying that all governmental authority has been established by God, whether it is good, bad, or ugly. He said it in the context of being a Roman citizen subject to that government...

You are totally ignoring the plain English of the text! He say but in the Church, not and in the church! Come on man! Are you so stuck on your own opinion that you are ignoring basic English structure and usage??? AAAAmazzzing!!! Look up the dictionary meaning for "but" and tell me what it...

Yes. This is the first Messianic prophecy in the Bible. It was fulfilled when Jesus rose from the dead, signalling Satan's total defeat by taking the keys of death and hell out of his hands. Although Satan is still the god of this world until the second coming of Christ, he has no power at...

It is not faith alone. It is faith alone in Christ. The Bible speaks about Christ from one end to the other. Therefore our faith is in the Christ of the Bible. The problem with some is that they make up an image of Christ from their imagination, or from a certain art work depicting...

Ah! Didn't Jesus say that unless we come as little children we cannot be His disciples? Isn't that the child-like faith and trust in what the Bible literally says, without subjecting it to evaluation based on man's wisdom? Isn't that why there are not many wise who are able to get through...

The pagans never used their version of tongues for private use. It was always used as part of their temple ritual. The sticking point, the question that is difficult to get around is that Paul says he speaks with tongues more than them all, but in the church he would rather speak clear...