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I'm glad of that. :cool: I figured as much. :D While I won't get upset, I see studying original languages as adjunct to rightly dividing the word of truth. I see it differently, always an unwelcome distraction to God's word. I prefer to study different English translations, including...

I'm afraid you completely missed my point.

LOL. No. I have 17 grandchildren (depending on how you count). My wife was telling me a great untruth - that one of them will turn 2 in a couple of days. I told her that is impossible since she was just born the week before last. LOL They grow up so fast and I miss not seeing all of them...

10 years old. :)

Just finished reading Revelations. I'll add the verses later but it occurred to me why people don't believe and it involves sex and time. Regarding sex; condemnations against homosexuality has to be seen as in the context of the Bride and Wife of the Lamb, who is made up of many men. Regarding...

I recently had a ‘Bible Study’ with my young granddaughters. It consisted of one verse from Jeremiah, When you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. We talked about it from different angles from their level of understanding. I told them that God begins where you end to address the...

Funny story … The 1st year I began to read the Bible I joined a Bible Study group. An old timer was genuinely impressed with my ability to articulate Biblical principles and relationships between verses and books. He asked how long I have studied the Bible. When I told him 6 months, he was...

There are many threads that delve into what the Bible says in its original language (OT Hebrew, NT Greek). English has never been my strong suit, let alone foreign languages of any kind and this got me wondering. I rely on English translations as an English speaking person. Is it even fair to...

It's not surprising the the world today is pushing an ideology contrary to God's word with everyone getting a trophy, learning 'different' and great and special in 'different' ways. Even constructive criticism is denounced as hate speech, even in secular matters, like ones batting stance.

I don't know much about Calvinism, but like JW, there seems to be a lot of criticism on these boards about it. Could you give a summary of Calvinism? (I take it you are a practicing Calvinist).

Thanks! :) And I think this goes back to my opposition to Church Bashing. I don't have to know WHY the 30,000 denominations have different doctrines to respect the WHAT, they are Christ followers who are doing their level best to advance the kingdom of God with the light that God gave them to...

I’ve noticed people tend to be biased toward the HOW or WHY as a means to escape the WHAT. So and so died. Is not accepted unless people know HOW so and so died. Years ago my sister talked about our father wanting several days notice )when she knows, such as a restaurant reservation) to...

I think it’s awe-inspiring that your church even has a brew room.

Just to establish a baseline, how is this question different from praise for one having other important relationships? I spent time with them, talk and listen, defer to them out of love, love and forgive, etc.

Why do you say that since it is evident that church bashing is largely based on doctrinal condemnation?

I'm honestly not familiar with these terms, Berean response or Thessalonica. We post on-line to share our original thoughts, not just reference the thoughts of others, right?

Ground already covered. Jesus did not teach us to pray to him and said in John 4:22-23 that true worshippers worship the Father. Regarding who I depend on for my salvation; God and his servant Jesus. Acts 3:26. You may have missed the many posts on agency. Question: Does Jesus act on his own...

My existence as a Christ follower proves you wrong. Once does not have to believe Aristotle is God, or any man to be a God in order to follow that man.

I do prefer reading plans that divides Scripture into 4 parts: OT, Psalms, Proverbs & NT. Psalms and Proverbs are unique in that each chapter is not an unfolding story. So, I prefer to delve into day by day as opposed to reading for rather long stretches with no story with beginning, middle...

It's unclear if this post is meant to rebuke my post. However, having faith is NOT the same thing as a doctrinal purity test. If the verse you cited specifically listed doctrinal purity requirements, that would be different. Correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding we are to have...