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I do think there is eternal value in being able to say from Scripture: "Thus saith the LORD".

Thanks for your vote! :) The Bible mentions ear piercing/earrings, including for men, in various contexts. Re. "my feelings are, if they want to I have no problem with it." Those are my feelings also. If men and boys want it, they should be able to get them pierced confidently. It's a bit...

So what are ppl's favorite hymns? (I'll start: ) " Blessed be God, our God, Who freely His beloved Son up gave His enemies to reconcile and save: Blessed be God, our God. He spared not His Son: 'Tis this that bids the hard thought disappear, 'Tis this that silences each rising fear, He spared...

...if they are converted by grace, they are in the church; otherwise they are dispensationally distinct; this is how I see it.

I thought Scofield sees the distinctions in 1 Corinthians 10.32. The distinctions seem helpful.

Many dispensationalists see that verse in this way. Even without it, how the church functions in Scripture, how Israel functions and how Gentiles function are clearly distinct to dispensational readers.

They are not the same; three entities are named separately.

@Acolyte FYI...did you vote in the poll?

Raptured = 'Caught up...' (1 Thessalonians 4.17).

This is why we need to feed daily from Scripture in a prayerful way.

The three entities are not the same.

1 Corinthians 10.32 means 1 Corinthians 10.32. :)

Israel isn't the church (1 Corinthians 10.32).

The King James IS based on formal equivalence and on the Received Text, basically speaking.

I do appreciate using the King James.

Thanks to all who voted so far in the poll! If you have not yet voted in the poll, please vote now! :)

Actually I don't even look at the KJV Only material; it's my definite conclusion that the KJV is more accurate. Mind you, my presuppositions are formal equivalence and Received/Byzantine majority text.

Not as cold, but some piles of old snow still around...

So she's finished getting inked? :) (To think that years ago it used to be overwhelmingly a man thing! It certainly isn't any more...)