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...which you do not have the omniscience to distinguish between. It is God's commandment. God is the "Sabbath Commander" at Whom you point the finger. (Matthew 25:40) ...which you speculate, but do not demonstrate. I appreciate you granting me a choice, however: The very title of your thread...

It's obviously a topic for another thread, but I find that when I think too much about my own salvation or even my relationship with Jesus, I slowly drift into a kind of faux-sanctified, self-centeredness. The only thing that remedies that for me is service to others—getting the two great...

I find it puzzling that any Christian would want to start a thread predicated on, and devoid of anything but blackening the eyes of other Christians worshiping and/or witnessing according to the dictates of their conscience. This is sadly typical of the comments made online in hostility toward...

You're like me—you think too much. :D

I don't know what it means to take a religious spirit about something, but "Hello It's Me" alludes to co-habitating and one-night-standing, so I'm not sure I know how to compare it to Song Of Solomon. Is the content of SOS of an irreligious spirit? I know for many here, "religion" is a...

The lyrical content isn't the greatest for a Christian, but one of my favorite "feel-good" songs has always been "Hello It's Me," by Todd Rundgren.. I don't know whether I'm listing "happy" songs or "confessing faults." lol

(This post somehow got lost in my browser tabs and is coming in late.) Well, I was just answering Ron's question. However, I do believe we have an accord in principle. :cool: But since you've shown such an interest: Many of the people who made up the original group that became the...

@Rich R, if you weren't way out there with all o' them apples, I'd invite you to supper some time. If you're ever in the central PA area, let me know. :cool:

I really wish people would be nicer to each other amidst their disagreements. I really do. And I'm not blameless in this matter, either.

It's certainly hard for me to deny your position on the subject of the thread, but I can't quite bring myself to put too much stock in independent linguists. I know I'm probably just showing my hick-bumpkin but I think, for the most part, that the majority of English (since I couldn't say for...

It's always puzzled me that so many Christians today feel they must appeal to Jewish understanding to find the truth about the Gospel. (Again, as always, nothing personal. I'm merely addressing an issue.) Most, if not virtually all, of what is written by Jewish scholars, especially as pertains...

Not so fast, there... I'm not a King James purist, but I can't help wondering what knowledge you possess that qualifies you to make such a claim so matter-of-factly. I certainly hope your judgment isn't based on something on the level of the "unicorn" issue. And btw, couldn't "unicorn" just be...

Best I can figure, Christ is as fully God as is the Father. I don't understand it; I just observe it as being declared and portrayed by Scripture. I do scratch my head a little when people challenge each other with this question as a test of fellowship, though.

I don't see the difference, but no worries. When people start using terms like "nature," "essence," and/ or "substance" in reference to God, my head starts spinning, and I instantly think of this: But, again, no worries. Folks are free to interpret, speculate, whatever. Spooks me, though. :)

Absolutely. I've got the scars. :D

You really shouldn't be using Harry Anderon's artwork without his permission—just kidding; I'm fairly certain he wouldn't mind a bit, if he were alive. I do it all the time.

The problem is that the church has too much of the world in it. It never ceases to be shockingly surprising to me that people older than myself have a view of Christian faith and fellowship that is much more like a love-in from the summer of '67 than the body of Christ. "Love is all you need."...

I suspect we'd encounter difficulty discussing either of these subjects. I believe the ten commandments are eternal in purpose (I know I'm in the vast minority on this point and, after being a Seventh-day Adventist for 32 years, I'm used to that), and that applying many of the terms we do to...

"Nature of a divine nature" That's pretty good. :D

It sure does get an awful lot of thread creation and discussion space, doesn't it? :)