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  1. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I’ve shown my enemies what it will take to win me over. History is the key to success. One replied with a dismissal. Needless to say, that won’t win me over. The other replied with a slight nod to history, but it didn’t support his argument. That’s not enough to persuade me, but the door...
  2. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    No, @Wrangler will not. Not for my benefit. Not for the benefit of his other readers. Presented with nothing to consider, there is no reason for a change of mind. When confronted with the accusation of being anti-Biblical, follow the teaching and practice of Jesus and the apostles.
  3. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I teach, preach, and practice the teaching, preaching, and practice of Jesus and the apostles. The concealed identity church hasn’t presented a persuasive argument. Everything that you stand for the early church stood against. My theology - the theology of Jesus and the apostles - doesn’t...
  4. Matthias

    QUOTE for the day

    “Good books enrich; bad books bewitch.” - C.H. Spurgeon
  5. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    https://www.fox29.com/news/good-samaritan-shot-mistaken-identity-incident-hotel-near-phl-police The other side of the coin. It doesn’t always work out the way you want it to or suggest it will. There’s never a guarantee one way or the other. @Wrangler @NayborBear @Armour of God
  6. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    How many axe-wielding maniacs did Jesus and the apostles kill? AI Overview answered - “Jesus and the apostles did not kill any axe-wielding maniacs. In fact, they are not recorded as having fought or killed anyone with an axe. Instead of wielding them, some early traditions claim that axes...
  7. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    The axe wielding manic was stopped by a man who didn’t agree with Paul’s teaching -> we do not use the weapons of the world. You got the result you wanted but at the cost of telling Paul that he’s a “coward;” “a man in form not substance;” “a pantywaist;” a person who “disgusts” you. The axe...
  8. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Just a quick word here. You can’t realate to us by speaking to us as if we were toddlers. You might have something very good to say, something valuable to impart, but you lost your audience with “peek-a-boo.” Opportunity for both parties, lost. That was the paragraph which I thought might have...
  9. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    “He who takes up the sword perishes by the sword. He who refuses to take up the sword perishes on the cross.” (Gene Edwards, The Prisoner in the Third Cell) Lecture time.
  10. Matthias

    What books are you currently reading?

    I’m currently reading The Prisoner in the Third Cell, written by Gene Edwards.
  11. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I’m about to attend a lecture and only had time to skim through your message. What I saw was little new from you (the Dead Sea Scrolls caught my eye, so maybe something there), and nothing uplifting. It appears to me that you wrote primarily to entertain @Wrangler. I’ll try to get back to it...
  12. Matthias

    What books are you currently reading?

    * In the public library, too. Which is where I’m headed out the door for right now. *
  13. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Just for fun I asked AI this simple question: Does Matthias advocate for the Father on Christianity Board? I received a surprisingly large response, including specific examples, confirming what @Wrangler already knows but won’t tell you. (Of course I do.) Don’t rely on my enemy. Go and look for...
  14. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Go to Spurgeon - or any other commentaries of your favorite Christian authors - to provide support for your teaching. I’ll take the time to read it and give it serious consideration. That’s a simple and reasonable request. Will you do that for my benefit? Will you do that for the benefit of...
  15. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    You didn’t take my advice. Do you know how foolish acting like that makes you look? No mature adult is going to be impressed by someone who talks to adults as if they were children. Before retiring, I worked from time to time with professional theologians. Never did they treat me (or any other...
  16. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    That wasn’t his point. That’s either you misreading what he wrote or you reading what you believe and want to see into what he wrote. Here is what @NayborBear actually wrote - “You are STILL Throwing Jesus and the apostles heavenly Father ‘Under the bus’ at EVERY turn!” He didn’t say I was...
  17. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    How long will it take @NayborBear to realize that, while you loved his post, you glossed over his make or break Essene argument? Why did you do that? (He won’t ask you, so I am.)
  18. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I’m sure the devil would be delighted for the followers of Jesus to kill one another, as well as killing those who are not followers of Jesus. You counsel the followers of Jesus to do both. I don’t know if you realize it or not but that aligns you with the devil, not Jesus. My advocacy is for...
  19. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    ”The true value of a sermon must lie, not in its fashion and manner, but in the truth which it contains.” - C.H. Spurgeon ”You are not following Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill.” - you If Spurgeon had ever seen or heard your teaching presented in a sermon, he would have adamantly...